Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Concerning zeal, persecuting the church; touching the righteousness which is in the law, blameless.

Bible References

Zeal

Acts 21:20
They glorified God when they heard it. Then they said to him, "Brother, you see how many thousands of believers there are among the Jews, all of them ardent upholders of the Law.
Romans 10:2
I can vouch for their zeal for God; only, it is not zeal with knowledge.
Galatians 1:13
You know the story of my past career in Judaism; you know how furiously I persecuted the church of God and harried it,

Persecuting

Acts 8:3
but Saul made havoc of the church by entering one house after another, dragging off men and women, and consigning them to prison.
Acts 9:1
Meanwhile Saul still breathed threats of murder against the disciples of the Lord. He went to the high priest
Acts 22:3
"I am a Jew, born at Tarsus in Cilicia, but brought up in this city, educated at the feet of Gamaliel in all the strictness of our ancestral Law, ardent for God as you all are to-day.
Acts 26:9
I once believed it my duty indeed actively to oppose the name of Jesus the Nazarene.
1 Corinthians 15:9
For I am the very least of the apostles, unfit to bear the name of apostle, since I persecuted the church of God.
1 Timothy 1:13
though I had formerly been a blasphemer and a persecutor and a wanton aggressor. I obtained mercy because in my unbelief I had acted out of ignorance;

General references

Mark 10:20
"Teacher," he said, "I have observed all these commands from my youth."
Luke 5:38
No, fresh wine must be poured into new wineskins.
Luke 18:21
He said, "I have observed all these commands from my youth."
Acts 8:3
but Saul made havoc of the church by entering one house after another, dragging off men and women, and consigning them to prison.
Philippians 3:7
But for Christ's sake I have learned to count my former gains a loss;