James 4:3

American Standard Version (1901)

Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may spend [it] in your pleasures.

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  • 1 John 5:14 : 14 And this is the boldness which we have toward him, that, if we ask anything according to his will, he heareth us:
  • 1 John 3:22 : 22 and whatsoever we ask we receive of him, because we keep his commandments and do the things that are pleasing in his sight.
  • Ps 18:41 : 41 They cried, but there was none to save; Even unto Jehovah, but he answered them not.
  • Ps 66:18-19 : 18 If I regard iniquity in my heart, The Lord will not hear: 19 But verily God hath heard; He hath attended to the voice of my prayer.
  • Prov 1:28 : 28 Then will they call upon me, but I will not answer; They will seek me diligently, but they shall not find me:
  • Prov 15:8 : 8 The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to Jehovah; But the prayer of the upright is his delight.
  • Prov 21:13 : 13 Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, He also shall cry, but shall not be heard.
  • Prov 21:27 : 27 The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination: How much more, when he bringeth it with a wicked mind!
  • Isa 1:15-16 : 15 And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you; yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood. 16 Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;
  • Jer 11:11 : 11 Therefore thus saith Jehovah, Behold, I will bring evil upon them, which they shall not be able to escape; and they shall cry unto me, but I will not hearken unto them.
  • Jer 11:14 : 14 Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up cry nor prayer for them; for I will not hear them in the time that they cry unto me because of their trouble.
  • Jer 14:12 : 12 When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer burnt-offering and meal-offering, I will not accept them; but I will consume them by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence.
  • Mic 3:4 : 4 Then shall they cry unto Jehovah, but he will not answer them; yea, he will hide his face from them at that time, according as they have wrought evil in their doings.
  • Zech 7:13 : 13 And it is come to pass that, as he cried, and they would not hear, so they shall cry, and I will not hear, said Jehovah of hosts;
  • Matt 20:22 : 22 But Jesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink the cup that I am about to drink? They say unto him, We are able.
  • Mark 10:38 : 38 But Jesus said unto them, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink the cup that I drink? or to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?
  • Luke 15:13 : 13 And not many days after, the younger son gathered all together and took his journey into a far country; and there he wasted his substance with riotous living.
  • Luke 16:1-2 : 1 And he said also unto the disciples, There was a certain rich man, who had a steward; and the same was accused unto him that he was wasting his goods. 2 And he called him, and said unto him, What is this that I hear of thee? render the account of thy stewardship; for thou canst be no longer steward.
  • Jas 1:6-7 : 6 But let him ask in faith, nothing doubting: for he that doubteth is like the surge of the sea driven by the wind and tossed. 7 For let not that man think that he shall receive anything of the Lord;
  • Jas 4:1 : 1 Whence [come] wars and whence [come] fightings among you? [come they] not hence, [even] of your pleasures that war in your members?
  • Job 27:8-9 : 8 For what is the hope of the godless, though he get him gain, When God taketh away his soul? 9 Will God hear his cry, When trouble cometh upon him? 10 Will he delight himself in the Almighty, And call upon God at all times?
  • Job 35:12 : 12 There they cry, but none giveth answer, Because of the pride of evil men.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Jas 4:1-2
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    1Whence [come] wars and whence [come] fightings among you? [come they] not hence, [even] of your pleasures that war in your members?

    2Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and covet, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war; ye have not, because ye ask not.

  • Jas 4:4-5
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    4Ye adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? Whosoever therefore would be a friend of the world maketh himself an enemy of God.

    5Or think ye that the scripture speaketh in vain? Doth the spirit which he made to dwell in us long unto envying?

  • 1 John 2:15-16
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    15Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

    16For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the vain glory of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.

  • Jas 1:7
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    7For let not that man think that he shall receive anything of the Lord;

  • Jas 1:5
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    5But if any of you lacketh wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all liberally and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.

  • Gal 5:16-17
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    16But I say, walk by the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.

    17For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; for these are contrary the one to the other; that ye may not do the things that ye would.

  • Jas 1:14-16
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    14but each man is tempted, when he is drawn away by his own lust, and enticed.

    15Then the lust, when it hath conceived, beareth sin: and the sin, when it is fullgrown, bringeth forth death.

    16Be not deceived, my beloved brethren.

  • 1 Thess 4:5
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    5not in the passion of lust, even as the Gentiles who know not God;

  • Jas 5:5-6
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    5Ye have lived delicately on the earth, and taken your pleasure; ye have nourished your hearts in a day of slaughter.

    6Ye have condemned, ye have killed the righteous [one] ; he doth not resist you.

  • Matt 7:7
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    7Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:

  • John 16:24
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    24Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be made full.

  • Matt 6:8
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    8Be not therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.

  • 1 Cor 6:7-8
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    7Nay, already it is altogether a defect in you, that ye have lawsuits one with another. Why not rather take wrong? why not rather be defrauded?

    8Nay, but ye yourselves do wrong, and defraud, and that [your] brethren.

  • Jas 3:14-15
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    14But if ye have bitter jealousy and faction in your heart, glory not and lie not against the truth.

    15This wisdom is not [a wisdom] that cometh down from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.

  • Jas 4:13-16
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    13Come now, ye that say, To-day or to-morrow we will go into this city, and spend a year there, and trade, and get gain:

    14whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. What is your life? For ye are a vapor, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.

    15For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall both live, and do this or that.

    16But now ye glory in your vauntings: all such glorying is evil.

  • 1 John 3:22
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    22and whatsoever we ask we receive of him, because we keep his commandments and do the things that are pleasing in his sight.

  • 1 Pet 4:4
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    4wherein they think it strange that ye run not with [them] into the same excess of riot, speaking evil of [you] :

  • Matt 7:11
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    11If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father who is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?

  • 1 Tim 6:9
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    9But they that are minded to be rich fall into a temptation and a snare and many foolish and hurtful lusts, such as drown men in destruction and perdition.

  • Luke 11:9-10
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    9And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.

    10For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.

  • Rev 3:17
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    17Because thou sayest, I am rich, and have gotten riches, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art the wretched one and miserable and poor and blind and naked:

  • Jer 5:25
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    25Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have withholden good from you.

  • Luke 12:29-31
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    29And seek not ye what ye shall eat, and what ye shall drink, neither be ye of doubtful mind.

    30For all these things do the nations of the world seek after: but your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things.

    31Yet seek ye his kingdom, and these things shall be added unto you.

  • Ps 78:18
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    18And they tempted God in their heart By asking food according to their desire.

  • Ps 78:30
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    30They were not estranged from that which they desired, Their food was yet in their mouths,

  • Matt 6:19
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    19Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal:

  • John 5:40
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    40and ye will not come to me, that ye may have life.

  • Jas 2:4
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    4do ye not make distinctions among yourselves, and become judges with evil thoughts?

  • John 15:7
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    7If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatsoever ye will, and it shall be done unto you.

  • Luke 6:30
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    30Give to every one that asketh thee; and of him that taketh away thy goods ask them not again.

  • Rom 6:12
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    12Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey the lusts thereof:

  • Isa 58:3
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    3Wherefore have we fasted, [say they], and thou seest not? [wherefore] have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find [your own] pleasure, and exact all your labors.

  • Matt 6:32
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    32For after all these things do the Gentiles seek; for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.

  • Jas 5:3
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    3Your gold and your silver are rusted; and their rust shall be for a testimony against you, and shall eat your flesh as fire. Ye have laid up your treasure in the last days.

  • Eph 5:6
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    6Let no man deceive you with empty words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the sons of disobedience.