¹³⁸ You have commanded your laws in righteousness and in exceeding faithfulness. ¹³⁹ My zeal has consumed me,
Because my adversaries have forgotten Your words.
¹⁴⁰ Your word is very pure. Your servant loves it.

Cross References

Psalm 69:9

Zeal for your house consumes me. The reproaches of those who reproach you have fallen on me.

John 2:17

His disciples remembered what was written. 'Zeal for your house shall eat me up.' (Psalm 69:9)

1 Kings 19:10

He said: I have been zealous for Jehovah, the God of hosts. The children of Israel have not kept your agreement (covenant). They have destroyed your altars. They killed your prophets with the sword. I, even I, am the only one living. Now they seek to take my life too.

1 Kings 19:14

He replied: I have been very zealous for Jehovah, the God of hosts. The children of Israel have not kept your agreement. They have torn down your altars. They killed your prophets with the sword. I, even I, am the only one living. Now they seek to take my life.

Psalm 53:4

Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge? They eat up my people as they eat bread. They have not called upon God.

Matthew 9:13

You should learn what this means: 'I desire mercy, and not sacrifice'; for I came, not to call the righteous, but sinners.

Matthew 12:3-5

He replied to them: Have you read what David did when he and his companions were hungry?

Matthew 15:4-6

God said, 'Honor your father and mother.' 'He who says evil of father or mother will be put to death.'

Matthew 21:13

He told them: It is written, 'My house is to be named a house of prayer,' but you are making it a hiding place of thieves.

Matthew 21:16

Have you any idea what these people are saying? Jesus answered: Yes. It is written, 'From the lips of children and babies at the breast you have made your praise complete.'

Matthew 21:42

Jesus said to them: Have you read the Scriptures, 'The stone the builders rejected has been made the chief cornerstone of the building. This was Jehovah's doing, and it is wonderful in our eyes.' (Isaiah 28:16)

Matthew 22:29

Jesus answered: You are mistaken! You do not know the scriptures or the power of God.

Acts 13:27

The people of Jerusalem and their rulers did not know Jesus. They fulfilled the words of the prophets that are read every Sabbath when they condemned Jesus.

Acts 28:23-27

So they set a date with Paul. A large number of them came that day to the place where Paul was staying. From morning till night he explained his message about the Kingdom of God to them. He tried to convince them about Jesus by quoting from the Law of Moses and the writings of the prophets.