James 4:3
you ask and do not receive, because you ask amiss, to expend on your pleasures.
Matthew 6:7
And when you pray use not vain repetitions, as the gentiles do; for they think they shall be heard for their much speaking.
Matthew 20:21-22
And he said to her, What do you wish? She said to him, Say that these my two sons shall sit, one on your right hand, and the other on 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 use not vain repetitions, as the gentiles do; for they think they shall be heard for their much speaking.
Matthew 20:21
And he said to her, What do you wish? She said to him, Say that these my two sons shall sit, one on your right hand, and the other on your left, in your kingdom.
James 4:3
you ask and do not receive, because you ask amiss, to expend on your pleasures.