Nave’s Topical Bible
Ambition
35 Bible references
Sub-topics and passages
- Falsely charged against Moses
- Parable of the thistle, illustrating
- UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO
Job 20:6-7; Psalms 49:11-13; Isaiah 5:8; Habakkuk 2:5-6,9; Matthew 4:8-10; Matthew 16:26; Matthew 20:20; Matthew 23:5-7,12; Mark 9:33-37; Mark 10:35-45; Mark 12:38-39; Luke 4:5-8; Luke 9:25,46; Luke 11:43; Luke 22:24,26; John 5:44; 1 Timothy 3:1; James 4:1-2; 1 John 2:16
See PRIDE
- INSTANCES OF
- Lucifer
- Eve
- The builders of Babel
- Aaron and Miriam
- Korah and his co-conspirators
- Abimelech
- Absalom
- Ahithophel
- Adonijah
- Sennacherib
- Haman
- Diotrephes
Bible verses about “Ambition”
The first verses cited, in the King James Version.
- Numbers 16:13Is it a small thing that thou hast brought us up out of a land that floweth with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, except thou make thyself altogether a prince over us?
- 2 Kings 14:9And Jehoash the king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and trode down the thistle.
- Job 20:6Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds;
- Job 20:7Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say, Where is he?
- Psalms 49:11Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for ever, and their dwelling places to all generations; they call their lands after their own names.
- Psalms 49:12Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish.
- Psalms 49:13This their way is their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah.
- Isaiah 5:8Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth!
- Habakkuk 2:5Yea also, because he transgresseth by wine, he is a proud man, neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire as hell, and is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all people:
- Habakkuk 2:6Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and to him that ladeth himself with thick clay!
- Habakkuk 2:9Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil!
- Matthew 4:8Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;
- Matthew 4:9And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.
- Matthew 4:10Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
- Matthew 16:26For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
- Matthew 20:20Then came to him the mother of Zebedee’s children with her sons, worshipping him, and desiring a certain thing of him.
- Matthew 23:5But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments,
- Matthew 23:6And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues,
- Matthew 23:7And greetings in the markets, and to be called of men, Rabbi, Rabbi.
- Matthew 23:12And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.
- Mark 9:33And he came to Capernaum: and being in the house he asked them, What was it that ye disputed among yourselves by the way?
- Mark 9:34But they held their peace: for by the way they had disputed among themselves, who should be the greatest.
- Mark 9:35And he sat down, and called the twelve, and saith unto them, If any man desire to be first, the same shall be last of all, and servant of all.
- Mark 9:36And he took a child, and set him in the midst of them: and when he had taken him in his arms, he said unto them,
- Mark 9:37Whosoever shall receive one of such children in my name, receiveth me: and whosoever shall receive me, receiveth not me, but him that sent me.
- Mark 10:35And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, come unto him, saying, Master, we would that thou shouldest do for us whatsoever we shall desire.
- Mark 10:36And he said unto them, What would ye that I should do for you?
- Mark 10:37They said unto him, Grant unto us that we may sit, one on thy right hand, and the other on thy left hand, in thy glory.
- Mark 10:38But Jesus said unto them, Ye know not what ye ask: can ye drink of the cup that I drink of? and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?
- Mark 10:39And they said unto him, We can. And Jesus said unto them, Ye shall indeed drink of the cup that I drink of; and with the baptism that I am baptized withal shall ye be baptized:
- Mark 10:40But to sit on my right hand and on my left hand is not mine to give; but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared.
- Mark 10:41And when the ten heard it, they began to be much displeased with James and John.
- Mark 10:42But Jesus called them to him, and saith unto them, Ye know that they which are accounted to rule over the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and their great ones exercise authority upon them.
- Mark 10:43But so shall it not be among you: but whosoever will be great among you, shall be your minister:
- Mark 10:44And whosoever of you will be the chiefest, shall be servant of all.
- Mark 10:45For even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
- Mark 12:38And he said unto them in his doctrine, Beware of the scribes, which love to go in long clothing, and love salutations in the marketplaces,
- Mark 12:39And the chief seats in the synagogues, and the uppermost rooms at feasts:
- Luke 4:5And the devil, taking him up into an high mountain, shewed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.
- Luke 4:6And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it.