James 4:3

In 9 translations

BSB

And when you do ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may squander it on your pleasures.

KJV

Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.

WEB

You ask, and don’t receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it on your pleasures.

ASV

Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may spend it in your pleasures.

LSV

you ask, and you do not receive, because you ask badly, that you may spend [it] in your pleasures.

YLT

ye ask, and ye receive not, because evilly ye ask, that in your pleasures ye may spend [it].

DBY

Ye ask and receive not, because ye ask evilly, that ye may consume [it] in your pleasures.

DRC

You ask, and receive not; because you ask amiss: that you may consume it on your concupiscences.

GNV

Ye aske, and receiue not, because ye aske amisse, that ye might lay the same out on your pleasures.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT

αἰτεῖτε καὶ οὐ λαμβάνετε, διότι κακῶς αἰτεῖσθε, ἵνα ἐν ταῖς ἡδοναῖς ὑμῶν δαπανήσητε.

RP2018

αἰτεῖτε, καὶ οὐ λαμβάνετε, διότι κακῶς αἰτεῖσθε, ἵνα ἐν ταῖς ἡδοναῖς ὑμῶν δαπανήσητε.

TR-Boyd

αἰτεῖτε, καὶ οὐ λαμβάνετε, διότι κακῶς αἰτεῖσθε, ἵνα ἐν ταῖς ἡδοναῖς ὑμῶν δαπανήσητε.

SCR1894

αιτειτε και ου λαμβανετε διοτι κακως αιτεισθε ινα εν ταις ηδοναις υμων δαπανησητε

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• 1 John 5:14And this is the confidence that we have before Him: If we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.
• 1 John 3:22and we will receive from Him whatever we ask, because we keep His commandments and do what is pleasing in His sight.
• James 1:6–7But he must ask in faith, without doubting, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. That man should not expect to receive anything from the Lord.
• James 4:1What causes conflicts and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from the passions at war within you?
• Proverbs 15:8The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is His delight.
• Micah 3:4Then they will cry out to the LORD, but He will not answer them. At that time He will hide His face from them because of the evil they have done.
• Psalms 66:18–19If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened. But God has surely heard; He has attended to the sound of my prayer.
• Job 35:12There they cry out, but He does not answer, because of the pride of evil men.
• Zechariah 7:13And just as I had called and they would not listen, so when they called I would not listen, says the LORD of Hosts.
• Luke 16:1–2Jesus also said to His disciples, “There was a rich man whose manager was accused of wasting his possessions. So he called him in to ask, ‘What is this I hear about you? Turn in an account of your management, for you…
• Proverbs 21:13Whoever shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, he too shall cry out and receive no answer.
• Job 27:8–10For what is the hope of the godless when he is cut off, when God takes away his life? Will God hear his cry when distress comes upon him? Will he delight in the Almighty? Will he call upon God at all times?
• Proverbs 1:28Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; they will earnestly seek me, but will not find me.
• Proverbs 21:27The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable— how much more so when brought with ill intent!
• Jeremiah 11:14As for you, do not pray for these people. Do not raise up a cry or a prayer on their behalf, for I will not be listening when they call out to Me in their time of disaster.
• Luke 15:13After a few days, the younger son got everything together and journeyed to a distant country, where he squandered his wealth in wild living.

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