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Bible Verses About Ambition
Find Bible verses about ambition — curated from 31,000+ verses with emotional and contextual scoring. What Scripture actually says.
What does the Bible say about ambition?
The Bible addresses ambition with deep compassion and clarity. From the Psalms to the words of Jesus, Scripture meets you in this exact feeling and offers comfort, strength, and direction. Here are the most powerful verses — each chosen because they speak directly to what you're going through.
Most Powerful Verses
Mark 10:37
“They said to him, "Grant to us that we may sit, one at your right hand, and one at your left hand, in your glory."”
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2 Samuel 15:4
“Absalom said moreover, "Oh that I were made judge in the land, that every man who has any suit or cause might come to me, and I would do him justice!"”
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2 Samuel 15:1
“It happened after this, that Absalom prepared him a chariot and horses, and fifty men to run before him.”
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Numbers 16:10
“and that he has brought you near, and all your brothers the sons of Levi with you? and do you seek the priesthood also?”
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Genesis 11:4
“They said, "Come, let's build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top reaches to the sky, and let's make ourselves a name, lest we be scattered abroad on the surface of the whole earth."”
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James 3:14
“But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, don't boast and don't lie against the truth.”
Matthew 20:21
“He said to her, "What do you want?" She said to him, "Command that these, my two sons, may sit, one on your right hand, and one on your left hand, in your Kingdom."”
Matthew 18:1
“In that hour the disciples came to Jesus, saying, "Who then is greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven?"”
2 Kings 8:15
“It happened on the next day, that he took a thick cloth, dipped it in water, and spread it on his face, so that he died. Then Hazael reigned in his place.”
1 Kings 1:5
“Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, "I will be king." Then he prepared him chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him.”
Mark 10:35
“James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came near to him, saying, "Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we will ask."”
1 Kings 2:15
“He said, "You know that the kingdom was mine, and that all Israel set their faces on me, that I should reign. However the kingdom is turned around, and has become my brother's; for it was his from Yah...”
Judges 18:19
“They said to him, "Hold your peace, put your hand on your mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest. Is it better for you to be priest to the house of one man, or to be priest to a tri...”
Philippians 1:16
“The former insincerely preach Christ from selfish ambition, thinking that they add affliction to my chains;”
Judges 9:29
“Would that this people were under my hand! Then I would remove Abimelech." He said to Abimelech, "Increase your army, and come out!"”
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