Exodus 20:5
20:5 You shall not bow down to them or serve them,
for I, the
Lord, your God, am a jealous
God, responding to
the transgression of fathers by dealing with children to the third and fourth generations
of those who reject me,
Exodus 34:14
34:14 For you must not worship
any other god,
for the
Lord, whose name
is Jealous, is a jealous God.
Numbers 25:11
25:11 “Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, has turned my anger away from the Israelites, when he manifested such zeal
for my sake among them, so that I did not consume the Israelites in my zeal.
Numbers 25:13
25:13 So it will be to him and his descendants after him a covenant of a permanent priesthood, because he has been zealous for his God,
and has made atonement
for the Israelites.’”
Psalms 69:9
69:9 Certainly zeal for your house consumes me;
I endure the insults of those who insult you.
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.”