James 4:3
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3 You ask and do not receive, because you ask (A)wrongly, to spend it on your passions.
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1 John 5:14
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14 And this is (A)the confidence that we have toward him, that (B)if we ask anything according to his will he hears us.
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1 John 3:22
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22 and (A)whatever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and (B)do what pleases him.
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James 1:6-7
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6 But (A)let him ask in faith, (B)with no doubting, for the one who doubts is like (C)a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind. 7 For that person must not suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord;
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James 4:1
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Warning Against Worldliness
4 What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you? Is it not this, that your passions[a] are (A)at war within you?[b]
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Proverbs 15:8
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8 (A)The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord,
but (B)the prayer of the upright is acceptable to him.
Micah 3:4
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4 (A)Then they will cry to the Lord,
but he will not answer them;
(B)he will hide his face from them at that time,
because they have made their deeds evil.
Psalm 66:18-19
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18 If I had (A)cherished iniquity in my heart,
(B)the Lord would not have listened.
19 But truly (C)God has listened;
he has attended to the voice of my prayer.
Proverbs 21:13
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13 (A)Whoever closes his ear to the cry of the poor
will himself call out and not be answered.
Job 35:12
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12 There they (A)cry out, but he does not answer,
because of the pride of evil men.
Job 27:8-10
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8 (A)For what is the hope of the godless (B)when God cuts him off,
when God takes away his life?
9 (C)Will God hear his cry
when distress comes upon him?
10 Will he (D)take delight in the Almighty?
Will he call upon God at all times?
Luke 16:1-2
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The Parable of the Dishonest Manager
16 He also said to the disciples, “There was a rich man who had (A)a manager, and charges were brought to him that this man was wasting his possessions. 2 And he called him and said to him, ‘What is this that I hear about you? Turn in the account of your (B)management, for you can no longer be manager.’
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Zechariah 7:13
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13 (A)“As I[a] called, and they would not hear, (B)so they called, and I would not hear,” says the Lord of hosts,
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Luke 15:13
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13 Not many days later, the younger son gathered all he had and took a journey into a far country, and there he squandered his property in (A)reckless living.
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Mark 10:38
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38 Jesus said to them, (A)“You do not know what you are asking. Are you able (B)to drink the cup that I drink, or (C)to be baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized?”
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Matthew 20:22
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22 Jesus answered, (A)“You do not know what you are asking. Are you able (B)to drink the cup that I am to drink?” They said to him, “We are able.”
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Jeremiah 11:14
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14 “Therefore (A)do not pray for this people, or lift up a cry or prayer on their behalf, (B)for I will not listen when they call to me in the time of their trouble.
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Proverbs 21:27
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27 (A)The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination;
how much more (B)when he brings it with evil intent.
Proverbs 1:28
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28 (A)Then they will call upon me, but I will not answer;
they will seek me diligently but will not find me.
Psalm 18:41
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41 (A)They cried for help, but there was none to save;
they cried to the Lord, but he did not answer them.
Jeremiah 14:12
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12 Though they fast, I will not hear their cry, (A)and though they offer burnt offering and grain offering, I will not accept them. But I will consume them (B)by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence.”
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Jeremiah 11:11
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11 Therefore, thus says the Lord, Behold, I am bringing disaster upon them that they cannot escape. (A)Though they cry to me, I will not listen to them.
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Isaiah 1:15-16
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Luke 15:30
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30 But when this son of yours came, (A)who has devoured (B)your property with prostitutes, you killed the fattened calf for him!’
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