James 4:3

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

ye ask, and ye receive not, because evilly ye ask, that in your pleasures ye may spend `it'.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 John 5:14 : 14 And this is the boldness that we have toward Him, that if anything we may ask according to his will, He doth hear us,
  • 1 John 3:22 : 22 and whatever we may ask, we receive from Him, because His commands we keep, and the things pleasing before Him we do,
  • Ps 18:41 : 41 They cry, and there is no saviour, On Jehovah, and He doth not answer them.
  • Ps 66:18-19 : 18 Iniquity, if I have seen in my heart, The Lord doth not hear. 19 But God hath heard, He hath attended to the voice of my prayer.
  • Prov 1:28 : 28 Then they call me, and I do not answer, They seek me earnestly, and find me not.
  • Prov 15:8 : 8 The sacrifice of the wicked `is' an abomination to Jehovah, And the prayer of the upright `is' His delight.
  • Prov 21:13 : 13 Whoso is shutting his ear from the cry of the poor, He also doth cry, and is not answered.
  • Prov 21:27 : 27 The sacrifice of the wicked `is' abomination, Much more when in wickedness he bringeth it.
  • Isa 1:15-16 : 15 And in your spreading forth your hands, I hide mine eyes from you, Also when ye increase prayer, I do not hear, Your hands of blood have been full. 16 Wash ye, make ye pure, Turn aside the evil of your doings, from before Mine eyes, Cease to do evil, learn to do good.
  • Jer 11:11 : 11 Therefore thus said Jehovah: Lo, I am bringing in unto them evil, That they are not able to go out from, And they have cried unto Me, And I do not hearken unto them.
  • Jer 11:14 : 14 And thou, thou dost not pray for this people, Nor dost thou lift up for them cry and prayer, For I do not hearken in the time of their calling unto Me for their vexation.
  • Jer 14:12 : 12 When they fast, I hearken not unto their cry, And when they cause to ascend burnt-offering and present, I accept them not, For by sword, and by famine, And by pestilence, I am consuming them.
  • Mic 3:4 : 4 Then do they cry unto Jehovah, And He doth not answer them, And hideth His face from them at that time, As they have made evil their doings.
  • Zech 7:13 : 13 And it cometh to pass, as He called, And they have not hearkened, So do they call, and I do not hearken, Said Jehovah of Hosts.
  • Matt 20:22 : 22 And Jesus answering said, `Ye have not known what ye ask for yourselves; are ye able to drink of the cup that I am about to drink? and with the baptism that I am baptized with, to be baptized?' They say to him, `We are able.'
  • Mark 10:38 : 38 and Jesus said to them, `Ye have not known what ye ask; are ye able to drink of the cup that I drink of, and with the baptism that I am baptized with -- to be baptized?'
  • Luke 15:13 : 13 `And not many days after, having gathered all together, the younger son went abroad to a far country, and there he scattered his substance, living riotously;
  • Luke 16:1-2 : 1 And he said also unto his disciples, `A certain man was rich, who had a steward, and he was accused to him as scattering his goods; 2 and having called him, he said to him, What `is' this I hear about thee? render the account of thy stewardship, for thou mayest not any longer be steward.
  • Jas 1:6-7 : 6 and let him ask in faith, nothing doubting, for he who is doubting hath been like a wave of the sea, driven by wind and tossed, 7 for let not that man suppose that he shall receive anything from the Lord --
  • Jas 4:1 : 1 Whence `are' wars and fightings among you? not thence -- out of your passions, that are as soldiers in your members?
  • Job 27:8-9 : 8 For what `is' the hope of the profane, When He doth cut off? When God doth cast off his soul? 9 His cry doth God hear, When distress cometh on him? 10 On the Mighty doth he delight himself? Call God at all times?
  • Job 35:12 : 12 There they cry, and He doth not answer, Because of the pride of evil doers.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Jas 4:1-2
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    90%

    1 Whence `are' wars and fightings among you? not thence -- out of your passions, that are as soldiers in your members?

    2 ye desire, and ye have not; ye murder, and are zealous, and are not able to attain; ye fight and war, and ye have not, because of your not asking;

  • Jas 4:4-5
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    76%

    4 Adulterers and adulteresses! have ye not known that friendship of the world is enmity with God? whoever, then, may counsel to be a friend of the world, an enemy of God he is set.

    5 Do ye think that emptily the Writing saith, `To envy earnestly desireth the spirit that did dwell in us,'

  • 1 John 2:15-16
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    71%

    15 Love not ye the world, nor the things in the world; if any one doth love the world, the love of the Father is not in him,

    16 because all that `is' in the world -- the desire of the flesh, and the desire of the eyes, and the ostentation of the life -- is not of the Father, but of the world,

  • Jas 1:7
    71%

    7 for let not that man suppose that he shall receive anything from the Lord --

  • Jas 1:5
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    5 and if any of you do lack wisdom, let him ask from God, who is giving to all liberally, and not reproaching, and it shall be given to him;

  • Gal 5:16-17
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    16 And I say: In the Spirit walk ye, and the desire of the flesh ye may not complete;

    17 for the flesh doth desire contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit contrary to the flesh, and these are opposed one to another, that the things that ye may will -- these ye may not do;

  • Jas 1:14-16
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    70%

    14 and each one is tempted, by his own desires being led away and enticed,

    15 afterward the desire having conceived, doth give birth to sin, and the sin having been perfected, doth bring forth death.

