2 Bible Verses about Worldly Ambition
Most Relevant Verses
James 4:1-2
Where do conflicts and fights among you come from? Do they not come from your [desire for] pleasures which produces inner conflict? You people desire something and yet do not have it, [so] you murder [to get it]. You are envious [of what someone has] and [yet] are not able to obtain it, [so] you fight and quarrel [over it]. You do not have [what you want] because you do not ask [God for it].
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- Ambition (12 instances)
- Worldly (35 instances)
Topics on Worldly Ambition
Worldly Ambition Examples
2 Thessalonians 2:4[for] he opposes [the true Gospel message] and exalts himself against everything that is called "God" or that which is worshiped. So, he sits in God's temple [i.e., the church ?] displaying himself as [though he were] God.
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