12 Bible Verses about Ambition, negative aspects of

He said unto them, What will ye that I should do for you? They say unto him, Grant us to sit, the one on thy right hand, and the other on thy left, in thy glory.

Then he said to her, What is thy wish? She saith unto him, Tell me that these my two sons shall sit, the one at thy right hand, and the other at thy left, in thy kingdom.

Now it came to pass, that there was also a contention among them, even which of them should be accounted to be the greatest.

but the others of love, knowing that I am exposed for the defence of the gospel.

who opposeth himself against, and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or is the object of adoration; so that he in the temple of God sitteth as God, exhibiting himself in public that he is God. Do ye not remember that when I was yet with you, I told you these things? And now ye know what withholdeth, that he may be revealed in his own time.read more.
For the mystery of iniquity is already powerfully working; only he that withholdeth hitherto, will do so till he is removed.

Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are these: adultery, whoredom, impurity, lasciviousness, idolatry, magical charms, enmities, strifes, jealousies, animosities, quarrels, divisions, heresies, envyings, murders, drunkenness, revels, and the like of these, concerning which I tell you now, as I have told you already, that they who live in such practices shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

among whom also we all have had our conversation in time past, in the lusts of the flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, as well as the rest.

For every thing which is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pomp of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.

For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and whosoever abaseth himself shall be exalted.

And those are the sown among the thorns; such as are hearers of the word; but the anxious cares of this world, and the seducing nature of wealth, and inordinate desires after other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.

But if ye have bitter envy and contention in your heart, boast not, and lie not against the truth. This is not the wisdom which cometh from above, but is earthly, sensual, diabolical. For where envy and contention dwell, there is tumult and every vile deed.

Let nothing be done contentiously or vain-gloriously; but in humility reckoning others superior to yourselves.