James 4:3
You ask and do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it on your pleasures.
Matthew 6:7
And when you pray, do not use empty repetitions as the Gentiles do. For they think that they will be heard for their many words.
Matthew 20:21-22
And he said to her, "What do you want?" She said to him, "Grant that these two sons of mine may sit, one at your right hand and one at your left, in your kingdom."
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Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.
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Matthew 6:7
And when you pray, do not use empty repetitions as the Gentiles do. For they think that they will be heard for their many words.
Matthew 20:21
And he said to her, "What do you want?" She said to him, "Grant that these two sons of mine may sit, one at your right hand and one at your left, in your kingdom."
James 4:3
You ask and do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it on your pleasures.