Philippians 3:6
as touching zeal, persecuting the church; as touching the righteousness which is in the law, found blameless.
Acts 8:3
Saul ravaged the congregation. He entered every house and dragged off men and women and put them in prison.
Acts 22:3-4
I am a Jew, born in Tarsus in Cilicia, but brought up here in Jerusalem as a student of Gamaliel. I received instruction in the Law of our ancestors and was just as zealous for God as are all of you.
Acts 26:9-10
I was convinced that I should oppose the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
Galatians 1:13-14
You heard about the way I lived as a Jew. How I persecuted the congregation of God beyond measure. In fact I tried to destroy it!
2 Samuel 21:2
The Gibeonites were not a part of Israel but were left over from the Amorites. The Israelites swore to spare them. Saul, in his eagerness, tried to destroy them for Israel and Judah. The king called the Gibeonites.
2 Kings 10:16
He said: Come with me and see how I am on fire with zeal for Jehovah's cause. So he made him go with him in his chariot.
Matthew 5:20
I also tell you, your righteousness must be greater than the scribes and Pharisees or you will not enter into the kingdom of heaven.
Matthew 23:25
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter, yet the inside is full of extortion and excess.
Mark 10:20-21
Teacher, he said: I have observed all of these from my youth.
Luke 1:6
They were both righteous before God. They blamelessly obeyed all the commandments and ordinances of God (Greek: kurios: God).
Acts 9:1-19
Saul was still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord. He went to the high priest.
Acts 21:20
Those who heard it glorified God. They said to him: You see brother, how many thousands there are among the Jews who have believed. They are all zealous for the law.
Acts 26:5
They knew me from the beginning. They could testify that I was from the strictest sect of our religion and I lived as a Pharisee.
Romans 7:9
I was alive apart from the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.
Romans 9:31-32
But Israel, pursuing after a law of righteousness, has not attained to that law.
Romans 10:2-5
I testify that they have zeal for God, but not according to [precise and correct] knowledge.
1 Corinthians 15:9
I am the least of the apostles and do not deserve to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the people of God.
Philippians 3:9
I want to be united with him. I no longer want a righteousness of my own that is gained by obeying the law. The righteousness from God is by faith in Christ.
1 Timothy 1:13
I was a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and a violent aggressor. I was shown mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.