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Keywords: AMBITION,FALSEHOOD,SATAN,TRUTH
Description: Genesis 3:5
NET Translation: for God knows that when you eat from it your eyes will open and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”
DARBY Translation: butD32 GodD33 knows that in the day ye eat of it, your eyes will be opened, and ye will be as God, knowing good and evil.
KJV Translation: 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.
Keywords: AMBITION,COVETOUSNESS,CURIOSITY,DISOBEDIENCE TO GOD,INFLUENCE,LUST,WISDOM,WOMEN
Description: Genesis 3:6
NET Translation: When the woman saw that the tree produced fruit that was good for food, was attractive to the eye, and was desirable for making one wise, she took some of its fruit and ate it. She also gave some of it to her husband who was with her, and he ate it.
DARBY Translation: And the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a pleasure for the eyes, and the tree was to be desired to give intelligence; and she took of its fruit, and ate, and gave also to her husband with her, and he ate.
KJV Translation: And when the woman saw that the tree [was] good for food, and that it [was] pleasantK26to 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.
Keywords: AMBITION,CONFIDENCE,FALSE CONFIDENCE,PRESUMPTION
Description: Genesis 11:4
NET Translation: Then they said, “Come, let’s build ourselves a city and a tower with its top in the heavens so that we may make a name for ourselves. Otherwise we will be scattered across the face of the entire earth.”
DARBY Translation: And they said, Come on, let us build ourselves a city and a tower, the topD100 of which [may reach] to the heavens; and let us make ourselves a name, lest we be scattered over the face of the whole earth.
KJV Translation: 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.
Keywords: AMBITION,SIN
Description: Numbers 12:2
NET Translation: They said, “Has the Lord spoken only through Moses? Has he not also spoken through us?” And the Lord heard it.
DARBY Translation: And they said, Has Jehovah indeed spoken only toD990 Moses? has he not spoken also toD991 us? And Jehovah heard it.
KJV Translation: And they said, Hath the LORD indeed spoken only by Moses? hath he not spoken also by us? And the LORD heard [it].
Keywords: AARON,FALSE ACCUSATION,AMBITION,ENVY,MURMURING,PRESUMPTION,SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS,USURPATION
Description: Numbers 16:3
NET Translation: And they assembled against Moses and Aaron, saying to them, “You take too much upon yourselves, seeing that the whole community is holy, every one of them, and the Lord is among them. Why then do you exalt yourselves above the community of the Lord?”
DARBY Translation: and they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said to them, It is enough; for all the assembly, all of them are holy, and Jehovah is among them; and why do ye lift up yourselves above the congregation of Jehovah?
KJV Translation: And they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said unto them, [Ye take] too much upon you, seeing all the congregation [are] holy, every one of them, and the LORD [is] among them: wherefore then lift ye up yourselves above the congregation of the LORD?
Keywords: FALSE ACCUSATION,AMBITION,MURMURING
Description: Numbers 16:13
NET Translation: Is it a small thing that you have brought us up out of the land that flows with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness? Now do you want to make yourself a prince over us?
DARBY Translation: Is it a small thing that thou hast brought us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, that thou must make thyself altogether a ruler over us?
KJV Translation: [Is it] a small thing that thou hast brought us up out of a land that floweth with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, except thou make thyself altogether a prince over us?
Keywords: ABIMELECH,ISRAEL,SHECHEM,AMBITION,CONSPIRACY,JUDGE,RULERS
Description: Judges 9:1
NET Translation: Now Abimelech son of Jerub Baal went to Shechem to see his mother’s relatives. He said to them and to his mother’s entire extended family,
DARBY Translation: And Abimelech son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem to his mother's brethren, and spoke to them, and to all the family of the house of his mother's father, saying,
KJV Translation: And Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem unto his mother's brethren, and communed with them, and with all the family of the house of his mother's father, saying,
Verse Intro: Abimelech's Conspiracy - Made King
Keywords: CHILDREN,DAVID,REBELLION,AMBITION,CANDIDATE,ELECTIONEERING,FOOTMAN,USURPATION
Description: 2 Samuel 15:1
NET Translation: Some time later Absalom managed to acquire a chariot and horses, as well as fifty men to serve as his royal guard.
