James 4:3 Cross References - Thomson

³ You ask and do not receive, because you ask amiss, that you may lavish on your sensual appetites.

⁸ Now whatever hope a wicked man hath, that he persisteth; shall he who hath trusted in the Lord be indeed safe? ⁹ Or will God hear his prayer? Or when trouble cometh upon him, ¹⁰ hath he any assurance before him? Or upon his calling, will he hearken to him?

¹² There let them scream. He indeed may not hearken even at the abuse of bad men.

⁴¹ They cried aloud, but there was no saviour; to the Lord, but he hearkened not to them.

¹⁸ If I have regarded iniquity in my heart; let not the Lord hearken. ¹⁹ For this cause God hearkened to me: he attended to the sound of my prayer.

²⁸ For when you call upon me I will not listen to you. The wicked may seek me, but they shall not find me.

⁸ The sacrifices of the wicked are an abomination to the Lord; but the prayers of the upright are acceptable to him.

¹³ He who stoppeth his ears that he may not hear the distressed shall himself cry, and there shall be none to answer.

²⁷ The sacrifices of the wicked are an abomination to the Lord; because they offer them unrighteously.

¹⁵ When you stretch forth your hands, I will turn mine eyes from you: and though you multiply prayer, I will not hearken to you: for your hands are full of blood. ¹⁶ Wash and become clean: remove iniquities from your souls; in my presence, cease from your evil deeds;

¹¹ therefore thus saith the Lord, Behold I am bringing upon this people evils, from which they shall not be able to escape. And when they cry to me I will not hearken to them.

¹⁴ therefore pray not thou for this people, nor intercede for them with supplication and prayer; for I will not hearken when they call on me in the time of their distress.

¹² for though they fast I will not hear their prayer; and though they offer whole burnt offerings and sacrifices, I will not accept them. For with sword, and with famine, and with pestilence, I will utterly consume them.

⁴ so they shall cry to the Lord but he will not hearken to them; but will turn away his face from them at that time, because by their devices they have committed evil against these.

¹³ that it might come to pass as he said, "As they hearkened not, so they shall cry and I will not listen, saith the Lord Almighty,

²² In reply to which Jesus said, You do not know what you ask. Can you drink the cup which I shall soon drink and be baptized with the baptism, with which I am baptized? They say to him, We can.

³⁸ Thereupon Jesus said to them, You do not know what you are asking. Can you drink the cup which I am about to drink, and be baptized with the baptism with which I am about to be baptized?

¹³ And not many days after, the younger son having gathered all together, took a journey to a distant country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living.

³⁰ but soon as this son of thine is come, who hath devoured thy substance with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.

¹ Then he said to his disciples, There was a certain rich man who had a steward. And this steward was accused of having wasted his substance. ² So having called him, he said to him, What is this that I hear of thee? Give an account of thy stewardship; for thou canst no longer be steward.

⁶ But let him ask with faith, without wavering, for he who wavereth is like a wave of the sea, raised by the wind and tossed about. ⁷ Let not therefore such a man think that he shall receive any thing from the Lord.

¹ Whence come wars and fightings among you? Is it not from this"from those sensual appetites of yours which are at war in your members?

²² and whatever we ask we obtain from him, because we keep his commandments, and do the things which are pleasing in his sight.

¹⁴ this also is the confidence which we have in him, that if we ask any thing according to his will he hearkeneth to us.