Ambition

God condemns — Ge 11:7; Isa 5:8.

Christ condemns — Mt 18:1,3,4; 20:25,26; 23:11,12.

Saints avoid — Ps 131:1,2.

Vanity of — Job 20:5-9; 24:24; Ps 49:11-20.

Leads to strife and contention — Jas 4:1,2.

Punishment of — Pr 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

Adam and Eve. — Ge 3:5,6.

Builders of Babel. — Ge 11:4.

Miriam and Aaron. — Nu 12:2.

Korah, &c. — Nu 16:3.

Absalom. — 2Sa 15:4; 18:18.

Adonijah. — 1Ki 1:5.

Sennacherib. — 2Ki 19:23.

Shebna. — Isa 22:16.

Sons of Zebedee. — Mt 20:21.

Antichrist. — 2Th 2:4.

Diotrephes. — 3Jo 1:9.