James 4:3

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 4:3  (King James Version)
Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.
 


ask, and
James 1:6 James 1:7 Job 27:8-10 ; 35:12 Psalms 18:41 ; Psalms 66:18 Psalms 66:19 Proverbs 1:28 ; 15:8
Proverbs 21:13 Proverbs 21:27 ; Isaiah 1:15 Isaiah 1:16 ; Jeremiah 11:11 Jeremiah 11:14 ; 14:12 Micah 3:4 ; Zechariah 7:13
Matthew 20:22 ; Mark 10:38 ; 1 John 3:22 ; 5:14

ye may
Luke 15:13 Luke 15:30 ; Luke 16:1 Luke 16:2

lusts
or, pleasures.
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