26 Hwæt fremað ænegum menn þeah he ealne middan-eard gestryne gyf he hys sawle forwyrd þolað; Oððe hwylc gewrixl sylþ se mann for hys sawle
Bible verses about "ambition" | WestSaxon990
Matthew 16:26
Matthew 23:5-7
Matthew 4:8-10
8 Eft se deofol hine genam. & lædde hine on swiðe heahne munt. & æt-eowde him ealle middan-eardes rïcu. & hyra wuldor
9 & cwæþ to him; Ealle þas ic sylle þe gyf þu feallende to me ge-eadmetst;
10 Ða cwæð se hælend to him. gang þu sceocca on-bæc; Soþlice hit ys awriten. to drihtne þinum gode þu ðe ge-eaðmetsð (sic) & him änum þeowast;
John 5:44
44 hu mage ge gelyfan. þe eow betweonan wuldor under-foð & ne seceaþ þt wuldor þe is fram gode syluum.
Matthew 23:12
12 Witodlice seþe hyne upp-ahefð. se byþ genyþerud; & seþe hyne sylfne ge-eaðmet. se byð üpp-ahafyn.
Matthew 6:33
33 eornustlice sëceað ærest godes rice & hys rihtwisnesse. & ealle þas þing eow beoþ þær-to ge-eacnode;
Luke 9:25
25 Hwæt fremað ænegum men þeah he ealne middan-eard on æht begite. & hyne sylfne for-spille; And his for-wÿrd wyrce;