James 1:5

Modern English Version

If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all men liberally and without criticism, and it will be given to him.

Cross References

1 Chronicles 22:12

Only may the Lord give you insight and understanding and give you charge over Israel so you may keep the law of the Lord your God.

2 Chronicles 1:10

Now give wisdom and knowledge to me so that I might know how to go before this people, for who can judge this great people of Yours?”

Psalm 51:6

Behold, You desire truth in the inward being, and in my secret heart You will teach me wisdom.

Exodus 31:3

I have filled him with the Spirit of God in wisdom, in understanding, in knowledge, and in all manner of craftsmanship

Exodus 31:6

And behold, I have given him Oholiab, the son of Ahisamak, of the tribe of Dan, and I have given skill to all who are specially skilled, that they may make everything that I have commanded you:

Proverbs 8:17

I love those who love me, and those who seek me diligently will find me.

Matthew 11:20

Then He began to reprimand the cities where most of His mighty works were done, because they did not repent:

Mark 16:14

Afterward He appeared to the eleven as they sat at supper, and He reprimanded them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they did not believe those who had seen Him after He had risen.

John 14:13

I will do whatever you ask in My name, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

John 15:7

If you remain in Me, and My words remain in you, you will ask whatever you desire, and it shall be done for you.

John 4:10

Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who is saying to you, ‘Give Me a drink,’ you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water.”

2 Corinthians 2:16

To the one we are the fragrance of death, which brings death, and to the other the fragrance of life, which brings life. Who is sufficient for these things?

James 1:17

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom is no change or shadow of turning.

James 3:17

But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.

James 5:16

Confess your faults to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man accomplishes much.

1 John 3:22

And whatever we ask, we will receive from Him, because we keep His commandments and do the things that are pleasing in His sight.