James 1:5
Greek Text— James 1:5But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him.
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I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.
Therefore I tell you, all things whatever you pray and ask for, believe that you have received them, and you shall have them.
All things, whatever you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive.”
You didn’t choose me, but I chose you and appointed you, that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain; that whatever you will ask of the Father in my name, he may give it to you.
Also delight yourself in Yahweh, and he will give you the desires of your heart.
Out of my distress, I called on Yah. Yah answered me with freedom.
Commit your deeds to Yahweh, and your plans shall succeed.
“I tell you, keep asking, and it will be given you. Keep seeking, and you will find. Keep knocking, and it will be opened to you.
This is the boldness which we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will, he listens to us.
and the prayer of faith will heal him who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. If he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.
I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you shall go. I will counsel you with my eye on you.
“In that day you will ask me no questions. Most certainly I tell you, whatever you may ask of the Father in my name, he will give it to you.
Without faith it is impossible to be well pleasing to him, for he who comes to God must believe that he exists, and that he is a rewarder of those who seek him.
The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger, but those who seek Yahweh shall not lack any good thing.
Finally, brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things are honorable, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report: if there is any virtue and if there is any praise, think about these things.
“Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened for you.
In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.
Let’s therefore draw near with boldness to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and may find grace for help in time of need.
‘Call to me, and I will answer you, and will show you great and difficult things, which you don’t know.’
But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you won’t fulfill the lust of the flesh.
Call on me in the day of trouble. I will deliver you, and you will honor me.”
You shall call on me, and you shall go and pray to me, and I will listen to you.
We know that God doesn’t listen to sinners, but if anyone is a worshiper of God, and does his will, he listens to him.
Whatever you do, in word or in deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father, through him.
As for you, the anointing which you received from him remains in you, and you don’t need for anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you concerning all things, and is true, and is no lie, and even as it taught you, you will remain in him.
I sought Yahweh, and he answered me, and delivered me from all my fears.
What the wicked fear, will overtake them, but the desire of the righteous will be granted.
In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.
Yahweh, I know that the way of man is not in himself. It is not in man who walks to direct his steps.
John answered, “A man can receive nothing unless it has been given him from heaven.
Yahweh is far from the wicked, but he hears the prayer of the righteous.
A man’s heart plans his course, but Yahweh directs his steps.
Your words were found, and I ate them. Your words were to me a joy and the rejoicing of my heart, for I am called by your name, Yahweh, God of Armies.
What I tell you, I tell all: Watch.”
for he says, “At an acceptable time I listened to you. In a day of salvation I helped you.” Behold, now is the acceptable time. Behold, now is the day of salvation.
When you said, “Seek my face,” my heart said to you, “I will seek your face, Yahweh.”
“For my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the spring of living waters, and cut out cisterns for themselves: broken cisterns that can’t hold water.
yet I tell you that even Solomon in all his glory was not dressed like one of these.
For most certainly I tell you, whoever may tell this mountain, ‘Be taken up and cast into the sea,’ and doesn’t doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says is happening; he shall have whatever he says.
If you remain in me, and my words remain in you, you will ask whatever you desire, and it will be done for you.
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your heart to the Lord.
For then you will delight yourself in the Almighty, and will lift up your face to God.
I set my face to the Lord God, to seek by prayer and petitions, with fasting and sackcloth and ashes.
but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never thirst again; but the water that I will give him will become in him a well of water springing up to eternal life.”
I am the vine. You are the branches. He who remains in me and I in him bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.
to those who by perseverance in well-doing seek for glory, honor, and incorruptibility, eternal life;
The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” He who hears, let him say, “Come!” He who is thirsty, let him come. He who desires, let him take the water of life freely.
“For I, Yahweh, don’t change; therefore you, sons of Jacob, are not consumed.
He who believes in me, as the Scripture has said, from within him will flow rivers of living water.”
God is not a man, that he should lie, nor a son of man, that he should repent. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not make it good?
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.
for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,
that you may walk worthily of the Lord, to please him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God,
This is the message which we have heard from him and announce to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
He will fulfill the desire of those who fear him. He also will hear their cry, and will save them.
Give your servant therefore an understanding heart to judge your people, that I may discern between good and evil; for who is able to judge this great people of yours?”
I know that whatever God does, it shall be forever. Nothing can be added to it, nor anything taken from it; and God has done it, that men should fear before him.
Now as for these four youths, God gave them knowledge and skill in all learning and wisdom; and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams.
If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him?”
I have filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all kinds of workmanship,
Now give me wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in before this people; for who can judge this great people of yours?”
For he will put his angels in charge of you, to guard you in all your ways.
For Yahweh gives wisdom. Out of his mouth comes knowledge and understanding.
Now on the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink!
He said to me, “I have become the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give freely to him who is thirsty from the spring of the water of life.
May Yahweh give you discretion and understanding, and put you in charge of Israel; that so you may keep the law of Yahweh your God.
But there is a spirit in man, and the Spirit of the Almighty gives them understanding.
I love those who love me. Those who seek me diligently will find me.
He changes the times and the seasons. He removes kings, and sets up kings. He gives wisdom to the wise, and knowledge to those who have understanding.
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.
“But where will wisdom be found? Where is the place of understanding?
Good and upright is Yahweh, therefore he will instruct sinners in the way.
Whatever you will ask in my name, I will do it, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
When they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were gathered together. They were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they spoke the word of God with boldness.
For this cause, we also, since the day we heard this, don’t cease praying and making requests for you, that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,
Behold, I myself have appointed with him Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan; and in the heart of all who are wise-hearted I have put wisdom, that they may make all that I have commanded you:
Where then does wisdom come from? Where is the place of understanding?
I will get my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.
Give me understanding, and I will keep your law. Yes, I will obey it with my whole heart.
yes, if you call out for discernment, and lift up your voice for understanding;
A scoffer seeks wisdom, and doesn’t find it, but knowledge comes easily to a discerning person.
Evil men don’t understand justice; but those who seek Yahweh understand it fully.
If the ax is blunt, and one doesn’t sharpen the edge, then he must use more strength; but skill brings success.
As it is written in the law of Moses, all this evil has come on us. Yet we have not entreated the favor of Yahweh our God, that we should turn from our iniquities and have discernment in your truth.
But when they deliver you up, don’t be anxious how or what you will say, for it will be given you in that hour what you will say.
He answered them, “To you it is given to know the mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven, but it is not given to them.
Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, ‘Give me a drink,’ you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.”
Consider what I say, and may the Lord give you understanding in all things.
Let endurance have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
This wisdom is not that which comes down from above, but is earthly, sensual, and demonic.
so whatever we ask, we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do the things that are pleasing in his sight.
Solomon answered all her questions. There wasn’t anything hidden from Solomon which he didn’t tell her.
Let my cry come before you, Yahweh. Give me understanding according to your word.
Then he began to denounce the cities in which most of his mighty works had been done, because they didn’t repent.
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, nor turning shadow.
But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceful, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
Confess your offenses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The insistent prayer of a righteous person is powerfully effective.
Afterward he was revealed to the eleven themselves as they sat at the table, and he rebuked them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they didn’t believe those who had seen him after he had risen.
to the one a stench from death to death, to the other a sweet aroma from life to life. Who is sufficient for these things?