James 4:2

Free Bible Version

You burn with desire, but don't get what you want. You kill for what you lust after, but don't get what you're looking for. You argue and you fight, but you don't get anything, because you don't pray for it.

Cross References

1 Kings 21:6

Ahab replied, “It's because I talked with Naboth from Jezreel and I asked him, ‘Give me your vineyard for cash, or if you want, I'll give you another vineyard instead.’ But he said, ‘I will not give you my vineyard.’”

Proverbs 1:19

This is what happens to you if you try to become rich through crime—it kills you!

Ecclesiastes 4:8

What about someone who has no family to help him, no brother or son, who works all the time, but isn't satisfied with the money he makes. “Who am I working for?” he asks himself. “Why am I preventing myself from enjoying life?” Such a situation is hard to explain—it's an evil business!

Isaiah 7:12

“No, I'm not going to ask,” Ahaz replied. “I refuse to put the Lord to the test.”

Habakkuk 2:5

In addition wealth provides no security. Those who are arrogant never have any peace; their greedy mouths are as wide open as the grave, and like death they are never satisfied. They gather nations like possessions, swallowing up many peoples.

John 16:24

Until now you haven't asked for anything in my name, so ask and you shall receive, and your happiness will be complete.

John 4:10

Jesus answered her, “If you only recognized God's gift, and who is asking you, ‘Please could you give me a drink?’ you would have asked him and he would have given you the water of life.”

James 1:5

If any of you need wisdom, ask God, who gives generously to everyone without holding back.

James 5:6

You have condemned and killed the innocent who didn't even resist you.

1 John 3:15

All those who hate their Christian brothers and sisters are murderers, and you know that no murderers have eternal life within them!