What are some Bible verses about ambition?

Answer  
  

Luke 9:25  

For what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses or forfeits himself?  
  

Matthew 23:12  

Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.  
  

Matthew 6:33  

But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.  
  

1 Timothy 6:9  

But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation, into a snare, into many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.  
  

1 John 2:16  

For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride in possessions—is not from the Father but is from the world.  
  

James 4:1\-2  

What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you? Is it not this, that your passions are at war within you? You desire and do not have, so you murder. You covet and cannot obtain, so you fight and quarrel. You do not have, because you do not ask.  
  

Philippians 2:4  

Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others.  
  

John 5:44  

How can you believe, when you receive glory from one another and do not seek the glory that comes from the only God?  
  

Romans 15:20  

And thus I make it my ambition to preach the gospel, not where Christ has already been named, lest I build on someone else's foundation,  
  

Philippians 2:3  

Do nothing from rivalry or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves.  
  

James 4:2  

You desire and do not have, so you murder. You covet and cannot obtain, so you fight and quarrel. You do not have, because you do not ask.  
  

Matthew 16:26  

For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what shall a man give in return for his soul?  
  

Romans 12:16  

Live in harmony with one another. Do not be haughty, but associate with the lowly. Never be wise in your own sight.  
  

Colossians 2:8  

See to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the world, and not according to Christ.  
  

Matthew 23:5\-7  

They do all their deeds to be seen by others. For they make their phylacteries broad and their fringes long, and they love the place of honor at feasts and the best seats in the synagogues and greetings in the marketplaces and being called rabbi by others.  
  

Matthew 4:8\-10  

Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory. And he said to him, “All these I will give you, if you will fall down and worship me.” Then Jesus said to him, “Be gone, Satan! For it is written, “‘You shall worship the Lord your God and him only shall you serve.’”  
  

Jeremiah 45:5  

And do you seek great things for yourself? Seek them not, for behold, I am bringing disaster upon all flesh, declares the Lord. But I will give you your life as a prize of war in all places to which you may go.  
  

1 Timothy 3:1  

The saying is trustworthy: If anyone aspires to the office of overseer, he desires a noble task.  
  

Luke 22:26  

But not so with you. Rather, let the greatest among you become as the youngest, and the leader as one who serves.  
  

James 1:22  

But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.  
  

Romans 2:8  

But for those who are self\-seeking and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, there will be wrath and fury.  
  

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