James 1:7

An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

For that [doubting] person should not think that he will receive anything from the Lord [through prayer],

Cross References

James 1:6

But he should ask in faith, without doubting, because the person who doubts [that he will receive wisdom] is like an ocean wave that is driven and tossed by the wind.

James 1:8

because he is double-minded and undecided in all that he does [i.e., he cannot make up his mind and follow through about anything].

James 4:3

[When] you do ask, you do not receive it, because you ask from wrong motives, [just] so you can satisfy your own pleasures.