James 4:3

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Ye aske and receaue not, because ye aske amisse, euen to consume it vpon your lustes.

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  • 1 John 5:14 : 14 And this is the trust that we haue in hym: that yf we aske any thyng accordyng to his wyll, he heareth vs.
  • 1 John 3:22 : 22 And whatsoeuer we aske, we receaue of hym, because we kepe his commaundementes, and do those thynges which are pleasyng in his syght.
  • Ps 18:41 : 41 They cryed, but there was none to saue them: they cryed vnto God, but he dyd not heare them.
  • Ps 66:18-19 : 18 If I had inclined vnto wickednes in my heart, the Lorde woulde not haue hearde me: 19 but the Lorde hath hearde me, & considered the voyce of my prayer.
  • Prov 1:28 : 28 Then shall they call vpon me, but I wyll not aunswere: they shall seeke me early, but they shall not finde me:
  • Prov 15:8 : 8 The Lorde abhorreth the sacrifice of the vngodly: but the prayer of the righteous is acceptable vnto hym.
  • Prov 21:13 : 13 Who so stoppeth his eares at the crying of the poore, he shall crye hym selfe and not be hearde.
  • Prov 21:27 : 27 The sacrifice of the vngodly is abhomination: howe muche more when they offer the thing that is gotten with wickednesse?
  • Isa 1:15-16 : 15 When you holde out your handes, I wyll turne myne eyes from you: and though ye make many prayers, yet I wyll heare nothyng at all, seyng your handes are full of blood. 16 Washe you, make you cleane, put away your euyll thoughtes out of my syght: ceasse from doyng of euyll,
  • Jer 11:11 : 11 Therefore, thus saith the Lorde: beholde, I will send a plague vpon them, whiche they shall not be able to escape: and they shall crye vnto me, and I wyl not heare them.
  • Jer 11:14 : 14 Therfore pray not thou for this people, byd neither prayse nor prayer for them: for though they crye vnto me in their trouble, yet wil I not heare them.
  • Jer 14:12 : 12 For though they fast, I wyll not heare their prayers, and though they offer burnt offeringes and sacrifices, yet wyll not I accept them: for I wyll destroy them with the sworde, hunger, and pestilence.
  • Mic 3:4 : 4 Then shall they crye vnto the Lorde, but he wyll not heare them: he wyll euen hide his face from them at that time, because they haue done wickedly in their workes.
  • Zech 7:13 : 13 And thus is it come to passe, that like as he cryed, and they would not heare: euen so they cryed, & I would not heare saith the Lord God of hoastes:
  • Matt 20:22 : 22 But Iesus aunswered, and saide: Ye wote not what ye aske. Are ye able to drynke of the cuppe that I shall drynke of? and to be baptized with the baptisme that I am baptized with? They say vnto hym: we are able.
  • Mark 10:38 : 38 But Iesus sayde vnto them, Ye wote not what ye aske: Can ye drynke of the cuppe that I drynke of? and be baptized with the baptisme that I am baptized with?
  • Luke 15:13 : 13 And not long after, when the younger sonne had gathered all that he had together, he toke his iourney into a farre countrey, and there wasted his goodes with riotous lyuyng.
  • Luke 16:1-2 : 1 And he sayde also vnto his disciples. There was a certayne riche man, which had a stewarde, and the same was accused vnto hym that he had wasted his goodes. 2 And he called hym, and sayde vnto hym: Howe is it, that I heare this of thee? Geue accomptes of thy stewardeshyppe, for thou mayest be no longer stewarde.
  • Jas 1:6-7 : 6 But let hym aske in fayth, nothyng waueryng: For he that wauereth, is like a waue of the sea, tost of the wynde, and caryed with violence. 7 Neither let that man thynke that he shall receaue any thyng of the Lorde.
  • Jas 4:1 : 1 From whence cometh warre and fightyng among you? come they not here hence, euen of your lustes that fight in your members?
  • Job 27:8-9 : 8 For what hope hath the hypocrite though he haue great good, if God take away his soule? 9 Will God heare his crye, when trouble commeth vpon him? 10 Hath he such pleasure and delite in the almightie, that he dare alway call vpon God?
  • Job 35:12 : 12 If any such complaine, no man geueth aunswere, and that because of the wickednesse of proude tirauntes.

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  • Jas 4:1-2
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    1From whence cometh warre and fightyng among you? come they not here hence, euen of your lustes that fight in your members?

    2Ye lust, and haue not: Ye enuie, and haue indignation, and can not obtayne: Ye fyght and warre, ye haue not, because ye aske not.

  • Jas 4:4-5
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    4Ye adulterers & adultresses, knowe you not howe that the frendship of the world is enmitie with God? Whosoeuer therfore wylbe a friende of the worlde, is made the enemie of God.

    5Either do ye thynke that the scripture sayth in vayne, the spirite that dwelleth in vs, lusteth after enuie?

  • 1 John 2:15-16
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    15See that ye loue not the worlde, neither the thynges that are in the worlde. If any man loue the worlde, the loue of the father is not in hym.

    16For all that is in the worlde, as the lust of the fleshe, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the father, but of the worlde.

  • Jas 1:7
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    7Neither let that man thynke that he shall receaue any thyng of the Lorde.

  • Jas 1:5
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    5If any of you lacke wisdome, let him aske of God, that geueth to all men indifferentlie, and casteth no man in the teeth: and it shalbe geuen hym.

  • Gal 5:16-17
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    16Then I say, walke in the spirite, and ye shall not fulfyll the lust of the flesshe.

