Zeal, Religious
General references
Jos 24:15-16; 2Sa 24:24-25; 1Ki 9:4; 1Ki 15:14; 1Ch 29:17; 2Ch 15:15; 2Ch 19:3; Ezr 7:23; Job 16:19; Psa 42:1-2; Psa 60:4; Psa 96:2-3; Psa 96:10; Psa 119:139; Pro 11:30; Ecc 9:10; Isa 58:12; Isa 60:1; Isa 62:6-7; Dan 12:3; Mic 5:7; Hab 2:2; Hag 2:4-5; Zec 14:20-21; Mat 5:13-16; Mar 4:21-22; Luk 8:16-17; Luk 22:32-33; Joh 6:27; Joh 9:4; Act 10:42; Act 26:29; Rom 1:8-9; Rom 7:22; Rom 12:11; 1Co 5:8; 1Co 7:29-34; 1Co 13:3; 1Co 14:12; 1Co 15:58; 2Co 4:8-10; 2Co 4:13; 2Co 4:16-18; 2Co 7:11; 2Co 9:2; Gal 4:18; Gal 6:9; 2Th 3:13; Eph 5:15-16; Eph 6:14-20; Phi 1:27-28; Phi 2:15; Phi 3:4-14; Phi 3:20; Col 4:5; Tit 2:14; Tit 3:1; Heb 10:34; Heb 11:15-16; Heb 11:24-27; Heb 13:13-15; Jas 5:19-20; 1Pe 2:2; 2Pe 3:14; 2Pe 1:10-11; Jud 1:3; Jud 1:22-23; Rev 3:19; Rev 5:4-5; Rev 22:17
Exemplified
Exo 32:31-32; Num 10:29; Num 11:29; Deu 9:18-19; Jos 24:14-16; 1Sa 17:26; 1Ki 8:42-43; 2Ch 6:33; 1Ki 22:14; Job 6:10; Psa 40:7-10; Psa 51:13; Psa 69:7-9; Psa 71:17-18; Psa 94:16; Psa 101:8; Psa 119:53; Psa 119:126; Psa 119:136; Psa 119:139; Psa 119:158; Psa 9:19-20; Psa 74:10; Psa 74:18-23; Psa 115:1-2; Pro 28:4; Ecc 12:9-10; Isa 2:3; Isa 2:5; Isa 6:8; Isa 59:17; Isa 62:1; Jer 9:1-3; Jer 13:17; Jer 17:16; Jer 18:20; Jer 20:9; Jer 26:12-15; Eze 9:4; Eze 44:15; Dan 3:17-18; Mic 3:8; Mic 7:1-2; Hab 1:2-4; Mar 5:19-20; Mar 6:6; Mar 14:29-31; Mar 16:20; Luk 1:15-17; Luk 19:41-42; Mat 23:37; Joh 1:40-42; Joh 1:45-46; Joh 4:34-35; Act 4:8-13; Act 4:18-20; Act 4:31; Act 4:33; Act 4:2; Act 5:42; Act 5:21; Act 5:25; Act 5:29-32; Act 6:4; Act 6:10; Act 8:4; Act 8:35; Act 8:12; Act 8:25; Act 8:30; Act 8:40; Act 11:19-20; Act 11:24; Act 11:26; Act 18:24-28; Rom 1:11; Rom 9:1-3; Rom 10:1; Rom 15:18-21; 2Co 5:9; 2Co 6:11; 2Co 8:1-5; 2Co 8:16-18; 2Co 12:20-21; Eph 4:25-26; Eph 4:32; Phi 1:12-18; Phi 2:22; Phi 2:26; Phi 2:30; 1Co 16:10; Phi 4:3; Col 4:7-11; Col 1:7; Eph 6:21; 1Th 1:2-8; 1Th 3:1-2; 2Pe 1:12-13; 2Pe 1:15; 2Pe 2:4-5; 3Jn 1:4-7; Jud 1:3; Rev 3:19
Instances of religious zeal:
– Moses
Exo 2:12; Exo 11:8; Exo 32:19-20
– Phinehas
Num 25:7-13; Psa 106:30
– Joshua
Num 11:27-29; Jos 7:6; Jos 8:28-29
– Gideon
Jud 6:11-32
– Jephthah
Jdg 11:30-31; Jdg 11:34-39
– Samuel
1Sa 12:23; 1Sa 15:11; 1Sa 15:35; 1Sa 16:1
– Saul
1Sa 14:38-44
– David
2Sa 6; 2Sa 7:2; 2Sa 8:11-12
– Elijah
1Ki 19:10
– Obadiah
1Ki 18:3-4
– Jehoash
2Ki 12:2-16
– Jehu
2Ki 9
– Jehoiada
2Ki 11:4-17; 2Ch 23:1-17
– Asa
