James 4:2

New American Standard Bible 2020

You lust and do not have, so you commit murder. And you are envious and cannot obtain, so you fight and quarrel. You do not have because you do not ask.

Cross References

1 Kings 21:6

So he said to her, “It is because I was speaking to Naboth the Jezreelite and saying to him, ‘Give me your vineyard for money; or else, if it pleases you, I will give you a vineyard in place of it.’ But he said, ‘I will not give you my vineyard.’ ”

Proverbs 1:19

Such are the ways of everyone who makes unjust gain; It takes away the life of its possessors.

Ecclesiastes 4:8

There was a man without a dependent, having neither a son nor a brother, yet there was no end to all his labor. Indeed, his eyes were not satisfied with riches, and he never asked, “And for whom do I labor and deprive myself of pleasure?” This too is futility, and it is an unhappy task.

Isaiah 7:12

But Ahaz said, “I will not ask, nor will I put the Lord to the test!”

Habakkuk 2:5

“Furthermore, wine betrays an arrogant man, So that he does not achieve his objective. He enlarges his appetite like Sheol, And he is like death, never satisfied. He also gathers to himself all the nations And collects to himself all the peoples.

John 16:24

Until now you have asked for nothing in My name; ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be made full.

John 4:10

Jesus replied to 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

But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all generously and without reproach, and it will be given to him.

James 5:6

You have condemned and put to death the righteous person; he offers you no resistance.

1 John 3:15

Everyone who hates his brother or sister is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life remaining in him.