Thematic Bible: Ambition, worldly, examples of


Thematic Bible








brethren, I do not reckon myself to have laid hold; and one thing -- the things behind indeed forgetting, and to the things before stretching forth -- to the mark I pursue for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.


And Adonijah son of Haggith is lifting himself up, saying, 'I do reign;' and he prepareth for himself a chariot and horsemen, and fifty men running before him, Verse ConceptsChildren, Bad KidsLove, Abuse OfRashnessRunningSolomon, Life OfWorldly Ambition ExamplesFifties

Thou hast certainly smitten Edom, and thy heart hath lifted thee up; be honoured, and abide in thy house; and why dost thou stir thyself up in evil, that thou hast fallen, thou, and Judah with thee?' Verse ConceptsArrogance, Characterizes The WickedBusybodiesProud People

Their heart is: Their houses are to the age, Their tabernacles to all generations. They proclaimed their names over the lands. Verse ConceptsPeople Naming ThingsInner Beauty

And thou saidst in thy heart: the heavens I go up, Above stars of God I raise my throne, And I sit in the mount of meeting in the sides of the north. Verse ConceptsLove, Abuse OfNames Of GodSelf ExaltationGoing Up To HeavenRebellion of Satan and AngelsKarma

What -- to thee here? And who -- to thee here? That thou hast hewn out to thee here -- a sepulchre? Hewing on high his sepulchre, Graving in a rock a dwelling for himself. Verse ConceptsGrave, TheHeightToolsWorldly Ambition Examples

And also, because the wine is treacherous, A man is haughty, and remaineth not at home, Who hath enlarged as sheol his soul, And is as death that is not satisfied, And doth gather unto itself all the nations, And doth assemble unto itself all the peoples, Verse ConceptsCoveting, prohibition ofdissatisfactionAmbition, Warnings RegardingGrave, TheSatisfactionWorldly AmbitionCovetousness, Nature ofAlcohol ConsumptionEffect Of WineDealing With The NationsThe Fact Of Death


who is opposing and is raising himself up above all called God or worshipped, so that he in the sanctuary of God as God hath sat down, shewing himself off that he is God -- the day doth not come. Verse ConceptsSelf ExultationBlasphemy, At GodLove, Abuse OfPride, Evil OfTribulation PeriodWorldly Ambition ExamplesAntichrist, Described AsSelf ExaltationEnemies Of GodInterlopers In The TempleSeeking HonourImage Of The BeastMan Of SinThe World Ruleratheism

And it cometh to pass afterwards, that Absalom prepareth for himself a chariot, and horses, and fifty men are running before him; and Absalom hath risen early, and stood by the side of the way of the gate, and it cometh to pass, every man who hath a pleading to come unto the king for judgment, that Absalom calleth unto him, and saith, 'Of what city art thou?' and he saith, 'Of one of the tribes of Israel is thy servant.'

And Absalom saith, 'Who doth make me a judge in the land, that unto me doth come every man who hath a plea and judgment? -- then I have declared him righteous.' Verse ConceptsJudgesWorldly Ambition ExamplesMan Appointing

and he said to her, 'What wilt thou?' She saith to him, 'Say, that they may sit -- these my two sons -- one on thy right hand, and one on the left, in thy reign.' Verse ConceptsAmbition, negative aspects ofLove, Abuse OfSelfishness, Shown InUnwise PrayersTwo SonsRight DesiresMothers And SonsUnconditional Love

'Woe to you, the Pharisees, because ye love the first seats in the synagogues, and the salutations in the market-places. Verse ConceptsGreetingsLove, Nature OfMarketsPride, Examples OfSeatsLoving Other ThingsSeeking HonourSpoken Greetingsrecognitionphariseesimportance


And there happened also a strife among them -- who of them is accounted to be greater. Verse ConceptsAmbition, negative aspects ofLove, Abuse OfQuarrelsGreatness Of DisciplesResolving Conflict