James 4:2; James 4:3; James 4:5; James 4:16

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James 4:2

2 You desire but do not have, so you kill. You covet but you cannot get what you want, so you quarrel and fight. You do not have because you do not ask God.

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James 4:3

3 When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures.

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James 4:5

5 Or do you think Scripture says without reason that he jealously longs for the spirit he has caused to dwell in us ?

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James 4:16

16 As it is, you boast in your arrogant schemes. All such boasting is evil.

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