Holy BibleKing James Version

James 1:5 KJV

If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.

James 1:5, King James Version

In context

4 But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.

5 If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.

6 But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.

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Cross-references

  • Proverbs 2:3 Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding;
  • John 15:7 If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
  • Jeremiah 29:12 Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you.
  • Proverbs 3:5 Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
  • 1 John 5:14 And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us: