James 4:3

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James 4:3

You ask and do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it on your pleasures.

1 John 5:14

This is the confidence which we have before Him, that, if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.

1 John 3:22

and whatever we ask we receive from Him, because we keep His commandments and do the things that are pleasing in His sight.

Psalm 18:41

They cried for help, but there was none to save,
Even to the Lord, but He did not answer them.

Job 27:8-10

“For what is the hope of the godless when he is cut off,
When God requires his life?

Job 35:12

“There they cry out, but He does not answer
Because of the pride of evil men.

Psalm 66:18-19

If I regard wickedness in my heart,
The Lord will not hear;

Proverbs 1:28

“Then they will call on me, but I will not answer;
They will seek me diligently but they will not find me,

Proverbs 15:8

The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord,
But the prayer of the upright is His delight.

Proverbs 21:13

He who shuts his ear to the cry of the poor
Will also cry himself and not be answered.

Proverbs 21:27

The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination,
How much more when he brings it with evil intent!

Isaiah 1:15-16

“So when you spread out your hands in prayer,
I will hide My eyes from you;
Yes, even though you multiply prayers,
I will not listen.
Your hands are covered with blood.

Jeremiah 11:11

Therefore thus says the Lord, “Behold I am bringing disaster on them which they will not be able to escape; though they will cry to Me, yet I will not listen to them.

Jeremiah 11:14

“Therefore do not pray for this people, nor lift up a cry or prayer for them; for I will not listen when they call to Me because of their disaster.

When they fast, I am not going to listen to their cry; and when they offer burnt offering and grain offering, I am not going to accept them. Rather I am going to make an end of them by the sword, famine and pestilence.”

Micah 3:4

Then they will cry out to the Lord,
But He will not answer them.
Instead, He will hide His face from them at that time
Because they have practiced evil deeds.

Zechariah 7:13

And just as He called and they would not listen, so they called and I would not listen,” says the Lord of hosts;

Matthew 20:22

But Jesus answered, “You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I am about to drink?” They *said to Him, “We are able.”

Mark 10:38

But Jesus said to them, “You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I drink, or to be baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized?”

Luke 15:13

And not many days later, the younger son gathered everything together and went on a journey into a distant country, and there he squandered his estate with loose living.

Luke 15:30

but when this son of yours came, who has devoured your wealth with prostitutes, you killed the fattened calf for him.’

Luke 16:1-2

Now He was also saying to the disciples, “There was a rich man who had a manager, and this manager was reported to him as squandering his possessions.

James 1:6-7

But he must ask in faith without any doubting, for the one who doubts is like the surf of the sea, driven and tossed by the wind.

James 4:1

What is the source of quarrels and conflicts among you? Is not the source your pleasures that wage war in your members?

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

James 4:3

Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.

Ask, and

Ye may

Luke 15:13

Luke 16:1

Lusts

James 4:1

General references

Luke 11:10

Galatians 5:15

James 1:7

Bible References

Ask, and

But he must ask in faith without any doubting, for the one who doubts is like the surf of the sea, driven and tossed by the wind.

“For what is the hope of the godless when he is cut off,
When God requires his life?

“There they cry out, but He does not answer
Because of the pride of evil men.

They cried for help, but there was none to save,
Even to the Lord, but He did not answer them.

If I

regard wickedness in my heart,

The Lord will not hear;

“Then they will call on me, but I will not answer;
They will seek me diligently but they will not find me,

The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord,
But the prayer of the upright is His delight.

He who shuts his ear to the cry of the poor
Will also cry himself and not be answered.

“So when you spread out your hands in prayer,

I will hide My eyes from you;

Yes, even though you multiply prayers,
I will not listen.

Your hands are covered with blood.

Therefore thus says the Lord, “Behold I am bringing disaster on them which they will not be able to escape; though they will cry to Me, yet I will not listen to them.

Then they will cry out to the Lord,
But He will not answer them.
Instead, He will hide His face from them at that time
Because they have practiced evil deeds.

And just as He called and they would not listen, so they called and I would not listen,” says the Lord of hosts;

But Jesus answered, “You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I am about to drink?” They *said to Him, “We are able.”

But Jesus said to them, “You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I drink, or to be baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized?”

and whatever we ask we receive from Him, because we keep His commandments and do the things that are pleasing in His sight.

This is the confidence which we have before Him, that, if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.

Ye may

And not many days later, the younger son gathered everything together and went on a journey into a distant country, and there he squandered his estate with loose living.

Now He was also saying to the disciples, “There was a rich man who had a manager, and this manager was reported to him as squandering his possessions.

Lusts

What is the source of quarrels and conflicts among you? Is not the source your pleasures that wage war in your members?

General references

For everyone who asks, receives; and he who seeks, finds; and to him who knocks, it will be opened.

But if you bite and devour one another, take care that you are not consumed by one another.

For that man ought not to expect that he will receive anything from the Lord,