22 Bible Verses about Zeal

as to zeal, a persecutor of the church; as to the righteousness which comes through law, blameless.

"In all the synagogues also I punished them oftentimes, and tried to make them blaspheme; and in my mad fury I was pursuing them even to foreign cities.

For you have heard of my former conduct in Judaism, how furiously I used to persecute the church of God, and how I kept seeking to root it out;

"Woe unto you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you scour sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is gained, you make him twofold more a son of hell than you are, yourselves.

Keep contending in the noble contest of the faith; seize hold on eternal life, to which you were called when you confessed the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.

Now I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you before long, so that I may be of good comfort when I learn the news concerning you. For I have no other like him with a genuine concern for your welfare, for they are all seeking their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ. read more.
And you know Timothy's worth, how he has shared my servitude in furtherance of the gospel, like a son helping his father.

It is always an honorable thing to have your favor sought in an honorable cause, always, and not only when I am with you.

All whom I love I reprove and discipline; therefore be full of zeal and repent.

So also in your case, since you are ambitious for spiritual gifts, seek to excel in them for the upbuilding of the church.

In your diligence be free from sloth. Be glowing in spirit. Slave for the master.

"For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.

Do you not say, 'It wants yet four months, and then comes the harvest'? Look, I tell you! Lift up your eyes and behold the fields, that they are already white for harvest.

For I was on the point of praying to be accursed from Christ on behalf of my brothers, my kinsmen according to the flesh.

Brothers, the longing of my heart and my prayer to God is for my countrymen, that they may be saved.

if by any means I might "provoke to jealousy" my kinsmen, and save some among them.

as to zeal, a persecutor of the church; as to the righteousness which comes through law, blameless.

"In all the synagogues also I punished them oftentimes, and tried to make them blaspheme; and in my mad fury I was pursuing them even to foreign cities.

For you have heard of my former conduct in Judaism, how furiously I used to persecute the church of God, and how I kept seeking to root it out;

"Woe unto you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you scour sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is gained, you make him twofold more a son of hell than you are, yourselves.

He answered, "Why is it that you have been looking for me, did you not realize that I had to be in my Father's house?"

His disciples recalled that it is written, The zeal of thine house will devour me.

Jesus said to them. "My food is to do the will of Him who sent me, and to accomplish his work.

"I must work the works of him that sent me while it is day; night is coming, when no man can work.

Then Jesus charged them not to tell any one, but the more he charged them, the more they published it;

But he went out and began to tell every one and to publish it broadcast, so that Jesus could no longer enter any town openly; but he had to remain outside in lonely places, and people kept coming to him from every quarter.

But one of the bystanders drew his sword, and struck the slave of the high priest, and cut off his ear.

For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, only it is a zeal without knowledge.

And they, when they heard it, glorified God, and said to him. "You see, brother, how many thousands there are among the Jews, of those who have believed, and they are all zealous for the Law.

and how in my zeal for Judaism I outstripped many of my own age and nation, in my special zeal for the traditions of my forefathers.

For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, only it is a zeal without knowledge.

All whom I love I reprove and discipline; therefore be full of zeal and repent.

In your diligence be free from sloth. Be glowing in spirit. Slave for the master.

"Woe unto you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you scour sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is gained, you make him twofold more a son of hell than you are, yourselves.

through the might of signs and wonders, in the power of the Holy Spirit. So that beginning at Jerusalem and its environs, I have proclaimed without reserve the gospel of Christ, even as far as Illyricum.

But now, since I have no more any "opening" in these parts, and since I have longed for many years to come to you

It is always an honorable thing to have your favor sought in an honorable cause, always, and not only when I am with you.

He gave himself for us to redeem us from all iniquity, and to purify unto himself a people zealous of good works."

"I am a Jew," he said, "born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, taught according to the strict manner of the Law of our forefathers, ardent for God, even as you all are this day. "I persecuted to the death this way, continually binding and delivering up to prisons both men and women.

Brothers, the longing of my heart and my prayer to God is for my countrymen, that they may be saved.

"Long or short," answered Paul, "my prayer to God is that not only you but all who are my hearers this day might become such as I am, save for these chains."

For your pain came from God, and so you took no harm from me. For the pain which is from God works repentance leading to salvation, a repentance never to be regretted. But the world's pain works death. Note the results of this pain which God permitted; what earnestness it has called forth in you, what explanations, what indignation, what alarm, what longing, what fervor, what punishment of wrong. In every way you have proved yourselves innocent in the matter.

His disciples recalled that it is written, The zeal of thine house will devour me.

So also in your case, since you are ambitious for spiritual gifts, seek to excel in them for the upbuilding of the church.

for I know how ready you are, and am always boasting about you to the Macedonians, telling them that Greece has been ready for a year past; and your zeal has been a spur to the majority of them.

For I can testify to his deep interest in you and in those in Laodicea and Hierapolis.

In your diligence be free from sloth. Be glowing in spirit. Slave for the master.

He had been instructed in the ways of the Lord, and being full of zeal, he used to speak and to teach accurately the facts about Jesus, although he knew only the baptism of John.

Beloved, although I was making all haste to write to you in regard to our common salvation, I am compelled to write you an appeal to defend the faith once for all committed to the saints.