Ambition

• God condemns Gen. 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; Ezek. 31:10,11; Oba. 1:3,4
• CONNECTED WITH
  • Pride Hab. 2:5
  • Covetousness Hab. 2:8,9
  • Cruelty Hab. 2:12
• EXEMPLIFIED
  • 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 Sam. 15:4, 18:18
  • Adonijah 1 Ki. 1:5
  • Sennacherib 2 Ki. 19:23
  • Shebna Isa. 22:16
  • Sons of Zebedee Mt. 20:21
  • Antichrist 2 Th. 2:4
  • Diotrephes 3 Jn. 1:9