Philippians 3:6
as to zeal, a persecutor of the church; as to righteousness under the law, blameless.
Acts 8:3
But Saul was ravaging the church, and entering house after house, he dragged off men and women and committed them to prison.
Acts 22:3-4
"I am a Jew, born in Tarsus in Cilicia, but brought up in this city, educated at the feet of Gamalielaccording to the strict manner of the law of our fathers, being zealous for God as all of you are this day.
Acts 26:9-10
"I myself was convinced that I ought to do many things in opposing the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
Galatians 1:13-14
For you have heard of my former life in Judaism, how I persecuted the church of God violently and tried to destroy it.
2 Samuel 21:2
So the king called the Gibeonites and spoke to them. Now the Gibeonites were not of the people of Israel but of the remnant of the Amorites. Although the people of Israel had sworn to spare them, Saul had sought to strike them down in his zeal for the people of Israel and Judah.
2 Kings 10:16
And he said, "Come with me, and see my zeal for the LORD." So he had him ride in his chariot.
Matthew 5:20
For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.
Mark 10:20-21
And he said to him, "Teacher, all these I have kept from my youth."
Luke 1:6
And they were both righteous before God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and statutes of the Lord.
Acts 9:1-19
But Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest
Acts 21:20
And when they heard it, they glorified God. And they said to him, "You see, brother, how many thousands there are among the Jews of those who have believed. They are all zealous for the law,
Acts 26:5
They have known for a long time, if they are willing to testify, that according to the strictest party of our religion I have lived as a Pharisee.
Romans 7:9
I was once alive apart from the law, but when the commandment came, sin came alive and I died.
Romans 9:31-32
but that Israel who pursued a law that would lead to righteousnessdid not succeed in reaching that law.
Romans 10:2-5
For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.
1 Corinthians 15:9
For I am the least of the apostles, unworthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
Philippians 3:9
and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God that depends on faith--
1 Timothy 1:13
though formerly I was a blasphemer, persecutor, and insolent opponent. But I received mercy because I had acted ignorantly in unbelief,