Bible Verses About Ambition
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for ambition, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 2,117 votes, led by Luke 9:25. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Ambition
Luke 9:25181 votes
For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away?
Matthew 23:12149 votes
And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.
Matthew 6:33146 votes
But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
1 Timothy 6:9124 votes
But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.
Philippians 2:4104 votes
Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.
1 John 2:16101 votes
For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
John 5:4489 votes
How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that cometh from God only?
James 4:1-286 votes
From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?
Philippians 2:380 votes
Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
Romans 15:2067 votes
Yea, so have I strived to preach the gospel, not where Christ was named, lest I should build upon another man’s foundation:
James 4:257 votes
Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.
Matthew 16:2652 votes
For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
Romans 12:1651 votes
Be of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits.
Matthew 4:8-1044 votes
Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;
Matthew 23:5-744 votes
But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments,
Romans 2:839 votes
But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,
1 Corinthians 10:2439 votes
Let no man seek his own, but every man another’s wealth.
Galatians 5:19-2137 votes
Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
Philippians 2:3-433 votes
Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
1 Peter 5:532 votes
Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.
Galatians 5:2628 votes
Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.
Colossians 2:824 votes
Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.
1 Corinthians 3:323 votes
For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?
2 Corinthians 12:2023 votes
For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and that I shall be found unto you such as ye would not: lest there be debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults:
Revelation 1:123 votes
The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:
What does the Bible say about ambition?
Readers most often cite Luke 9:25 on the subject of ambition. Across 2,117 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Matthew 23:12, Matthew 6:33, 1 Timothy 6:9. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.