James 4:3
Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.
Context
This verse from James Chapter 4 connects to 10 cross-references. Quarrels and fights come from passions at war within. Friendship with the world is enmity with God. God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble. Draw near to God and he will draw near to you. Do not …
Autres traductions
Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may spend it in your pleasures.
ye ask, and ye receive not, because evilly ye ask, that in your pleasures ye may spend <FI>it<Fi> .
You make your request but you do not get it, because your request has been wrongly made, desiring the thing only so that you may make use of it for your pleasure.
Références croisées
For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?
Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call upon God?
There they cry, but none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men.
They cried, but there was none to save them: even unto the Lord, but he answered them not.
If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me:
But verily God hath heard me; he hath attended to the voice of my prayer.
Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not …
The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord: but the prayer of the upright is his delight.
Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.
The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination: how much more, when he bringeth it with a wicked mind?