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James 4 3

You pray, but don't receive anything, because you ask with a wrong motive, wanting to spend what you'd receive on your selfish pleasures.

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CSB James 4:3You ask and don’t receive because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it on your pleasures.
NIV James 4:3When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures.
LSV James 4:3you ask, and you do not receive, because you ask badly, that you may spend it in your pleasures.