DARBY Translation: And it came to pass afterD1997 this, that Absalom prepared for himself chariots and horses, and fifty men to run before him.
KJV Translation: And it came to pass after this, that Absalom prepared him chariots and horses, and fifty men to run before him.
Verse Intro: Absalom Leads Insurrection Against David
Keywords: AHITHOPHEL,AMBITION,PRIDE,SUICIDE
Description: 2 Samuel 17:23
NET Translation: When Ahithophel realized that his advice had not been followed, he saddled his donkey and returned to his house in his hometown. After setting his household in order, he hanged himself. So he died and was buried in the grave of his father.
DARBY Translation: And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass, and arose and went to his house, to his city, and gave charge to his household, and hanged himself, and he died; and he was buried in the sepulchre of his father.
KJV Translation: And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followedK1647, he saddled [his] ass, and arose, and gat him home to his house, to his city, and put his household in orderK1648, and hanged himself, and died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father.
Verse Intro: Ahithophel Hangs Himself
Keywords: ABSALOM,AMBITION,KING’S DALE,PILLAR,SHAVEH
Description: 2 Samuel 18:18
NET Translation: Before this Absalom had set up a monument and dedicated it to himself in the King’s Valley, reasoning, “I have no son who will carry on my name.” He named the monument after himself, and to this day it is known as Absalom’s Memorial.
DARBY Translation: Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself a monument, which is in the king's dale; for he said, I have no son to keep my name in remembrance; and he called the monument after his own name; and it is called unto this day, Absalom's memorial.
KJV Translation: 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.
Keywords: ADONIJAH,AMBITION,CHILDREN,CITIZENS,CIVIL SERVICE,FOOTMAN,HAGGITH,USURPATION
Description: 1 Kings 1:5
NET Translation: Now Adonijah, son of David and Haggith, was promoting himself, boasting, “I will be king!” He managed to acquire chariots and horsemen, as well as fifty men to serve as his royal guard.
DARBY Translation: And Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, I will be king; and he provided himself chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him.
KJV Translation: Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, I will be kingK1746: and he prepared him chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him.
Verse Intro: Adonijah Tries to Become King
Keywords: AMBITION,PARABLES,PRIDE,SARCASM,THISTLE
Description: 2 Kings 14:9
NET Translation: King Jehoash of Israel sent this message back to King Amaziah of Judah, “A thornbush in Lebanon sent this message to a cedar in Lebanon, ‘Give your daughter to my son as a wife.’ Then a wild animal of Lebanon came by and trampled down the thorn.
DARBY Translation: And Jehoash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thorn-bush that is in Lebanon sent to the cedar that is in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son as wife; and there passed by the wild beast that is in Lebanon, and trode down the thorn-bush.
KJV Translation: And Jehoash the king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle that [was] in Lebanon sent to the cedar that [was] in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a wild beast that [was] in Lebanon, and trode down the thistle.
Keywords: AMBITION,CARMEL,CONFIDENCE,FALSE CONFIDENCE,LEBANON
Description: 2 Kings 19:23
NET Translation: Through your messengers you taunted the Sovereign Master, ‘With my many chariots I climbed up the high mountains, the slopes of Lebanon. I cut down its tall cedars and its best evergreens. I invaded its most remote regions, its thickest woods.
DARBY Translation: By thy messengers thou hast reproached the Lord, and hast said, With the multitude of my chariots have I come up To the height of the mountain, to the recesses of Lebanon, And I will cut down its tall cedars, the choice of its cypresses; And I will enter into its furthest lodging-place, [into] the forest of its fruitful fieldD2308.
KJV Translation: ByK2141thy 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 tallK2142cedar trees thereof, [and] the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the lodgings of his borders, [and into] the forest of his CarmelK2143.
