Ambition
David Cox’s Topical Bible Concordance
• God condemns Gen. 11:7; Isa. 5:8.
• Christ condemns Matthew 18:1,3,4; 20:25-26; 23:11-12.
• Saints avoid Psa. 131:1-2.
• Vanity of Job 20:5-9, 24:24; Psa. 49:11-20.
• Leads to strife and contention James 4:1-2.
• Punishment of Pro. 17:19; Isa. 14:12-15; Eze. 31:10-11; Ob 1:3-4.
• Connected with
– Pride. Hab. 2:5.
– Covetousness. Hab. 2:8-9.
– Cruelty. Hab. 2:12.
• Exemplified in
– Adam and Eve. Gen. 3:5-6.
– Builders of Babel. Gen. 11:4.
– Miriam and Aaron. Num. 12:2.
– Korah, &c. Num. 16:3.
– Absalom. 2 Samuel 15:4; 18:18.
– Adonijah. 1 Kings 1:5.
– Sennacherib. 2 Kings 19:23.
– Shebna. Isa. 22:16.
– Sons of Zebedee. Matthew 20:21.
– Antichrist. 2 Thessalonians 2:4.
– Diotrephes. 3Jn. 1:9.