James 4:3
And when you do ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may squander it on your pleasures.
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ask, and.

James 1:6, 7
But he must ask in faith, without doubting, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. . . .

Job 27:8-10
For what hope has the godless when he is cut off, when God takes away his life? . . .

Job 35:12
There they cry out, but He does not answer, because of the pride of evil men.

Psalm 18:41
They cried for help, but there was no one to save them--to the LORD, but He did not answer.

Psalm 66:18, 19
If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened. . . .

Proverbs 1:28
Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; they will earnestly seek me, but will not find me.

Proverbs 15:8
The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is His delight.

Proverbs 21:13, 27
Whoever shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, he too shall cry out and receive no answer. . . .

Isaiah 1:15, 16
When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you; even though you multiply your prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood. . . .

Jeremiah 11:11, 14
Therefore this is what the LORD says: I am about to bring upon them a disaster that they cannot escape. They will cry out to Me, but I will not listen to them. . . .

Jeremiah 14:12
Although they may fast, I will not listen to their cry; although they may offer burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them. Instead, I will finish them off by sword and famine and plague."

Micah 3:4
Then they will cry out to the LORD, but He will not answer them. At that time He will hide His face from them because of the evil they have done.

Zechariah 7:13
Therefore just as I had called and they would not listen, so when they called I would not listen, says the LORD of Hosts.

Matthew 20:22
"You do not know what you are asking, " Jesus replied. "Are you able to drink the cup I am going to drink?" "We are able, " the brothers answered.

Mark 10:38
"You do not know what you are asking, " Jesus replied. "Can you drink the cup I will drink, or be baptized with the baptism I will undergo?"

1 John 3:22
and we will receive from Him whatever we ask, because we keep His commandments and do what is pleasing in His sight.

1 John 5:14
And this is the confidence that we have before Him: If we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.

ye may.

Luke 15:13, 30
After a few days, the younger son got everything together and journeyed to a distant country, where he squandered his wealth in wild living. . . .

Luke 16:1, 2
Jesus also said to His disciples, "There was a rich man whose manager was accused of wasting his possessions. . . .

lusts.

James 4:1
What causes conflicts and quarrels among you? Don't they come from the passions at war within you?

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
You ask and do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it on your pleasures.

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
You ask and don't receive because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it on your evil desires.

International Standard Version
You ask for something but do not get it because you ask for it for the wrong reason—for your own pleasure.

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

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
You ask and you do not receive, because you ask wickedly so that your lusts may be fed.
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