James 4:3
or you pray and yet do not receive, because you pray wrongly, your object being to waste what you get on some pleasure or another.
Matthew 6:7
"And when praying, do not use needless repetitions as the Gentiles do, for they expect to be listened to because of their multitude of words.
Matthew 20:21-22
"What is it you desire?" He asked. "Command," she replied, "that these my two sons 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 praying, do not use needless repetitions as the Gentiles do, for they expect to be listened to because of their multitude of words.
Matthew 20:21
"What is it you desire?" He asked. "Command," she replied, "that these my two sons may sit one at your right hand and one at your left in your Kingdom."
James 4:3
or you pray and yet do not receive, because you pray wrongly, your object being to waste what you get on some pleasure or another.