James 4:2

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

You want something you don't have, and you will do anything to get it. You will even kill! But you still cannot get what you want, and you won't get it by fighting and arguing. You should pray for it.

Cross References

1 Kings 21:6

“I asked Naboth to sell me his vineyard or to let me give him a better one,” Ahab replied. “And he told me I couldn't have it.”

Proverbs 1:19

The wealth you get from crime robs you of your life.

Ecclesiastes 4:8

For example, some people don't have friends or family. But they are never satisfied with what they own, and they never stop working to get more. They should ask themselves, “Why am I always working to have more? Who will get what I leave behind?” What a senseless and miserable life!

Isaiah 7:12

“No, LORD,” Ahaz answered. “I won't test you!”

Habakkuk 2:5

Wine is treacherous, and arrogant people are never satisfied. They are no less greedy than death itself— they open their mouths as wide as the world of the dead and swallow everyone.

John 16:24

You have not asked for anything in this way before, but now you must ask in my name. Then it will be given to you, so that you will be completely happy.

John 4:10

Jesus answered, “You don't know what God wants to give you, and you don't know who is asking you for a drink. If you did, you would ask me for the water that gives life.”

James 1:5

If any of you need wisdom, you should ask God, and it will be given to you. God is generous and won't correct you for asking.

James 5:6

You have condemned and murdered innocent people, who couldn't even fight back.

1 John 3:15

If you hate each other, you are murderers, and we know that murderers do not have eternal life.