2 Kings 10:16
10:16 Jehu
said, “Come with me and see how zealous I am for the
Lord’s cause.”
So he
took him along in his chariot.
John 16:2
16:2 They will put you out of
the synagogue,
yet a time
is coming when the one who kills you will think he is offering service to God.
Acts 21:20
21:20 When they heard this, they praised
God. Then they said to him, “You see, brother, how many thousands of Jews
there are who have believed, and they are all ardent observers
of the law.
Acts 21:28
21:28 shouting, “Men of Israel,
help! This is the man who teaches everyone everywhere against our people, our law,
and this sanctuary!
Furthermore
he has brought Greeks into the inner courts of the temple
and made this holy place ritually unclean!”
Acts 22:3
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.
Acts 22:22
The Roman Commander Questions Paul
22:22 The crowd was listening to him until he said this. Then they raised their voices and shouted, “Away with this man from the earth! For he should not be allowed to live!”
Acts 26:9-10
26:9 Of course,
I myself was convinced
that it was necessary to do many things hostile to the name of Jesus the Nazarene.
26:10 And that is what I did in Jerusalem: Not only did I lock up many of the saints in prisons by the authority I received
from the chief priests, but I also cast my vote
against them when they were sentenced to death.
Galatians 1:14
1:14 I
was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries in my nation,
and was
extremely zealous for the traditions of my ancestors.
Galatians 4:17-18
4:17 They court you eagerly, but for no good purpose; they want to exclude you, so that you would seek them eagerly.
4:18 However, it is good to be sought eagerly for a good purpose at all times, and not only when I am present with you.
Philippians 3:6
3:6 In my zeal for God I persecuted the church. According to the righteousness stipulated in the law I was blameless.