James 4:2

New English Translation

You desire and you do not have; you murder and envy and you cannot obtain; you quarrel and fight. You do not have because you do not ask;

Cross References

1 Kings 21:6

He answered her, “While I was talking to Naboth the Jezreelite, I said to him, ‘Sell me your vineyard for silver, or if you prefer, I will give you another vineyard in its place.’ But he said, ‘I will not sell you my vineyard.’”

Proverbs 1:19

Such are the ways of all who gain profit unjustly; it takes away the life of those who obtain it!

Ecclesiastes 4:8

A man who is all alone with no companion, he has no children nor siblings; yet there is no end to all his toil, and he is never satisfied with riches. He laments, “For whom am I toiling and depriving myself of pleasure?” This also is futile and a burdensome task!

Isaiah 7:12

But Ahaz responded, “I don’t want to ask; I don’t want to put the Lord to a test.”

Habakkuk 2:5

Indeed, wine will betray the proud, restless man! His appetite is as big as Sheol’s; like death, he is never satisfied. He gathers all the nations; he seizes all peoples.

John 16:24

Until now you have not asked for anything in my name. Ask and you will receive it, so that your joy may be complete.

John 4:10

Jesus answered her, “If you had known the gift of God and who it is who said to you, ‘Give me some water to drink,’ you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.”

James 1:5

But if anyone is deficient in wisdom, he should ask God, who gives to all generously and without reprimand, and it will be given to him.

James 5:6

You have condemned and murdered the righteous person, although he does not resist you.

1 John 3:15

Everyone who hates his fellow Christian is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life residing in him.