1 Kings 2:22
22King Solomon answered his mother, “And why do you ask aAbishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? Ask for him the kingdom also, bfor he is my older brother, and on his side care Abiathar ▼▼Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate; Hebrew and for him and for Abiathar
the priest and Joab the son of Zeruiah.” Jeremiah 45:5
5And edo you seek great things for yourself? Seek them not, for behold, fI am bringing disaster upon all flesh, declares the Lord. But I will give you gyour life as a prize of war in all places to which you may go.”Matthew 20:21-22
21And he said to her, “What do you want?” She said to him, “Say that these two sons of mine hare to sit, one at your right hand and one at your left, iin your kingdom.” 22Jesus answered, j“You do not know what you are asking. Are you able kto drink the cup that I am to drink?” They said to him, “We are able.”Romans 8:26
26Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For lwe do not know what to pray for as we ought, but mthe Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words.James 4:3
3You ask and do not receive, because you ask nwrongly, to spend it on your passions.
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