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KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE

James 4:3–4

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Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.
Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.
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From verse 3

  1. 1 John 5:14Rank 1 from verse 3
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    14And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:

  2. 1 John 3:22Rank 2 from verse 3
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    22And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.

  3. James 1:6–7Rank 3 from verse 3
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    6But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.

    7For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord.

  4. James 4:1Rank 4 from verse 3
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    1FROM whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?

  5. Proverbs 15:8Rank 5 from verse 3
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    8The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord: but the prayer of the upright is his delight.

From verse 4

  1. 1 John 2:15–16Rank 1 from verse 4
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    15Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

    16For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.

  2. Romans 8:7Rank 2 from verse 4
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    7Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.

  3. John 15:19Rank 3 from verse 4
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    19If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.

  4. Matthew 6:24Rank 4 from verse 4
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    24¶ No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

  5. Galatians 1:10Rank 5 from verse 4
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    10For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.

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James 4:3

COMBINED MEANING

ye

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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

amiss

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Wrongly, improperly, or faultily; in a manner that is wrong or evil.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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consume

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1. To destroy, use up, or bring to an end. 2. To waste away or be exhausted.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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upon

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1. Marks the person, place, thing, or basis to which something is related: on or onto; above or over; toward or against as the target of action, speech, thought, attention, or force; resting on, assigned to, or affecting as a state, gift, burden, duty, guilt, or judgment; supported by or based on; or one placed, added, or repeated on or after another. 2. With a stated time or occasion, or a preceding event, at that time or point, or at or after that event: on, at, when, then, or following it.

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your

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The possessive form of ye or you, ordinarily plural, marking what belongs to, concerns, proceeds from, or stands in relation to the persons addressed.

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James 4:4

COMBINED MEANING

ye

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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.

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know

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To perceive, understand, recognize, experience, or be assured of something.

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enmity

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Hostility, opposition, hatred, or the state of being enemies rather than at peace or reconciled.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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friend

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One joined to another by affection, goodwill, or alliance; to support or befriend.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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2Ye 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.

3Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.

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4Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.

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5Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?

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