James 4:3 BSB — MannaFest

Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
αἰτεῖτε	aiteite	You ask	G154 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
οὐ	ou	not	G3756 →
λαμβάνετε,	lambanete	receive,	G2983 →
διότι	dioti	because	G1360 →
κακῶς	kakōs	wrongly	G2560 →
αἰτεῖσθε,	aiteisthe	you ask,	G154 →
ἵνα	ina	that	G2443 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
ταῖς	tais	the	G3588 →
ἡδοναῖς	hēdonais	pleasures	G2237 →
ὑμῶν	humōn	of you	G4771 →
δαπανήσητε.	dapanēsēte	you may spend [it].	G1159 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
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.
leads to
- John 15:7
  If you remain in Me and My words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- John 14:13
  And I will do whatever you ask in My name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
- Jeremiah 29:12–13
  Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you.
- Jeremiah 33:3
  Call to Me, and I will answer and show you great and unsearchable things you do not know.
- 1 John 3:21–22
  Beloved, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God,
Through
James 4:1
What causes conflicts and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from the passions at war within you?
leads to
- 1 Peter 2:11
  Beloved, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from the desires of the flesh, which war against your soul.
- Galatians 5:17
  For the flesh craves what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are opposed to each other, so that you do not do what you want.
- Romans 7:23
  But I see another law at work in my body, warring against the law of my mind and holding me captive to the law of sin that dwells within me.

The gold bar shows how strongly the cross-reference sources tie the two verses together: a long bar means many compiled references make the connection, a short one means few.

1 John 5:14And this is the confidence that we have before Him: If we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.1 John 3:22and we will receive from Him whatever we ask, because we keep His commandments and do what is pleasing in His sight.Romans 8:26In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know how we ought to pray, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groans too deep for words.Psalms 66:18If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.James 1:6–7But he must ask in faith, without doubting, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind.Luke 11:10For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.James 1:7That man should not expect to receive anything from the Lord.James 4:1What causes conflicts and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from the passions at war within you?Proverbs 15:8The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is His delight.Micah 3:4Then 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.Psalms 66:18–19If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.Hosea 7:14They do not cry out to Me from their hearts when they wail upon their beds. They slash themselves for grain and new wine, but turn away from Me.Luke 16:1Jesus also said to His disciples, “There was a rich man whose manager was accused of wasting his possessions.Job 35:12There they cry out, but He does not answer, because of the pride of evil men.1 Samuel 28:6He inquired of the LORD, but the LORD did not answer him by dreams or Urim or prophets.Zechariah 7:13And just as I had called and they would not listen, so when they called I would not listen, says the LORD of Hosts.Job 35:13Surely God does not listen to empty pleas, and the Almighty does not take note of it.Job 27:8–10For what is the hope of the godless when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?

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