Keywords: AMBITION,HAPPINESS,MALICE
Description: Esther 5:9
NET Translation: Now Haman went forth that day pleased and very much encouraged. But when Haman saw Mordecai at the king’s gate, and he did not rise or tremble in his presence, Haman was filled with rage toward Mordecai.
DARBY Translation: And Haman went forth that day joyful and glad of heart; but when Haman saw Mordecai in the king's gate, that he stood not up nor moved for him, he was full of fury against Mordecai.
KJV Translation: Then went Haman forth that day joyful and with a glad heart: but when Haman saw Mordecai in the king's gate, that he stood not up, nor moved for him, he was full of indignation against Mordecai.
Verse Intro: Haman Prepares to Hang Mordecai
Keywords: AMBITION,PRIDE
Description: Esther 6:6
NET Translation: So Haman came in, and the king said to him, “What should be done for the man whom the king wishes to honor?” Haman thought to himself, “Who is it that the king would want to honor more than me?”
DARBY Translation: So Haman came in. And the king said to him, What is to be done with the man whom the king delights to honour? Now Haman thought in his heart, To whom would the king delight to do honour more than to me?
KJV Translation: So Haman came in. And the king said unto him, What shall be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour? Now Haman thought in his heart, To whom would the king delight to do honour more than to myself?
Keywords: AMBITION
Description: Job 20:6
NET Translation: Even though his stature reaches to the heavens and his head touches the clouds,
DARBY Translation: Though his height mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds,
KJV Translation: Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the cloudsK3206;
Keywords: AMBITION
Description: Job 20:7
NET Translation: he will perish forever, like his own excrement; those who used to see him will say, ‘Where is he?’
DARBY Translation: Like his own dung doth he perish for ever; they which have seen him shall say, Where is he?
KJV Translation: [Yet] he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say, Where [is] he?
Keywords: AMBITION,PRIDE
Description: Psalms 49:11
NET Translation: Their grave becomes their permanent residence, their eternal dwelling place. They name their lands after themselves,
DARBY Translation: Their inward thought is, that their houses are for ever, their dwelling-places from generation to generation: they call the lands after their own namesD3489.
KJV Translation: Their inward thought [is, that] their houses [shall continue] for ever, [and] their dwelling places to all generationsK3689; they call [their] lands after their own names.
Keywords: AMBITION,COVETOUSNESS,ESTATE,ISAIAH,LAND,MONOPOLY,OPPRESSION,PRIDE,RICHES
Description: Isaiah 5:8
NET Translation: Beware, those who accumulate houses, who also accumulate field after field until there is no land left, and you are the only landowners remaining within the land.
DARBY Translation: Woe unto them that add house to house, that join field to field, until there is no more room, and that ye dwell yourselves alone in the midst of the land!
KJV Translation: 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!
Verse Intro: Disaster is Coming to Jerusalem from a Far Nation
Keywords: AMBITION,LUCIFER,PRIDE
Description: Isaiah 14:12
NET Translation: Look how you have fallen from the sky, O shining one, son of the dawn! You have been cut down to the ground, O conqueror of the nations!
DARBY Translation: How art thou fallen from heaven, LuciferD4724, son of the morning! Thou art cut down to the ground, that didst prostrate the nations!
KJV Translation: How art thou fallen from heaven, O LuciferK4651, son of the morning! [how] art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
Keywords: AMBITION,COVETOUSNESS,HELL,OPPRESSION,PRIDE,RULERS,WINE
Description: Habakkuk 2:5
NET Translation: Indeed, wine will betray the proud, restless man! His appetite is as big as Sheol’s; like death, he is never satisfied. He gathers all the nations; he seizes all peoples.
DARBY Translation: And moreover, the wine is treacherous: he is a proud manD6435, and keepeth not at rest, he enlargeth his desireD6436 as Sheol, and he is like death and cannot be satisfied; and he assembleth unto him all nations, and gathereth unto him all peoples.
KJV Translation: Yea alsoK6375, 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:
Keywords: AMBITION
Description: Habakkuk 2:6
NET Translation: “But all these nations will someday taunt him and ridicule him with proverbial sayings: ‘Woe to the one who accumulates what does not belong to him (How long will this go on?)—he who gets rich by extortion!’
