James 1:7

Contemporary English Version 1995

If you are that kind of person, you can't make up your mind, and you surely can't be trusted. So don't expect the Lord to give you anything at all.

Cross References

James 4:3

Yet even when you do pray, your prayers are not answered, because you pray just for selfish reasons.

Isaiah 1:15

“No matter how much you pray, I won't listen. You are too violent.

Proverbs 21:27

The Lord despises the offerings of wicked people with evil motives.

Proverbs 15:8

The Lord is disgusted by gifts from the wicked, but it makes him happy when his people pray.

James 1:6

But when you ask for something, you must have faith and not doubt. Anyone who doubts is like an ocean wave tossed around in a storm.