1Ki 15:11-15; 2Ch 14:1-5; 2Ch 14:15
– Jehoshaphat
2Ch 17:3-10; 2Ch 19:1-11
– Hezekiah
2Ch 30; Isa 37:1
– Josiah
2Ki 22; 2Ch 34:3-7; 2Ch 34:29-33
– Priests
1Ch 9:13; Ezr 8:17-18
– Ezra
Ezr 7:10; Ezr 9
Nehemiah
Neh 4:5; Neh 8; Neh 13:7-9; Neh 13:15-28
– Jeremiah
Jer 25:3-4
– Shepherds
Luk 2:17-18
– Anna
Luk 2:38
– Andrew and Philip
Joh 1:41-46
– Two blind men proclaiming the miracle of healing, contrary to the injunction of Jesus
Mat 9:30-31
– The restored leper
Mar 1:44-45
– The healed deaf mute
Mar 7:36
– Peter rebuking Jesus
Mat 16:22
– Samaritan woman
Joh 4:28-30; Joh 4:39
– Peter
Act 2:14-40; Act 3:12-26
– John
John, 1. The Baptist
– Paul and Barnabas
Act 11:22-26; Act 14:14-15
– Phebe
Rom 16:1-2
– Ephesians
Rev 2:2-3; Rev 2:6 Jesus, The Christ, Zeal of
Exemplified by Paul
Act 9:20-29; Act 14:1-28; Act 15:26; Act 15:30-36; Act 15:41; Act 16:31-32; Act 16:10; Act 16:13; Act 16:17; Act 17:2-3; Act 17:16-17; Act 17:22-31; Act 18:4-6; Act 18:19; Act 18:23; Act 13:16-52; Act 20:18-27; Act 20:31; Act 20:33-34; Act 20:7; Act 19:8-10; Act 19:21; Act 21:13; Act 24:14-25; Act 26:1-29; Act 28:23-28; Act 28:30-31; Rom 1:1; Rom 1:9-15; Rom 9:1-3; Rom 10:1; Rom 11:13-14; Rom 15:15-32; 2Co 10:14-16; 1Co 1:17; 1Co 1:23; 1Co 2:1-4; 1Co 2:6-7; 1Co 2:13; 1Co 3:1-2; 1Co 3:5-7; 1Co 4:1-21; 1Co 9:12; 1Co 9:15-23; 1Co 9:27; 1Co 10:33; 1Co 11:1; 1Co 13:1; 1Co 15:1-32; 2Co 1:12; 2Co 1:17-19; 2Co 1:24; 2Co 2:12-17; 2Co 3:6; 2Co 3:12; 2Co 4:1-2; 2Co 4:5; 2Co 4:8-15; 2Co 5:11; 2Co 5:13-14; 2Co 5:18; 2Co 5:20; 2Co 6:3-10; 2Co 7:2; 2Co 10:3; 2Co 11:9; 2Co 11:7; 2Co 11:12; 2Co 11:22-33; 2Co 12:10; 2Co 12:14-15; 2Co 12:17-19; 2Co 12:21; 2Co 13:6-9; Gal 1:10; Gal 1:15-16; Gal 2:2; Gal 3:1; Gal 4:19; Gal 4:11; Gal 5:11; Eph 6:20; Eph 6:17; Phi 1:17; Phi 4:11-12; Phi 4:17; Phi 1:18; Phi 1:20; Phi 1:22-25; Phi 1:27; Phi 2:16-17; Phi 3:4-16; Col 1:28-29; Col 1:24; Col 2:1; 1Th 1:5-6; 1Th 2:2-6; 1Th 2:8-11; 2Ti 1:3; 2Ti 1:7; 2Ti 1:11-13; 2Th 3:7-9; Phi 3:17; 1Ti 4:10; 2Ti 2:9-10; 2Ti 3:10-11; Heb 13:18
Without knowledge
Ecc 7:16; Mat 8:19-20; Luk 9:57-58; Joh 16:2; Act 21:20; Rom 10:2-3; Gal 1:13-14; Gal 4:17; Phi 1:15-18
In punishing the wicked:
– Moses and the Levites
Exo 32:20; Exo 32:26-29
– Phinehas
Num 25:11-13; Psa 106:30-31
– Israelites
Jos 22:11-20; Jud 1:20
– Samuel
1Sa 15:33
– David
2Sa 1:14; 2Sa 4:9-12
– Elijah
1Ki 18:40
– Jehu
2Ki 10:15-28
– Jehoiada
2Ki 11:18
– Josiah
2Ki 23:20
In reproving iniquity
Reproof, Faithfulness in