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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- 1 John 5:14 And this is the confidence that we have before Him: If we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.
- 1 John 3:22 and we will receive from Him whatever we ask, because we keep His commandments and do what is pleasing in His sight.
- James 1:6–7 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.