1 Kings 19:10
19:10 He answered, “I have been absolutely loyal
to the
Lord, the sovereign God,
even though the Israelites have abandoned the agreement they made with you,
torn down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword. I alone am left and now they want to take my life.”
1 Kings 19:14
19:14 He answered, “I have been absolutely loyal
to the
Lord, the sovereign God,
even though the Israelites have abandoned the agreement they made with you,
torn down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword. I alone am left and now they want to take my life.”
Psalms 69:9
69:9 Certainly zeal for your house consumes me;
I endure the insults of those who insult you.
Psalms 106:31
106:31 This brought him a reward,
an eternal gift.
Psalms 119:139
119:139 My zeal consumes me,
for my enemies forget your instructions.
John 2:17
2:17 His disciples remembered that it was written, “
Zeal for your house will devour me.”
Acts 22:3-5
22:3 “I am a Jew,
born in Tarsus in Cilicia, but brought up
in this city, educated with strictness
under
Gamaliel
according to the law of our ancestors,
and was
zealous
for God just as all of you are today.
22:4 I
persecuted this Way
even to the point of death,
tying up
both men and women and putting
them in prison,
22:5 as both the high priest and the whole council of elders
can testify about me. From them
I also received
letters to the brothers in Damascus, and I was on my way
to make arrests there and bring
the prisoners
to Jerusalem
to be punished.
Romans 10:2-4
10:2 For I can testify that they are zealous for God,
but their zeal is not in line with the truth.
10:3 For ignoring the righteousness that comes from God, and seeking instead to establish their own righteousness, they did not submit to God’s righteousness.
10:4 For Christ is the end of the law, with the result that there is righteousness for everyone who believes.