22 Bible Verses about Zeal

as to zeal, persecuting the assembly: as to the righteousness which is in the law, blameless.

and, punishing them often throughout all the synagogues, I was compelling them to blaspheme; and, being exceedingly enraged against them, I was persecuting them even unto foreign cities.

For ye heard of my conduct formerly in Judaism; that, beyond measure, I was persecuting the assembly of God, and laying it waste;

"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte; and, when he is made such, ye make him a son of Hell twofold more than yourselves.

Fight the good fight of the faith, lay hold on the eternal life, to which you were called, and confessed a good confession before many witnesses.

But I am hoping in the Lord Jesus shortly to send Timothy to you, that I also may be cheerful, when having known the things concerning you. For I have no one like-minded, who, indeed, will sincerely care for your interests; for all are seeking their own, not the things of Jesus Christ. read more.
But ye know the proof of him, that, as a child with a father, he served with me in furtherance of the Gospel.

But it is good to be zealously sought in a good thing at all times, and not only when I am present with you,

As many as I love, I reprove and chasten. Be zealous, therefore, and repent.

So also ye, since ye are eager for spiritual gifts, seek that ye may abound in them with a view to the edification of the assembly.

in diligence, not slothful; in spirit, fervent, serving the Lord;

["For the Son of Man came to save that which was lost."]

Say not ye, 'There are yet four months, and the harvest is coming?' Behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes, and view the fields, because they are white for harvest.

(for I was wishing myself to be a curse from Christ) for my brethren, my kinsmen according to flesh;

Brethren, the desire, indeed, of my heart, and my supplication to God in their behalf, is that they may be saved.

if by any means I may excite to rivalry my flesh, and save some of them.

as to zeal, persecuting the assembly: as to the righteousness which is in the law, blameless.

and, punishing them often throughout all the synagogues, I was compelling them to blaspheme; and, being exceedingly enraged against them, I was persecuting them even unto foreign cities.

For ye heard of my conduct formerly in Judaism; that, beyond measure, I was persecuting the assembly of God, and laying it waste;

"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte; and, when he is made such, ye make him a son of Hell twofold more than yourselves.

His disciples remembered that it had been written, "Zeal for Thy house will eat Me up,"

Jesus saith to them, "My food is to do the will of Him Who sent Me, and to finish His work.

We must work the works of Him Who sent Me, while it is day. Night is coming, when no one can work.

And He charged them that they should tell no one; but the more He charged them, the more a great deal did they publish it.

But he, going forth, began to publish it much, and to spread abroad the matter; so that He could no more openly enter into a city, but was without in desert places. And they were coming to Him from every quarter.

And one of those standing by, having drawn his sword, smote the servant of the high priest, and struck off his ear.

For I testify for them, that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge;

And they, hearing it, were glorifying God, and said to him, "You observe, brother, how many thousands there are among the Jews, of those who have believed; and they are all zealous for the law.

and was making progress in Judaism above many companions of the same age in my own nation, being more exceedingly a zealot for my ancestral instructions.

For I testify for them, that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge;

As many as I love, I reprove and chasten. Be zealous, therefore, and repent.

in diligence, not slothful; in spirit, fervent, serving the Lord;

"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte; and, when he is made such, ye make him a son of Hell twofold more than yourselves.

in the power of signs and wonders, in the power of the Holy Spirit; so that from Jerusalem and around as far as Illyricum, I have fully dispensed the Gospel of Christ;

but now, having no longer any place in these regions; and, having a desire for many years to come to you,

But it is good to be zealously sought in a good thing at all times, and not only when I am present with you,

who gave Himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify for Himself a special people, zealous of good works.

and he says, "I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, having been trained according to the exactness of the ancestral law, being zealous for God, even as ye all are to-day; and I persecuted this Way unto death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women;

Brethren, the desire, indeed, of my heart, and my supplication to God in their behalf, is that they may be saved.

And Paul said, "I could pray God, that, both in a small degree and in a great degree, not only you, but also all who hear me this day, may become such as I am, except these chains!"

For godly sorrow works repentance unto salvation, not to be repented of; but the sorrow of the world works death. For, behold this very thing??hat ye were made sorry after a godly manner??hat diligence it wrought in you; yea, what defense of yourselves; yea, what indignation; yea, what fear; yea what earnest desire; yea, what zeal; yea, what avenging! In everything ye proved yourselves to be pure in the matter.

His disciples remembered that it had been written, "Zeal for Thy house will eat Me up,"

So also ye, since ye are eager for spiritual gifts, seek that ye may abound in them with a view to the edification of the assembly.

for I know your readiness, of which I glory on your behalf to the Macedonians, that Achaia has been prepared for a year past; and your zeal stirred up the majority of them.

For I bear him witness, that he has much concern in behalf of you, and those in Laodicea, and those in Hierapolis.

in diligence, not slothful; in spirit, fervent, serving the Lord;

The same had been instructed in the way of the Lord; and, being fervent in spirit, he was speaking and teaching accurately the things concerning Jesus, knowing only the immersion of John.

Beloved, while giving all diligence to write to you of the common salvation, I was constrained to write to you, exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith once for all delivered to the saints.