9 Bible Verses about Ambition, Warnings Regarding

And ye not so: but let the greater with you be as the younger; and he leading, as he serving.

And the tempter having come to him, said, If thou art the Son of God, say that these stones should become bread. And he having answered, said, It has been written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word going forth through the mouth of God. Then the devil takes him into the holy city, and sets him upon the small wing of the temple;read more.
And says to him, If thou art the Son of God cast thyself down; for it has been written, That to his messengers he will command concerning thee; and in the hands shall they lift thee up, lest that perhaps thou strike thy foot against a stone. Jesus said to him, Again has it been written, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God. Again, the devil takes him into a very high mount, and shows him all the kingdoms of the world, and their glory; And he says to him, All these will I give to thee, if, falling down, thou wouldst worship me. Then says Jesus to him, Retire, Satan; for it has been written, The Lord thy God shalt thou worship, and him alone shalt thou serve. Then the devil lets him go, and behold, the messengers came up, and they served him.

And there came up a conference among them, thus, which of them should be the greatest. And Jesus, having seen the reflection of their heart, having taken up a child, set it by himself, And he said to them, Whoever should receive this child in my name receives me: and whoever should receive me, receives him having sent me: for he being less among you all, the same shall be great.

And whoever shall exalt himself shall be humbled; and whoever shall humble himself, shall be exalted.

For what is a man profited, if he should gain the whole world, and injure his soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?

Ye eagerly desire, and have not: ye kill, and are zealous, and cannot succeed: ye fight and wage war, and ye have not, because ye ask not.

And he said to them in his teaching, Look from the scribes, wishing to walk in robes, and greetings in market-places, And first seats in synagogues, and first place at tables in first meals: They eating in widows' houses, and praying long for a pretext: these shall receive more abundant judgment.

Wo! to him plundering an evil plunder to his house, to set his nest on high, to deliver from the hand of evil.

And also if a proud man transgressing by wine, and he will not rest; who enlarged his soul as hades, and he as death, and he will not be satisfied, and he will gather to him all nations, and he will collect to him all peoples.