12 Bible Verses about Ambition, negative aspects of

And He said to them, What do you wish for me to do for you? And they said to Him, Grant unto us, that we may sit, one on thy right, and one on thy left, in thy glory.

And He said to her, What do you wish? She says to Him, Tell me that these my two sons may sit, the one on thy right, and one on thy left, in thy kingdom.

And there was a contention among them, which one of them seems to be the greater,

the former from self-seeking are proclaiming Christ insincerely, thinking that they will add affliction to my bonds.

the one opposing and exalting himself above everything that is called God or divinity; so that he sits in the temple of God, showing himself off that he is God. Do you not remember that still being with you, I told you these things? And now you know that which hinders, that he should be revealed in his time.read more.
For already the mystery of lawlessness is working: only there is one now hindering, until he may be taken out of the midst;

But the works of carnality are manifest, which are fornication, uncleanness, debauchery, idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousy, animosities, selfseekings, divisions, heresies, envyings, drunkenness, revellings, and things like unto these: which I tell you beforehand, as I did previously say to you, that those doing such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

among whom we all indeed at one time lived in the lusts of our flesh, doing the will of the flesh and of the thoughts, and we were by nature the children of wrath, like the rest also:

because this is all that is in the world; the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, which is not of the Father, but is of the world.

But whosoever shall exalt himself, shall be abased; and whosoever shall humble himself shall be exalted.

and others are those who are sown among the thorns; they are those hearing the word, and the cares of the age, and the deceitfulness of riches, and desires concerning other things coming into them, choke out the word, and it becomes unfruitful.

But if you have bitter envy and strife in your heart, do not boast, and lie against the truth. This is not the wisdom that comes down from above, but it is earthly, intellectual, and demoniacal. For where there are envy and strife, there are contention and every evil work.

that nothing is to be according to self-seeking nor according to vain glory, but in humility esteeming one another better than yourselves;