Sinful Ambition

Isaiah 14:14

I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.

2 Corinthians 5:9

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

Isaiah 14:13

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:

James 3:16

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

Matthew 20:21

And he said unto her, What wilt thou? She saith unto him, Grant that these my two sons may sit, the one on thy right hand, and the other on the left, in thy kingdom.

Matthew 20:24

And when the ten heard it, they were moved with indignation against the two brethren.

Matthew 20:25

But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them.

Matthew 20:27

And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant: