James 4:2 Cross References

James 4:2

2: You want what you don't have, so you scheme and kill to get it. You are jealous for what others have, and you can't possess it, so you fight and quarrel to take it away from them. And yet the reason you don't have what you want is that you don't ask God for it.

John 16:24

  1. You haven't done this before. Ask, using my name, and you will receive, and you will have abundant joy.

Matthew 7:7

  1. "Keep on asking, and you will be given what you ask for. Keep on looking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened.
  2. For everyone who asks, receives. Everyone who seeks, finds. And the door is opened to everyone who knocks.

James 1:5

  1. If you need wisdom--if you want to know what God wants you to do--ask him, and he will gladly tell you. He will not resent your asking.

Luke 11:9

  1. "And so I tell you, keep on asking, and you will be given what you ask for. Keep on looking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened.
  2. For everyone who asks, receives. Everyone who seeks, finds. And the door is opened to everyone who knocks.
  3. "You fathers--if your children ask for a fish, do you give them a snake instead?
  4. Or if they ask for an egg, do you give them a scorpion? Of course not!
  5. If you sinful people know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him."

John 4:10

  1. Jesus replied, "If you only knew the gift God has for you and who I am, you would ask me, and I would give you living water."

1 Timothy 6:9

  1. But people who long to be rich fall into temptation and are trapped by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction.
  2. For the love of money is at the root of all kinds of evil. And some people, craving money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows.

James 5:1

  1. Look here, you rich people, weep and groan with anguish because of all the terrible troubles ahead of you.
  2. Your wealth is rotting away, and your fine clothes are moth-eaten rags.
  3. Your gold and silver have become worthless. The very wealth you were counting on will eat away your flesh in hell. This treasure you have accumulated will stand as evidence against you on the day of judgment.
  4. For listen! Hear the cries of the field workers whom you have cheated of their pay. The wages you held back cry out against you. The cries of the reapers have reached the ears of the Lord Almighty.
  5. You have spent your years on earth in luxury, satisfying your every whim. Now your hearts are nice and fat, ready for the slaughter.

Ecclesiastes 4:8

  1. This is the case of a man who is all alone, without a child or a brother, yet who works hard to gain as much wealth as he can. But then he asks himself, "Who am I working for? Why am I giving up so much pleasure now?" It is all so meaningless and depressing.

Habakkuk 2:5

  1. Wealth is treacherous, and the arrogant are never at rest. They range far and wide, with their mouths opened as wide as death, but they are never satisfied. In their greed they have gathered up many nations and peoples.

Proverbs 1:19

  1. Such is the fate of all who are greedy for gain. It ends up robbing them of life.

Isaiah 7:12

  1. But the king refused. "No," he said, "I wouldn't test the LORD like that."
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