James 4:2

Modern English Version

You lust and do not have, so you kill. You desire to have and cannot obtain. You fight and war. Yet you do not have, because you do not ask.

Cross References

1 Kings 21:6

And he said to her, “Because I spoke to Naboth the Jezreelite and said to him, ‘Give me your vineyard for money; or else, if you prefer, I will give you another vineyard for it.’ And he answered, ‘I will not give you my vineyard.’ ”

Proverbs 1:19

So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain; it takes away the life of its owners.

Ecclesiastes 4:8

There is a person who is alone, having neither son nor brother; there is not an end to all his toil, and his eyes are not satisfied with riches. He asks, “For whom do I labor and cause my life to lack good things?” This also is vanity and a burdensome task.

Isaiah 7:12

But Ahaz said, I will not ask, nor will I tempt the Lord.

Habakkuk 2:5

Indeed, wine betrays the proud man, who does not stay at home. He enlarges his appetite as Sheol, and like death he is never satisfied. He gathers to himself all nations and collects for himself all peoples.

John 16:24

Until now you have asked nothing in My name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full.

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.”

James 1:5

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.

James 5:6

You have condemned and killed the righteous man who does not resist you.

1 John 3:15

Whoever hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life remaining in him.