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• Adonijah, son of Haggith, began to display his ambition to be king. He acquired chariots, drivers, and fifty henchmen. (1 Kings 1, 5)

• You are thinking, 'See, I have beaten Edom!', and thus ambition makes you proud. Remain at home. Why involve yourself, and Judah with you, in misfortune and failure?" (2 Chronicles 25, 19)

• And to promote this observance among those to whom it was strange, the artisan's ambition provided a stimulus. (Wisdom of Solomon 14, 18)

• the former proclaim Christ out of selfish ambition, not from pure motives, thinking that they will cause me trouble in my imprisonment. (Philippians 1, 17)

• But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast and be false to the truth. (James 3, 14)

• For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there is disorder and every foul practice. (James 3, 16)