    17For the flesshe lusteth contrary to the spirite, and the spirite contrary to the flesshe. These are contrary one to the other, so that ye can not do what ye woulde.

  • Jas 1:14-16
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    14But euery man is tempted, when he is drawen away, & entised of his owne concupiscence.

    15Then, when lust hath conceaued, it bryngeth foorth sinne: and sinne when it is finished, bryngeth foorth death.

    16Do not erre my deare brethren.

  • 1 Thess 4:5
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    5Not in the lust of concupiscence, euen as the gentiles, which knowe not God.

  • Jas 5:5-6
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    5Ye haue liued in pleasure on the earth, and ben wanton: Ye haue nourisshed your heartes, as in a day of slaughter.

    6Ye haue condempned and kylled the iust, and he hath not resisted you.

  • Matt 7:7
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    7Aske, and it shalbe geuen you: seke, and ye shall fynde: knocke, and it shalbe opened vnto you.

  • John 16:24
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    24Hytherto haue ye asked nothyng in my name: Aske, & ye shall receaue, that your ioy may be full.

  • Matt 6:8
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    8Be not ye therfore lyke vnto them. For your father knoweth, what thynges ye haue nede of, before ye aske of hym.

  • 1 Cor 6:7-8
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    7Nowe therefore there is vtterly a fault among you, because ye go to lawe one with another: Why rather suffer ye not wrong? why rather suffer ye not harme?

    8Nay, ye your selues do wrong, and do harme, and that to your brethren.

  • Jas 3:14-15
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    14But yf ye haue bitter enuiyng & strife in your hearte, glorie not, neither be lyers agaynst the trueth.

    15For such wisdome descendeth not fro aboue: but is earthlie, sensuall, and deuelishe.

  • Jas 4:13-16
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    13Go to nowe ye that say, to day and to morowe let vs go into such a citie, and continue there a yere, and bye and sell, and wynne:

    14And yet can not ye tel what shall happen on the morowe. For what thyng is your lyfe? It is euen a vapour, that appeareth for a litle tyme, and then he vanisheth away.

    15For that ye ought to say: If the Lorde wyll, and yf we lyue, let vs do this or that.

    16But now ye reioyce in your boastinges: All such reioycyng is euyll.

  • 1 John 3:22
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    22And whatsoeuer we aske, we receaue of hym, because we kepe his commaundementes, and do those thynges which are pleasyng in his syght.

  • 1 Pet 4:4
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    4And it seemeth to them an inconuenient thyng, that ye runne not also with them vnto the same excesse of riote, and therefore speake they euyll of you:

  • Matt 7:11
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    11If ye then, beyng euyll, knowe to geue your chyldren good gyftes: howe much more shall your father, which is in heauen, geue good thynges, to them that aske hym?

  • 1 Tim 6:9
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    9For they that wyll be riche, fall into temptations and snares, and into many folishe & noysome lustes, which drowne men in perdition and destruction.

  • Luke 11:9-10
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    9And I say vnto you, aske, and it shalbe geuen you, seke, and ye shall fynde, knocke, and it shalbe opened vnto you.

    10For euery one that asketh, receaueth, and he that seketh, fyndeth, and vnto hym that knocketh, shall it be opened.

  • Rev 3:17
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    17Because thou sayest, I am riche and increased with goodes, and haue neede of nothyng: & knowest not howe that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poore, and blynde, and naked.

  • Jer 5:25
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    25Neuerthesse, your misdeedes haue turned these from you, and your sinnes haue robbed you of good thinges.

  • Luke 12:29-31
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    29And aske not ye what ye shall eate, or what ye shall drynke, neither be ye of doubtfull mynde:

    30For all suche thynges do the Heathen people of the worlde seke for: and your father knoweth that ye haue neede of these thynges.

    31But rather seke ye after ye kyngdome of God, and all these thinges shalbe ministred vnto you.

  • Ps 78:18
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    18And they temped god in their heartes: in requiring meate for their lust.

  • Ps 78:30
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    30But whyle the meate was yet in their mouthes, the heauy wrath of God came vpon them, and slue the welthyest of them: and made the chosen men of Israel to stoupe.

  • Matt 6:19
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    19Hoorde not vp for your selues, treasures vpon earth, where the moth and rust doth corrupt, and where theeues breake through, and steale.

  • John 5:40
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    40And yet wyll ye not come to me, that ye myght haue lyfe.

  • Jas 2:4
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    4Are ye not partiall in your selues, and are made iudges of euyll thoughtes?

  • John 15:7
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    7Yf ye byde in me, and my wordes abyde in you, aske what ye wyll, and it shalbe done for you.

  • Luke 6:30
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    30Geue to euery man that asketh of thee: And of hym that taketh away thy goodes, aske them not agayne.

  • Rom 6:12
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    12Let not sinne raigne therefore in your mortall bodie, that ye shoulde thervnto obey by the lustes of it.

  • Isa 58:3
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    3Wherefore fast we say they and thou seest it not? we put our liues to straitnesse, and thou regardest it not?

  • Matt 6:32
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    32(For after all these thynges, do the Gentiles seke:) for your heauenly father knoweth, that ye haue nede of all these thynges.

  • Jas 5:3
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    3Your golde and siluer is cankred, and the rust of them shalbe a witnesse agaynst you, and shall eate your fleshe as it were fyre. Ye haue heaped treasure together in your last dayes.

  • Eph 5:6
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    6Let no man deceaue you with vayne wordes: For, because of such thynges commeth the wrath of God vppon the chyldren of disobedience.