James 4:2

James Moffatt - New Testament

You crave, and miss what you want: you envy and covet, but you cannot acquire: you wrangle and fight — you miss what you want because you do not ask God for it;

Cross References

John 16:24

hitherto you have asked nothing in my name; ask and you will receive, that your joy may be full.

James 1:5

Whoever of you is defective in wisdom, let him ask God who gives to all men without question or reproach, and the gift will be his.

John 4:10

Jesus answered, "If you knew what is the free gift of God and who is asking you for a drink, you would have asked him instead, and he would have given you 'living' water."

James 5:6

you have condemned, you have murdered the righteous — unresisting.

1 John 3:15

Anyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life remaining within him.