James 4:2

Modern King James Version

You desire, and do not have. You murder, and are jealous, and cannot obtain. You fight and war, yet you have not because you ask not.

Cross References

John 16:24

Before now you have asked nothing in My name; ask and you shall receive, that your joy may be full.

James 1:5

But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and with no reproach, and it shall be given to him.

John 4:10

Jesus answered and said to her, If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that says to you, Give Me to drink, you would have asked of Him, and He would have given you living water.

Proverbs 1:19

So are the ways of everyone who gains unjust gain; it takes away its owners' life.

Habakkuk 2:5

And also wine indeed betrays a proud man, and he is not content. He widens his soul like Sheol, and he is like death, and is not satisfied, but gathers all nations to himself, and heaps to himself all the peoples.

Isaiah 7:12

But Ahaz said, I will not ask, nor will I tempt Jehovah.

Ecclesiastes 4:8

There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he has neither son nor brother; yet there is no end to all his labor; and his eyes are not satisfied with riches; and he says , For whom do I labor and take good from my soul? This is also vanity. Yes, it is an evil business.

James 5:6

You have condemned and murdered the just; he does not resist you.

1 John 3:15

Everyone hating his brother is a murderer. And you know that no murderer has everlasting life abiding in him.

1 Kings 21:6

And he said to her, Because I spoke to Naboth of Jezreel and said to him, Give me your vineyard for silver. Or else, if it pleases you, I will give you another vineyard for it. And he answered, I will not give you my vineyard.