Ambition

For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away?

And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.

But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

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.

Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.

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.

How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that cometh from God only?

From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members? — read the full passage →

Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.

Yea, so have I strived to preach the gospel, not where Christ was named, lest I should build upon another man’s foundation:

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.

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?

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.

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; — read the full passage →

But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments, — read the full passage →

But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,

Let no man seek his own, but every man another’s wealth.

Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, — read the full passage →

Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves. — read the full passage →

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.

Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.

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.

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:

For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?

But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.

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:

But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth. — read the full passage →

For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.

And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;

And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;

I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.

Even so ye, forasmuch as ye are zealous of spiritual gifts, seek that ye may excel to the edifying of the church.

But ye shall not be so: but he that is greatest among you, let him be as the younger; and he that is chief, as he that doth serve.

Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.

And seekest thou great things for thyself? seek them not: for, behold, I will bring evil upon all flesh, saith the Lord: but thy life will I give unto thee for a prey in all places whither thou goest.

This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.

For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.

But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.

Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.

I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.

For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.

Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.

How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations! — read the full passage →

I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able.

Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.

And let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us: and establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.

O thou king, the most high God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father a kingdom, and majesty, and glory, and honour: — read the full passage →

Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth!

Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself a pillar, which is in the king’s dale: for he said, I have no son to keep my name in remembrance: and he called the pillar after his own name: and it is called unto this day, Absalom’s place.

And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you; — read the full passage →

But the other of love, knowing that I am set for the defence of the gospel.

Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, — read the full passage →

And he came to Capernaum: and being in the house he asked them, What was it that ye disputed among yourselves by the way? — read the full passage →

It is joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.

Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, I will be king: and he prepared him chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him.

But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.

Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:

Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.

Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.

Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.

And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein. — read the full passage →

Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:

For I testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the whole law.

But covet earnestly the best gifts: and yet shew I unto you a more excellent way.

Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. — read the full passage →

For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: — read the full passage →

Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage. — read the full passage →

Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him.

But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant. — read the full passage →

Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: — read the full passage →

Yea also, because he transgresseth by wine, he is a proud man, neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire as hell, and is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all people:

Lord, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty: neither do I exercise myself in great matters, or in things too high for me. — read the full passage →

I wrote unto the church: but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the preeminence among them, receiveth us not.

Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward. — read the full passage →

I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; — read the full passage →

Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.

Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, — read the full passage →

Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you, to me indeed is not grievous, but for you it is safe. — read the full passage →

Paul and Timotheus, the servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus which are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons: — read the full passage →

Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing.

For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.

(Which he had promised afore by his prophets in the holy scriptures,)

And the devil, taking him up into an high mountain, shewed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time. — read the full passage →

And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, come unto him, saying, Master, we would that thou shouldest do for us whatsoever we shall desire. — read the full passage →

Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and to him that ladeth himself with thick clay!

Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Because thou hast lifted up thyself in height, and he hath shot up his top among the thick boughs, and his heart is lifted up in his height; — read the full passage →

Now these are the words of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem unto the residue of the elders which were carried away captives, and to the priests, and to the prophets, and to all the people whom Nebuchadnezzar had carried away captive from Jerusalem to Babylon; — read the full passage →

He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.

The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the Lord. — read the full passage →

Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for ever, and their dwelling places to all generations; they call their lands after their own names. — read the full passage →

Then went Haman forth that day joyful and with a glad heart: but when Haman saw Mordecai in the king’s gate, that he stood not up, nor moved for him, he was full of indignation against Mordecai. — read the full passage →

And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace.

Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: — read the full passage →

Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. — read the full passage →

In those days the multitude being very great, and having nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples unto him, and saith unto them, — read the full passage →

But Job answered and said, — read the full passage →

That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment? — read the full passage →

By thy messengers thou hast reproached the Lord, and hast said, With the multitude of my chariots I am come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon, and will cut down the tall cedar trees thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the lodgings of his borders, and into the forest of his Carmel.