DARBY Translation: Shall not all these take up a proverb about him, and a taunting riddle against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and to him that loadeth himself with pledgesD6437!
KJV Translation: Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to himK6376that increaseth [that which is] not his! how long? and to him that ladeth himself with thick clay!
Verse Intro: The Babylonians will be Judged foir Their Wickedness
Keywords: AMBITION,PRIDE
Description: Habakkuk 2:9
NET Translation: The one who builds his house by unjust gain is as good as dead. He does this so he can build his nest way up high and escape the clutches of disaster.
DARBY Translation: Woe to him that getteth iniquitous gain to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the grasp of evil!
KJV Translation: 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!
Keywords: AMBITION,FALSEHOOD,GLORY,MOUNTAIN
Description: Matthew 4:8
NET Translation: Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their grandeur.
DARBY Translation: Again the devil takes him to a very high mountain, and shews him all the kingdoms of the world, and their glory,
KJV Translation: Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;
Keywords: AMBITION,COVETOUSNESS,IMMORTALITY,LIFE,WICKED (PEOPLE),WORLDLINESS
Description: Matthew 16:26
NET Translation: For what does it benefit a person if he gains the whole world but forfeits his life? Or what can a person give in exchange for his life?
DARBY Translation: For what does a man profit, if he should gain the whole world and suffer the loss of his soulD6813? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
KJV Translation: “For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?”
Keywords: AMBITION,CIVIL SERVICE,INFLUENCE,JAMES,JESUS THE CHRIST,JOHN,MINISTER,CHRISTIAN,POLITICS,SALOME,ZEBEDEE
Description: Matthew 20:20
NET Translation: Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came to him with her sons, and kneeling down she asked him for a favor.
DARBY Translation: Then came to him the mother of the sons of Zebedee, with her sons, doing homage, and asking something of him.
KJV Translation: Then came to him the mother of Zebedee's children with her sons, worshipping [him], and desiring a certain thing of him.
Verse Intro: Special Request for James and John by their Mother to Jesus
Keywords: AMBITION,FRINGES,PHYLACTERY
Description: Matthew 23:5
NET Translation: They do all their deeds to be seen by people, for they make their phylacteries wide and their tassels long.
DARBY Translation: And all their works they do to be seen of men: for they make broad their phylacteriesD6884 and enlarge the bordersD6885 [of their garments],
KJV Translation: “But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments,”
Keywords: AMBITION,HUMILITY
Description: Matthew 23:12
NET Translation: And whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
DARBY Translation: And whoever shall exalt himself shall be humbled, and whoever shall humble himself shall be exalted.
KJV Translation: “And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.”
Keywords: AMBITION,HUMILITY,JESUS THE CHRIST,MINISTER,CHRISTIAN,WORLDLINESS
Description: Mark 9:33
NET Translation: Then they came to Capernaum. After Jesus was inside the house he asked them, “What were you discussing on the way?”
DARBY Translation: And he came to Capernaum, and being in the house, he asked them, Of what were ye reasoning by the way?
KJV Translation: And he came to Capernaum: and being in the house he asked them, “What was it that ye disputed among yourselves by the way?”
Verse Intro: The Question of the Greatest in the Kingdom
Keywords: AMBITION,CIVIL SERVICE,JAMES,JESUS THE CHRIST,JOHN,MINISTER,CHRISTIAN
Description: Mark 10:35
NET Translation: Then James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came to him and said, “Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask.”
DARBY Translation: And there come to him James and John, the sons of Zebedee, saying [to him], Teacher, we would that whatsoever we may ask thee, thou wouldst do it for us.
KJV Translation: And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, come unto him, saying, Master, we would that thou shouldest do for us whatsoever we shall desire.
