James 4:3
Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may spend it on your pleasures.
Matthew 6:7
"And, when praying, use not vain repetitions, as the gentiles do; for they think that for their much speaking they shall be heard.
Matthew 20:21-22
And He said to her, "What do you wish?" She says to Him, "Command, that these my two sons may sit, one on Thy right hand, and one on Thy left, in Thy 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, use not vain repetitions, as the gentiles do; for they think that for their much speaking they shall be heard.
Matthew 20:21
And He said to her, "What do you wish?" She says to Him, "Command, that these my two sons may sit, one on Thy right hand, and one on Thy left, in Thy Kingdom."
James 4:3
Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may spend it on your pleasures.