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James 4:3
New King James Version
James 4:3
New King James Version
3 (A)You ask and do not receive, (B)because you ask amiss, that you may spend it on your pleasures.
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James 4:3
Amplified Bible
James 4:3
Amplified Bible
3 You ask [God for something] and do not receive it, because you ask [a]with wrong motives [out of selfishness or with an unrighteous agenda], so that [when you get what you want] you may spend it on your [hedonistic] desires.
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- James 4:3 Lit wrongly.
James 4:3
New International Version
James 4:3
New International Version
3 When you ask, you do not receive,(A) because you ask with wrong motives,(B) that you may spend what you get on your pleasures.
James 4:3
King James Version
James 4:3
King James Version
3 Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.
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