Verse Intro: Special Request for James and John to Jesus
Keywords: AMBITION,HYPOCRISY,JESUS THE CHRIST,PRIDE
Description: Mark 12:38
NET Translation: In his teaching Jesus also said, “Watch out for the experts in the law. They like walking around in long robes and elaborate greetings in the marketplaces,
DARBY Translation: And he said to them in his doctrine, Beware of the scribes, who like to walk about in long robes, and salutations in the marketplaces,
KJV Translation: And he said unto them in his doctrine, “Beware of the scribes, which love to go in long clothing, and” [love] “salutations in the marketplaces,”
Verse Intro: Jesus Pronounces Judgment Against the Scribes
Keywords: AMBITION,PRIDE
Description: Mark 12:39
NET Translation: and the best seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at banquets.
DARBY Translation: and first seats in the synagogues, and first places at suppers;
KJV Translation: “And the chief seats in the synagogues, and the uppermost rooms at feasts:”
Keywords: AMBITION
Description: Luke 4:5
NET Translation: Then the devil led him up to a high place and showed him in a flash all the kingdoms of the world.
DARBY Translation: And [the devil], leading him up into a high mountain, shewed him all the kingdoms of the habitable world in a moment of time.
KJV Translation: And the devil, taking him up into an high mountain, shewed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.
Keywords: AMBITION,IMMORTALITY
Description: Luke 9:25
NET Translation: For what does it benefit a person if he gains the whole world but loses or forfeits himself?
DARBY Translation: For what shall a man profit if he shall have gained the whole world, and have destroyed, or come under the penalty of the loss of himself?
KJV Translation: “For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away?”
Keywords: AMBITION,CHILDREN,CHURCH,HUMILITY,JESUS THE CHRIST,MINISTER,CHRISTIAN,PRIDE,WORLDLINESS
Description: Luke 9:46
NET Translation: Now an argument started among the disciples as to which of them might be the greatest.
DARBY Translation: And a reasoning came in amongst them, who should be [the] greatestD7297 of them.
KJV Translation: Then there arose a reasoning among them, which of them should be greatest.
Verse Intro: The Question of the Greatest in the Kingdom
Keywords: AMBITION,PRIDE
Description: Luke 11:43
NET Translation: Woe to you Pharisees! You love the best seats in the synagogues and elaborate greetings in the marketplaces!
DARBY Translation: Woe unto you, Pharisees, for ye love the first seat in the synagogues and salutations in the market-places.
KJV Translation: “Woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye love the uppermost seats in the synagogues, and greetings in the markets.”
Keywords: AMBITION,CHURCH,HUMILITY,MINISTER,CHRISTIAN,STRIFE
Description: Luke 22:24
NET Translation: A dispute also started among them over which of them was to be regarded as the greatest.
DARBY Translation: And there was also a strife among them which of them should be held to be [the] greatestD7415.
KJV Translation: And there was also a strife among them, which of them should be accounted the greatest.
Verse Intro: The Question of the Greatest in the Kingdom
Keywords: AMBITION,JESUS THE CHRIST
Description: Luke 22:26
NET Translation: Not so with you; instead the one who is greatest among you must become like the youngest, and the leader like the one who serves.
DARBY Translation: But *ye* [shall] not [be] thus; but let the greater among you be as the younger, and the leader as he that serves.
KJV Translation: “But ye” [shall] “not” [be] “so: but he that is greatest among you, let him be as the younger; and he that is chief, as he that doth serve.”
Keywords: AMBITION,GODLESSNESS,UNBELIEF,WORLDLINESS
Description: John 5:44
NET Translation: How can you believe, if you accept praise from one another and don’t seek the praise that comes from the only God?
DARBY Translation: How can ye believe, who receive glory one of another, and seek not the glory which [comes] from God aloneD7508?
KJV Translation: “How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that” [cometh] “from God only?”
Keywords: STRIFE,TRUTH,WICKED (PEOPLE)
Description: Romans 2:8
NET Translation: but wrath and anger to those who live in selfish AMBITION and do not obey the truth but follow unrighteousness.
DARBY Translation: But to those that are contentious, and are disobedient to the truth, but obey unrighteousness, [there shall be] wrath and indignation,
KJV Translation: But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,
Keywords: PERSEVERANCE,RELIGIOUS ZEAL
Description: 2 Corinthians 5:9
NET Translation: So then whether we are alive or away, we make it our AMBITION to please him.
