James 1:7

For that man should not think that he will receive anything from the Lord,

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord.

In Context

6But let him ask in faith, doubting nothing, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven by wind and tossed about.

8a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.

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Cross References

Proverbs 15:8The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to LORD, but the prayer of the upright is his delight.

Isaiah 1:15And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide my eyes from you. Yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear; your hands are full of blood.

James 4:3Ye ask, and do not receive, because ye ask wrongly, so that ye may spend on your pleasures.

Matthew Henry on James 1:3-13

Necessity of Faith and Patience; Evil of Indecision. ( a. d. 61.) 2 My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; 3 Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience. 4 But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing. 5 If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. 6 But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea… Read the whole commentary →

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