Topic
Ambition
70 passages cited, from 2 classic reference works.
These works date from 1896–1897 and are in the public domain. They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently. The verses are shown in the King James Version, the wording these works were written against.
The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Genesis 3:5Nave · Torrey INSTANCES OF — Eve
For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
- Genesis 3:6Nave · Torrey INSTANCES OF — Eve
And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.
- Genesis 11:4Nave · Torrey INSTANCES OF — The builders of Babel
And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
- 2 Samuel 18:18Nave · Torrey INSTANCES OF — Absalom
¶ Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself a pillar, which is in the king’s dale: for he said, I have no son to keep my name in remembrance: and he called the pillar after his own name: and it is called unto this day, Absalom’s place.
- 1 Kings 1:5Nave · Torrey INSTANCES OF — Adonijah
¶ Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, I will be king: and he prepared him chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him.
- 2 Kings 19:23Nave · Torrey INSTANCES OF — Sennacherib
By thy messengers thou hast reproached the Lord, and hast said, With the multitude of my chariots I am come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon, and will cut down the tall cedar trees thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I…
- Isaiah 5:8Nave · Torrey UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO
¶ Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth!
- Isaiah 14:12–15Nave · Torrey INSTANCES OF — Lucifer
How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations! 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…
- Habakkuk 2:5Nave · Torrey UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO
¶ Yea also, because he transgresseth by wine, he is a proud man, neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire as hell, and is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all people:
- Habakkuk 2:9Nave · Torrey UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO
¶ Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil!
- Matthew 23:12Nave · Torrey UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO
And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.
- James 4:1Nave · Torrey UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO
From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?
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- James 4:2 Nave · Torrey UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO
- Genesis 11:7 Torrey God condemns
- Numbers 12:2–10 Nave INSTANCES OF — Aaron and Miriam
- Numbers 12:2 Torrey EXEMPLIFIED — Miriam and Aaron
- Numbers 16:3–35 Nave INSTANCES OF — Korah and his co-conspirators
- Numbers 16:3 Torrey EXEMPLIFIED — Korah, &c
- Numbers 16:13 Nave Falsely charged against Moses
- Judges 9:1–6 Nave INSTANCES OF — Abimelech
- 2 Samuel 15:1–13 Nave INSTANCES OF — Absalom
- 2 Samuel 15:4 Torrey EXEMPLIFIED — Absalom
- 2 Samuel 17:23 Nave INSTANCES OF — Ahithophel
- 2 Kings 14:9 Nave Parable of the thistle, illustrating
- Esther 5:9–13 Nave INSTANCES OF — Haman
- Esther 6:6–9 Nave INSTANCES OF — Haman
- Job 20:5–9 Torrey Vanity of
- Job 20:6 Nave UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO
- Job 20:7 Nave UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO
- Job 24:24 Torrey Vanity of
- Psalms 49:11–13 Nave UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO
- Psalms 49:11–20 Torrey Vanity of
- Psalms 131:1 Torrey Saints avoid
- Psalms 131:2 Torrey Saints avoid
- Proverbs 17:19 Torrey Punishment of
- Isaiah 22:16 Torrey EXEMPLIFIED — Shebna
- Ezekiel 31:10 Torrey Punishment of
- Ezekiel 31:11 Torrey Punishment of
- Obadiah 1:3 Torrey Punishment of
- Obadiah 1:4 Torrey Punishment of
- Habakkuk 2:6 Nave UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO
- Habakkuk 2:8 Torrey CONNECTED WITH — Covetousness
- Habakkuk 2:12 Torrey CONNECTED WITH — Cruelty
- Matthew 4:8–10 Nave UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO
- Matthew 16:26 Nave UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO
- Matthew 18:1 Torrey Christ condemns
- Matthew 18:3 Torrey Christ condemns
- Matthew 18:4 Torrey Christ condemns
- Matthew 20:20 Nave UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO
- Matthew 20:21 Torrey EXEMPLIFIED — Sons of Zebedee
- Matthew 20:25 Torrey Christ condemns
- Matthew 20:26 Torrey Christ condemns
- Matthew 23:5–7 Nave UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO
- Matthew 23:11 Torrey Christ condemns
- Mark 9:33–37 Nave UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO
- Mark 10:35–45 Nave UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO
- Mark 12:38 Nave UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO
- Mark 12:39 Nave UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO
- Luke 4:5–8 Nave UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO
- Luke 9:25 Nave UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO
- Luke 9:46 Nave UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO
- Luke 11:43 Nave UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO
- Luke 22:24 Nave UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO
- Luke 22:26 Nave UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO
- John 5:44 Nave UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO
- 2 Thessalonians 2:4 Torrey EXEMPLIFIED — Antichrist
- 1 Timothy 3:1 Nave UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO
- 1 John 2:16 Nave UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO
- 3 John 1:1 Nave INSTANCES OF — Diotrephes
- 3 John 1:9 Torrey EXEMPLIFIED — Diotrephes
In the topical indexes
Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 44 references, grouped by sub-topic
- → Falsely charged against Moses Nu 16:13
- → Parable of the thistle, illustrating 2Ki 14:9
- → UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO Job 20:6,7; Ps 49:11-13; Isa 5:8; Hab 2:5,6,9; Mt 4:8-10; 16:26; 20:20; 23:5-7,12; Mr 9:33-37; 10:35-45; 12:38,39; Lu 4:5-8; 9:25,46; 11:43; 22:24,26; Joh 5:44; 1Ti 3:1; Jas 4:1,2; 1Jo 2:16
- See PRIDE
- → INSTANCES OF
- Lucifer Isa 14:12-15
- Eve Ge 3:5,6
- The builders of Babel Ge 11:4
- Aaron and Miriam Nu 12:2-10
- Korah and his co-conspirators Nu 16:3-35
- Abimelech Jud 9:1-6
- Absalom 2Sa 15:1-13; 18:18
- Ahithophel 2Sa 17:23
- Adonijah 1Ki 1:5
- Sennacherib 2Ki 19:23
- Haman Es 5:9-13; 6:6-9
- Diotrephes 3Jo 1:9,10
Torrey's New Topical Textbook (1897) · 39 references, grouped by sub-topic
Texts: Nave's Topical Bible (1896); Torrey's New Topical Textbook (1897), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.