Bible verses about "ambition" | Moffatt

²⁶ What profit will it be if a man gains the whole world and forfeits his own soul? What will a man offer as an equivalent for his soul?

⁵ Besides, all they do is done to catch the notice of men; they make their phylacteries broad, they wear large tassels, ⁶ they are fond of the best places at banquets and the front seats in the synagogues; ⁷ they like to be saluted in the marketplaces and to be called 'rabbi' by men.

⁸ Once more the devil conveyed him to an exceedingly high mountain and showed him all the realms of the world and their grandeur; ⁹ he said, "I will give you all that if you will fall down and worship me." ¹⁰ Then Jesus told him, "Begone, Satan! it is written, You must worship the Lord your God, and serve him alone."

¹⁶ Keep in harmony with one another; instead of being ambitious, associate with humble folk; never be self-conceited.

²⁰ my ambition always being to preach it only in places where there had been no mention of Christ's name, that I might not build on foundations laid by others,

⁸ Beware of anyone getting hold of you by means of a theosophy which is specious make-believe, on the lines of human tradition, corresponding to the Elemental spirits of the world and not to Christ.

² You crave, and miss what you want: you envy and covet, but you cannot acquire: you wrangle and fight — you miss what you want because you do not ask God for it;

⁴⁴ How can you believe, you who accept credit from one another instead of aiming at the credit which comes from the only God?

⁴ and each with an eye to the interests of others as well as to his own.

¹ Where do conflicts, where do wrangles come from, in your midst? Is it not from these passions of yours that war among your members? ² You crave, and miss what you want: you envy and covet, but you cannot acquire: you wrangle and fight — you miss what you want because you do not ask God for it;

⁹ Those who are eager to be rich get tempted and trapped in many senseless and pernicious propensities that drag men down to ruin and destruction.

¹⁶ For all that is in the world, the desire of the flesh and the desire of the eyes and the proud glory of life, belongs not to the Father but to the world;

¹² Whoever uplifts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be uplifted.

³³ Seek God's Realm and his goodness, and all that will be yours over and above.

²⁵ What profit will it be for a man to gain the whole world and lose or forfeit himself?