Verse 3

you ask and do not receive because you ask wrongly, so you can spend it on your passions.

Referenced Verses

  • 1 John 5:14 : 14 And this is the confidence that we have before him: that whenever we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.
  • 1 John 3:22 : 22 and whatever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do the things that are pleasing to him.
  • Ps 18:41 : 41 They cry out, but there is no one to help them; they cry out to the LORD, but he does not answer them.
  • Ps 66:18-19 : 18 If I had harbored sin in my heart, the Lord would not have listened. 19 However, God heard; he listened to my prayer.
  • Prov 1:28 : 28 Then they will call to me, but I will not answer; they will diligently seek me, but they will not find me.
  • Prov 15:8 : 8 The LORD abhors the sacrifice of the wicked, but the prayer of the upright pleases him.
  • Prov 21:13 : 13 The one who shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, he too will cry out and will not be answered.
  • Prov 21:27 : 27 The wicked person’s sacrifice is an abomination; how much more when he brings it with evil intent!
  • Isa 1:15-16 : 15 When you spread out your hands in prayer, I look the other way; when you offer your many prayers, I do not listen, because your hands are covered with blood. 16 Wash! Cleanse yourselves! Remove your sinful deeds from my sight. Stop sinning!
  • Jer 11:11 : 11 So I, the LORD, say this:‘I will soon bring disaster on them which they will not be able to escape! When they cry out to me for help, I will not listen to them.
  • Jer 11:14 : 14 But as for you, Jeremiah, do not pray for these people. Do not raise a cry of prayer for them. For I will not listen to them when they call out to me for help when disaster strikes them.”
  • Jer 14:12 : 12 Even if they fast, I will not hear their cries for help. Even if they offer burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them. Instead, I will kill them through wars, famines, and plagues.”
  • Mic 3:4 : 4 Someday these sinful leaders will cry to the LORD for help, but he will not answer them. He will hide his face from them at that time, because they have done such wicked deeds.”
  • Zech 7:13 : 13 “‘It then came about that just as I cried out, but they would not obey, so they will cry out, but I will not listen,’ the LORD of Heaven’s Armies had said.
  • Matt 20:22 : 22 Jesus answered,“You don’t know what you are asking! Are you able to drink the cup I am about to drink?” They said to him,“We are able.”
  • Mark 10:38 : 38 But Jesus said to them,“You don’t know what you are asking! Are you able to drink the cup I drink or be baptized with the baptism I experience?”
  • Luke 15:13 : 13 After a few days, the younger son gathered together all he had and left on a journey to a distant country, and there he squandered his wealth with a wild lifestyle.
  • Luke 16:1-2 : 1 The Parable of the Clever Steward Jesus also said to the disciples,“There was a rich man who was informed of accusations that his manager was wasting his assets. 2 So he called the manager in and said to him,‘What is this I hear about you? Turn in the account of your administration, because you can no longer be my manager.’
  • Jas 1:6-7 : 6 But he must ask in faith without doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed around by the wind. 7 For that person must not suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord,
  • Jas 4:1 : 1 Passions and Pride Where do the conflicts and where do the quarrels among you come from? Is it not from this, from your passions that battle inside you?
  • Job 27:8-9 : 8 For what hope does the godless have when he is cut off, when God takes away his life? 9 Does God listen to his cry when distress overtakes him? 10 Will he find delight in the Almighty? Will he call out to God at all times?
  • Job 35:12 : 12 Then they cry out– but he does not answer– because of the arrogance of the wicked.