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James 4:3

And when you do ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may squander it on your pleasures.

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James 4:3 has 23 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 12 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to 1 John 5:14 (39 votes) and 1 John 3:22 (36 votes). 45 other verses point back to it. It links with 25 other books, from 1 Samuel 28 to 1 John 5.

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Which verses does James 4:3 point to?

The 20 strongest of 23, ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. 1 John 5:1439 votes

    And this is the confidence that we have before Him: If we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.

  2. 1 John 3:2236 votes

    and we will receive from Him whatever we ask, because we keep His commandments and do what is pleasing in His sight.

  3. James 1:6–717 votes

    But he must ask in faith, without doubting, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. That man should not expect to receive anything from the Lord.

  4. James 4:113 votes

    What causes conflicts and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from the passions at war within you?

  5. Proverbs 15:812 votes

    The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is His delight.

  6. Micah 3:411 votes

    Then they will cry out to the LORD, but He will not answer them. At that time He will hide His face from them because of the evil they have done.

  7. Psalm 66:18–1910 votes

    If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened. But God has surely heard; He has attended to the sound of my prayer.

  8. Job 35:126 votes

    There they cry out, but He does not answer, because of the pride of evil men.

  9. Zechariah 7:135 votes

    And just as I had called and they would not listen, so when they called I would not listen, says the LORD of Hosts.

  10. Job 27:8–104 votes

    For what is the hope of the godless when he is cut off, when God takes away his life? Will God hear his cry when distress comes upon him? …

  11. Proverbs 21:134 votes
  12. Luke 16:1–24 votes
  13. Proverbs 1:283 votes
  14. Proverbs 21:273 votes
  15. Jeremiah 11:143 votes
  16. Matthew 20:223 votes
  17. Mark 10:383 votes
  18. Luke 15:133 votes
  19. Psalm 18:412 votes
  20. Isaiah 1:15–162 votes

Which verses point to James 4:3?

The 10 strongest of 45.