James 4:2-3

Easy-to-Read Version

² You want things, but you don’t get them. So you kill and are jealous of others. But you still cannot get what you want. So you argue and fight. You don’t get what you want because you don’t ask God. ³ Or when you ask, you don’t receive anything, because the reason you ask is wrong. You only want to use it for your own pleasure.