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To man belong the plans of the heart, but from the LORD comes the reply of the tongue.
Proverbs Chapter 16: Verse 1
Many are the plans in a man's heart, but it is the LORD's purpose that prevails.
Proverbs Chapter 19: Verse 21
Then the mother of Zebedee's sons came to Jesus with her sons and, kneeling down, asked a favor of him.
"What is it you want?" he asked. She said, "Grant that one of these two sons of mine may sit at your right and the other at your left in your kingdom."
Matthew Chapter 20: Verses 20 - 21
It has always been my ambition to preach the gospel where Christ was not known, so that I would not be building on someone else's foundation.
Romans Chapter 15: Verse 20
So we make it our goal to please him, whether we are at home in the body or away from it.
2 Corinthians Chapter 5: Verse 9
I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.
Philippians Chapter 3: Verse 14
For what is our hope, our joy, or the crown in which we will glory in the presence of our Lord Jesus when he comes? Is it not you?
1 Thessalonians Chapter 2: Verse 19
Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business and to work with your hands, just as we told you,
1 Thessalonians Chapter 4: Verse 11
Here is a trustworthy saying: If anyone sets his heart on being an overseer, he desires a noble task.
1 Timothy Chapter 3: Verse 1
People who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge men into ruin and destruction.
For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.Paul's Charge to Timothy
1 Timothy Chapter 6: Verses 9 - 10
Now listen, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money."
Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.
Instead, you ought to say, "If it is the Lord's will, we will live and do this or that."
As it is, you boast and brag. All such boasting is evil.
James Chapter 4: Verses 13 - 16
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