James 4:3
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3 (A)You ask and do not receive, (B)because you ask amiss, that you may spend it on your pleasures.
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1 John 5:14
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Confidence and Compassion in Prayer
14 Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that (A)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 (B)and do those things that are pleasing in His sight.
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James 1:6-7
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6 (A)But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind. 7 For let not that man suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord;
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James 4:1
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Pride Promotes Strife
4 Where do [a]wars and fights come from among you? Do they not come from your desires for pleasure (A)that war in your members?
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- James 4:1 battles
Proverbs 15:8
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8 (A)The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord,
But the prayer of the upright is His delight.
Micah 3:4
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4 Then (A)they will cry to the Lord,
But He will not hear them;
He will even hide His face from them at that time,
Because they have been evil in their deeds.
Psalm 66:18-19
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18 (A)If I regard iniquity in my heart,
The Lord will not hear.
19 But certainly God (B)has heard me;
He has attended to the voice of my prayer.
Proverbs 21:13
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13 (A)Whoever shuts his ears to the cry of the poor
Will also cry himself and not be heard.
Job 35:12
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12 (A)There they 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 hypocrite,
Though he may gain much,
If God takes away his life?
9 (B)Will God hear his cry
When trouble comes upon him?
10 (C)Will he delight himself in the Almighty?
Will he always call on God?
Luke 16:1-2
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The Parable of the Unjust Steward
16 He also said to His disciples: “There was a certain rich man who had a steward, and an accusation was brought to him that this man was [a]wasting his goods. 2 So he called him and said to him, ‘What is this I hear about you? Give an (A)account of your stewardship, for you can no longer be steward.’
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- Luke 16:1 squandering
Zechariah 7:13
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13 Therefore it happened, that just as He proclaimed and they would not hear, so (A)they called out and I would not listen,” says the Lord of hosts.
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Luke 15:13
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13 And not many days after, the younger son gathered all together, journeyed to a far country, and there wasted his possessions with [a]prodigal living.
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- Luke 15:13 wasteful
Mark 10:38
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38 But Jesus said to them, “You do not know what you ask. Are you able to drink the (A)cup that I drink, and be baptized with the (B)baptism that I am baptized with?”
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Matthew 20:22
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22 But Jesus answered and said, “You do not know what you ask. Are you able to drink (A)the cup that I am about to drink, [a]and be baptized with (B)the baptism that I am baptized with?”
They said to Him, “We are able.”
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- Matthew 20:22 NU omits and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with
Jeremiah 11:14
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14 “So (A)do not pray for this people, or lift up a cry or prayer for them; for I will not hear them in the time that they cry out to Me because 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 when he brings it with wicked intent!
Proverbs 1:28
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28 “Then(A) they will call on me, but I will not answer;
They will seek me diligently, but they will not find me.
Psalm 18:41
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41 They cried out, but there was none to save;
(A)Even to the Lord, but He did not answer them.
Jeremiah 14:12
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12 (A)When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and (B)when they offer burnt offering and grain offering, I will not accept them. But (C)I will consume them by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence.”
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Jeremiah 11:11
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11 Therefore thus says the Lord: “Behold, I will surely bring calamity on them which they will not be able to [a]escape; and (A)though they cry out to Me, I will not listen to them.
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- Jeremiah 11:11 Lit. go out
Isaiah 1:15-16
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15 (A)When you [a]spread out your hands,
I will hide My eyes from you;
(B)Even though you make many prayers,
I will not hear.
Your hands are full of [b]blood.
16 “Wash(C) yourselves, make yourselves clean;
Put away the evil of your doings from before My eyes.
(D)Cease to do evil,
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- Isaiah 1:15 Pray
- Isaiah 1:15 bloodshed
Luke 15:30
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30 But as soon as this son of yours came, who has devoured your livelihood with harlots, you killed the fatted calf for him.’
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