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In its negative sense, ambition is the pursuit of personal status and fortune, which is contrary to the purposes of God as expressed in Scripture.
Mk 10:36-37 See also Ge 11:4 the men of Babel; 2Sa 15:1-4 Absalom; 1Ki 1:5 Adonijah; Isa 14:13-14 the king of Babylon; Eze 28:2 the ruler of Tyre; Da 11:36-38; Mic 7:3; Hab 2:4-5; Mt 20:21; Lk 22:24; Php 1:17; 2Th 2:4-7 the antichrist
Gal 5:19-21 See also Pr 6:18; Eph 2:3; 1Jn 2:16
Humiliation by God Mt 23:12
The believer becomes spiritually unproductive See also Mk 4:18-19; Jas 3:14-16
Php 2:3 See also Jer 45:5 God’s word to Baruch
5541 | society, negative |
5869 | greed |
6133 | coveting |
8777 | lust |
8804 | pride, examples |
8827 | selfishness |
8848 | worldliness |