Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.


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John 16 24 Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.
Luke 11 9 And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.
Luke 6 30 Give to every man that asketh of thee; and of him that taketh away thy goods ask them not again.
Philippians 4 17 Not because I desire a gift: but I desire fruit that may abound to your account.
Matthew 7 7 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
James 4 2 Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.
Psalms 2 8 Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.
Mark 11 24 Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.
Psalms 51 16 For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou delightest not in burnt offering.
1 Corinthians 12 31 But covet earnestly the best gifts: and yet shew I unto you a more excellent way.
Matthew 5 42 Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.
Matthew 6 8 Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.
Luke 8 18 Take heed therefore how ye hear: for whosoever hath, to him shall be given; and whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he seemeth to have.
John 15 7 If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
John 16 23 And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you.
Numbers 11 13 Whence should I have flesh to give unto all this people? for they weep unto me, saying, Give us flesh, that we may eat.
Proverbs 11 27 He that diligently seeketh good procureth favour: but he that seeketh mischief, it shall come unto him.
Luke 12 29 And seek not ye what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, neither be ye of doubtful mind.
Colossians 2 18 Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,
1 Kings 3 11 And God said unto him, Because thou hast asked this thing, and hast not asked for thyself long life; neither hast asked riches for thyself, nor hast asked the life of thine enemies; but hast asked for thyself understanding to discern judgment;
Acts 10 29 Therefore came I unto you without gainsaying, as soon as I was sent for: I ask therefore for what intent ye have sent for me?
Genesis 33 11 Take, I pray thee, my blessing that is brought to thee; because God hath dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough. And he urged him, and he took it.
Numbers 18 29 Out of all your gifts ye shall offer every heave offering of the LORD, of all the best thereof, even the hallowed part thereof out of it.
James 1 7 For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord.
Psalms 50 12 If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.
Proverbs 3 28 Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to morrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee.
Luke 11 10 For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
Exodus 23 8 And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
Proverbs 12 14 A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth: and the recompence of a man's hands shall be rendered unto him.
Isaiah 7 11 Ask thee a sign of the LORD thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above.
Luke 12 30 For all these things do the nations of the world seek after: and your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things.
Proverbs 13 25 The righteous eateth to the satisfying of his soul: but the belly of the wicked shall want.
Revelation 3 18 I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.
Job 38 3 Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.
Malachi 1 13 Ye said also, Behold, what a weariness is it! and ye have snuffed at it, saith the LORD of hosts; and ye brought that which was torn, and the lame, and the sick; thus ye brought an offering: should I accept this of your hand? saith the LORD.
Isaiah 3 10 Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.
Ezekiel 4 17 That they may want bread and water, and be astonied one with another, and consume away for their iniquity.
Nehemiah 2 4 Then the king said unto me, For what dost thou make request? So I prayed to the God of heaven.
Psalms 21 2 Thou hast given him his heart's desire, and hast not withholden the request of his lips. Selah.
James 1 5 If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
Numbers 18 27 And this your heave offering shall be reckoned unto you, as though it were the corn of the threshingfloor, and as the fulness of the winepress.
Proverbs 17 21 He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.
Genesis 27 4 And make me savoury meat, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat; that my soul may bless thee before I die.
1 Peter 5 2 Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind;
Hebrews 5 12 For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat.
Ezekiel 7 21 And I will give it into the hands of the strangers for a prey, and to the wicked of the earth for a spoil; and they shall pollute it.
Hosea 6 6 For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
Luke 6 38 Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.
Proverbs 25 21 If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink: