James 4:2

New Living Translation

You want what you don’t have, so you scheme and kill to get it. You are jealous of what others have, but you can’t get it, so you fight and wage war to take it away from them. Yet you don’t have what you want because you don’t ask God for it.

Cross References

1 Kings 21:6

“I asked Naboth to sell me his vineyard or trade it, but he refused!” Ahab told her.

Proverbs 1:19

Such is the fate of all who are greedy for money; it robs them of life.

Ecclesiastes 4:8

This is the case of a man who is all alone, without a child or a brother, yet who works hard to gain as much wealth as he can. But then he asks himself, “Who am I working for? Why am I giving up so much pleasure now?” It is all so meaningless and depressing.

Isaiah 7:12

But the king refused. “No,” he said, “I will not test the Lord like that.”

Habakkuk 2:5

Wealth is treacherous, and the arrogant are never at rest. They open their mouths as wide as the grave, and like death, they are never satisfied. In their greed they have gathered up many nations and swallowed many peoples.

John 16:24

You haven’t done this before. Ask, using my name, and you will receive, and you will have abundant joy.

John 4:10

Jesus replied, “If you only knew the gift God has for you and who you are speaking to, you would ask me, and I would give you living water.”

James 1:5

If you need wisdom, ask our generous God, and he will give it to you. He will not rebuke you for asking.

James 5:6

You have condemned and killed innocent people, who do not resist you.

1 John 3:15

Anyone who hates another brother or sister is really a murderer at heart. And you know that murderers don’t have eternal life within them.