    16 Be not led astray, my brethren beloved;

  • 1 Thess 4:5
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    5 not in the affection of desire, as also the nations that were not knowing God,

  • Jas 5:5-6
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    5 ye did live in luxury upon the earth, and were wanton; ye did nourish your hearts, as in a day of slaughter;

    6 ye did condemn -- ye did murder the righteous one, he doth not resist you.

  • Matt 7:7
    68%

    7 `Ask, and it shall be given to you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you;

  • John 16:24
    68%

    24 till now ye did ask nothing in my name; ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.

  • Matt 6:8
    68%

    8 be ye not therefore like to them, for your Father doth know those things that ye have need of before your asking him;

  • 1 Cor 6:7-8
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    7 Already, indeed, then, there is altogether a fault among you, that ye have judgments with one another; wherefore do ye not rather suffer injustice? wherefore be ye not rather defrauded?

    8 but ye -- ye do injustice, and ye defraud, and these -- brethren!

  • Jas 3:14-15
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    14 and if bitter zeal ye have, and rivalry in your heart, glory not, nor lie against the truth;

    15 this wisdom is not descending from above, but earthly, physical, demon-like,

  • Jas 4:13-16
    4 verses
    68%

    13 Go, now, ye who are saying, `To-day and to-morrow we will go on to such a city, and will pass there one year, and traffic, and make gain;'

    14 who do not know the thing of the morrow; for what is your life? for it is a vapour that is appearing for a little, and then is vanishing;

    15 instead of your saying, `If the Lord may will, we shall live, and do this or that;'

    16 and now ye glory in your pride; all such glorying is evil;

  • 1 John 3:22
    67%

    22 and whatever we may ask, we receive from Him, because His commands we keep, and the things pleasing before Him we do,

  • 1 Pet 4:4
    67%

    4 in which they think it strange -- your not running with them to the same excess of dissoluteness, speaking evil,

  • Matt 7:11
    67%

    11 if, therefore, ye being evil, have known good gifts to give to your children, how much more shall your Father who `is' in the heavens give good things to those asking him?

  • 1 Tim 6:9
    67%

    9 and those wishing to be rich, do fall into temptation and a snare, and many desires, foolish and hurtful, that sink men into ruin and destruction,

  • Luke 11:9-10
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    67%

    9 and I say to you, Ask, and it shall be given to you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you;

    10 for every one who is asking doth receive; and he who is seeking doth find; and to him who is knocking it shall be opened.

  • Rev 3:17
    66%

    17 because thou sayest -- I am rich, and have grown rich, and have need of nothing, and hast not known that thou art the wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked,

  • Jer 5:25
    66%

    25 Your iniquities have turned these away, And your sins have kept the good from you.

  • Luke 12:29-31
    3 verses
    66%

    29 `And ye -- seek not what ye may eat, or what ye may drink, and be not in suspense,

    30 for all these things do the nations of the world seek after, and your Father hath known that ye have need of these things;

    31 but, seek ye the reign of God, and all these things shall be added to you.

  • Ps 78:18
    66%

    18 And they try God in their heart, To ask food for their lust.

  • Ps 78:30
    66%

    30 They have not been estranged from their desire, Yet `is' their food in their mouth,

  • Matt 6:19
    66%

    19 `Treasure not up to yourselves treasures on the earth, where moth and rust disfigure, and where thieves break through and steal,

  • John 5:40
    66%

    40 and ye do not will to come unto me, that ye may have life;

  • Jas 2:4
    65%

    4 ye did not judge fully in yourselves, and did become ill-reasoning judges.

  • John 15:7
    65%

    7 if ye may remain in me, and my sayings in you may remain, whatever ye may wish ye shall ask, and it shall be done to you.

  • Luke 6:30
    65%

    30 `And to every one who is asking of thee, be giving; and from him who is taking away thy goods, be not asking again;

  • Rom 6:12
    65%

    12 Let not then the sin reign in your mortal body, to obey it in its desires;

  • Isa 58:3
    65%

    3 `Why have we fasted, and Thou hast not seen? We have afflicted our soul, and Thou knowest not.' Lo, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, And all your labours ye exact.

  • Matt 6:32
    65%

    32 for all these do the nations seek for, for your heavenly Father doth know that ye have need of all these;

  • Jas 5:3
    65%

    3 your gold and silver have rotted, and the rust of them for a testimony shall be to you, and shall eat your flesh as fire. Ye made treasure in the last days!

  • Eph 5:6
    65%

    6 Let no one deceive you with vain words, for because of these things cometh the anger of God upon the sons of the disobedience,