James 4:2

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

You covet, and have not: you kill, and envy, and can not obtain. You contend and war, and you have not, because you ask not.

Cross References

John 16:24

Hitherto you have not asked any thing in my name. Ask, and you shall receive; that your joy may be full.

James 1:5

But if any of you want wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all men abundantly, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.

John 4:10

Jesus answered, and said to her: If thou didst know the gift of God, and who he is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou perhaps wouldst have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.

Proverbs 1:19

So the wage of every covetous man destroy the souls of the possessors.

Habakkuk 2:5

And as wine deceiveth him that drinketh it: so shall the proud man be, and he shall not be honoured: who hath enlarged his desire like hell: and is himself like death, and he is never satisfied: but will gather together unto him all nations, and heap together unto him all people.

Isaiah 7:12

And Achaz said: I will not ask, and I will not tempt the Lord.

Ecclesiastes 4:8

There is but one, and he hath not a second, no child, no brother, and yet he ceaseth not to labour, neither are his eyes satisfied with riches, neither doth he reflect, saying: For whom do I labour, and defraud my soul of good things? in this also is vanity, and a grievous vexation.

James 5:6

You have condemned and put to death the Just One, and he resisted you not.

1 John 3:15

Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer. And you know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in himself.

1 Kings 21:6

And he answered her: I spoke to Naboth the Jezrahelite, and said to him: Give me thy vineyard, and take money for it; or if it please thee, I will give thee a better vineyard for it. And he said: I will not give thee my vineyard.