DARBY Translation: Wherefore also we are zealous, whether present or absent, to be agreeable to him.
KJV Translation: Wherefore we labourK6964, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him.
Keywords: ANGER,BACKBITING,BACKSLIDERS,CHURCH,ENVY,SLANDER,STRIFE,WHISPERER,RELIGIOUS ZEAL
Description: 2 Corinthians 12:20
NET Translation: For I am afraid that somehow when I come I will not find you what I wish, and you will find me not what you wish. I am afraid that somehow there may be quarreling, jealousy, intense anger, selfish AMBITION, slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorder.
DARBY Translation: For I fear lest perhaps coming I find you not such as I wish, and that *I* be found by you such as ye do not wish: lest [there might be] strifes, jealousies, angers, contentions, evil speakings, whisperings, puffings up, disturbances;
KJV Translation: For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and [that] I shall be found unto you such as ye would not: lest [there be] debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults:
Keywords: RELIGIOUS ZEAL
Description: Philippians 1:17
NET Translation: The former proclaim Christ from selfish AMBITION, not sincerely, because they think they can cause trouble for me in my imprisonment.
DARBY Translation: but those out of contention, announce the Christ, not purely, supposing to arouse tribulation for my bonds.
KJV Translation: But the other of love, knowing that I am set for the defence of the gospel.
Keywords: HUMILITY,PRIDE,RESPECT,STRIFE,UNSELFISHNESS
Description: Philippians 2:3
NET Translation: Instead of being motivated by selfish AMBITION or vanity, each of you should, in humility, be moved to treat one another as more important than yourself.
DARBY Translation: [let] nothingD8691 [be] in the spirit of strife or vain glory, but, in lowliness of mind, each esteeming the other as more excellent than themselves;
KJV Translation: [Let] nothing [be done] through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
Keywords: AMBITION,CHURCH,MINISTER,CHRISTIAN
Description: 1 Timothy 3:1
NET Translation: This saying is trustworthy: “If someone aspires to the office of overseer, he desires a good work.”
DARBY Translation: The word [is] faithful: if any one aspires to exercise oversight, he desires a good work.
KJV Translation: This [is] a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.
Verse Intro: Qualifications for Elders (Overseers)
Keywords: AMBITION,LUST,SIN,STRIFE
Description: James 4:1
NET Translation: Where do the conflicts and where do the quarrels among you come from? Is it not from this, from your passions that battle inside you?
DARBY Translation: Whence [come] wars and whence fightings among you? [Is it] not thence, from your pleasuresD9199, which war in your members?
KJV Translation: From whence [come] wars and fightingsK7245among you? [come they] not hence, [even] of your lustsK7246that war in your members?
Verse Intro: Overcoming Pride and Passion - Draw Near to God
Keywords: AMBITION,COVETOUSNESS,STRIFE
Description: James 4:2
NET Translation: You desire and you do not have; you murder and envy and you cannot obtain; you quarrel and fight. You do not have because you do not ask;
DARBY Translation: Ye lust and have not: ye kill and are full of envy, and cannot obtain; ye fight and war; ye have not because ye ask not.
KJV Translation: Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.
Keywords: AMBITION,DEPRAVITY OF MAN,EYE,LUST,PRIDE,TEMPTATION
Description: 1 John 2:16
NET Translation: because all that is in the world (the desire of the flesh and the desire of the eyes and the arrogance produced by material possessions) is not from the Father, but is from the world.
DARBY Translation: because all that [is] in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
KJV Translation: For all that [is] in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
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Description: 3 John 1:1
NET Translation: From the elder, to Gaius my dear brother, whom I love in truth.
DARBY Translation: The elder to the beloved Gaius, whom I love inD9415 truth.
KJV Translation: The elder unto the wellbeloved Gaius, whom I love in the truthK7293.
Verse Intro: John's Salutation to Gaius and Thanksgiving