James 4:2World English Bible
You lust, and don’t have. You murder and covet, and can’t obtain. You fight and make war. You don’t have, because you don’t ask.
Related Verses
Genesis 16:2
Sarai said to Abram, “See now, Yahweh has restrained me from bearing. Please go in to my servant. It may be that I will obtain children by her.” Abram listened to the voice of Sarai.
Genesis 30:3
She said, “Behold, my maid Bilhah. Go in to her, that she may bear on my knees, and I also may obtain children by her.”
Genesis 31:1
He heard the words of Laban’s sons, saying, “Jacob has taken away all that was our father’s. He has obtained all this wealth from that which was our father’s.”
Genesis 40:10
and in the vine were three branches. It was as though it budded, it blossomed, and its clusters produced ripe grapes.
Exodus 20:13
“You shall not murder.