James 4:2

You crave and do not have; you murder and covet and are not able to obtain; you fight and war. You do not have because you do not ask.

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In The King James Version

Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.

In Context

1Where do the wars and disputes among you come from? Is it not precisely from your pleasures, the ones at war in your members?

3You ask and do not receive because you ask wrongly, so that you may lavish it on your pleasures.

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Cross References

Luke 11:9“So I say to you: ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.

John 16:24Until now you have not asked anything in my name. Ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be made full.

James 1:5But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask from the giving God, who gives to all liberally and does not reproach, and it will be given to him.

Matthew Henry on James 4:2-11

Origin of War and Contention; Against Pride; Submission to God. ( a. d. 61.) 1 From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members? 2 Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not. 3 Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts. 4 Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever… Read the whole commentary →

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