James 1:5-8

Testing of Your Faith

⁵ _j If any of you lacks wisdom, _k let him ask God, _l who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him. ⁶ But _m let him ask in faith, _n with no doubting, for the one who doubts is like _o a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind. ⁷ For that person must not suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord; ⁸ _p he is a double-minded man, _q unstable in all his ways.

1. Cross References
   1 Kings 3:9 - 12
   Give your servant therefore an understanding mind to govern your people, that I may discern between good and evil, for who is able to govern this your great people?
   Proverbs 2:3 - 6
   Yes, if you call out for insight and raise your voice for understanding.
   
2. Cross References
   Matthew 7:7
   Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.
   
3. Cross References
   Proverbs 28:5
   Evil men do not understand justice, but those who seek the Lord understand it completely.
   
4. Cross References
   Mark 11:24
   Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.
   
5. Cross References
   Matthew 21:21
   And Jesus answered them, "Truly, I say to you, if you have faith and do not doubt, you will not only do what has been done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, 'Be taken up and thrown into the sea,' it will happen.
   
6. Cross References
   Isaiah 57:20
   But the wicked are like the tossing sea; for it cannot be quiet, and its waters toss up mire and dirt.
   Ephesians 4:14
   So that we may no longer be children, tossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness in deceitful schemes.
   
7. Cross References
   James 4:8
   Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
   
8. Cross References
   2 Peter 2:14
   They have eyes full of adultery, insatiable for sin. They entice unsteady souls. They have hearts trained in greed. Accursed children!
   2 Peter 3:16
   As he does in all his letters when he speaks in them of these matters. There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures.