James 4:2

Overview - James 4
We are to strive against covetousness;
intemperance;
pride;
11 detraction and rash judgment of others;
13 and not to be confident in the good success of worldly business, but mindful ever of the uncertainty of this life, to commit ourselves and all our affairs to God's providence.
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James 4:2  (King James Version)
Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.
 


lust
5:1-5 Proverbs 1:19 ; Ecclesiastes 4:8 ; Habakkuk 2:5 ; 1 Timothy 6:9 1 Timothy 6:10

kill
or, envy. because.
1:5 Isaiah 7:12 ; Matthew 7:7 Matthew 7:8 ; Luke 11:9-13 ; John 4:10 ; 16:24