Zeal
28 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
20 sections
- Christ an Example of
- Exhortation To
- Godly Sorrow Leads To
- Holy: Apollos
- Holy: Corinthians
- Holy: Epaphras
- Holy: Josiah
- Holy: Phinehas
- Provokes Others to do Good
- should be Exhibited for the Glory of God
- should be Exhibited for the Welfare of Saints
- should be Exhibited in Contending for the Faith
- should be Exhibited in Desiring the Salvation of Others
- should be Exhibited in Missionary Labours
- should be Exhibited in Spirit
- should be Exhibited in Well-Doing
- should be Exhibited: Against Idolatry
- Sometimes not According to Knowledge
- Sometimes Wrongly Directed
- Ungodly Men Sometimes Pretend To
Christ an Example of
- Psalm 69:9 because zeal for Your house has consumed me, and the insults of those who insult You have fallen on me.
- John 2:17 His disciples remembered that it is written: “Zeal for Your house will consume Me.”
Exhortation To
- Romans 12:11 Do not let your zeal subside; keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord.
- Revelation 3:19 Those I love I rebuke and discipline. Therefore be earnest and repent.
Godly Sorrow Leads To
- 2 Corinthians 7:10–11 Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation without regret, but worldly sorrow brings death. …
Holy: Apollos
- Acts 18:25 He had been instructed in the way of the Lord and was fervent in spirit. He spoke and taught accurately about Jesus, though he knew only the baptism of John.
Holy: Corinthians
- 1 Corinthians 14:12 It is the same with you. Since you are eager to have spiritual gifts, strive to excel in gifts that build up the church.
Holy: Epaphras
- Colossians 4:12–13 Epaphras, who is one of you and a servant of Christ Jesus, sends you greetings. He is always wrestling in prayer for you, so that you may stand mature and fully assured in the full will of God. …
Holy: Josiah
- 2 Kings 23:19–25 Just as Josiah had done at Bethel, so also in the cities of Samaria he removed all the shrines of the high places set up by the kings of Israel who had provoked the LORD to anger. …
Holy: Phinehas
- Numbers 25:11 “Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, has turned My wrath away from the Israelites; for he was zealous for My sake among them, so that I did not consume the Israelites in My zeal.
- Numbers 25:13 It will be a covenant of permanent priesthood for him and his descendants, because he was zealous for his God and made atonement for the Israelites.”
Provokes Others to do Good
- 2 Corinthians 9:2 For I know your eagerness to help, and I have been boasting to the Macedonians that since last year you in Achaia were prepared to give. And your zeal has stirred most of them to do likewise.
should be Exhibited for the Glory of God
- Numbers 25:11 “Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, has turned My wrath away from the Israelites; for he was zealous for My sake among them, so that I did not consume the Israelites in My zeal.
- Numbers 25:13 It will be a covenant of permanent priesthood for him and his descendants, because he was zealous for his God and made atonement for the Israelites.”
should be Exhibited for the Welfare of Saints
- Colossians 4:13 For I testify about him that he goes to great pains for you and for those at Laodicea and Hierapolis.
should be Exhibited in Contending for the Faith
- Jude 3 Beloved, although I made every effort to write to you about the salvation we share, I felt it necessary to write and urge you to contend earnestly for the faith entrusted once for all to the saints.
should be Exhibited in Desiring the Salvation of Others
- Acts 26:29 “Short time or long,” Paul replied, “I wish to God that not only you but all who hear me this day may become what I am, except for these chains.”
- Romans 10:1 Brothers, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for the Israelites is for their salvation.
should be Exhibited in Missionary Labours
- Romans 15:19 by the power of signs and wonders, and by the power of the Spirit of God. So from Jerusalem all the way around to Illyricum, I have fully proclaimed the gospel of Christ.
- Romans 15:23 But now that there are no further opportunities for me in these regions, and since I have longed for many years to visit you,
should be Exhibited in Spirit
- Romans 12:11 Do not let your zeal subside; keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord.
should be Exhibited in Well-Doing
- Galatians 4:18 Nevertheless, it is good to be zealous if it serves a noble purpose — at any time, and not only when I am with you.
- Titus 2:14 He gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds.
should be Exhibited: Against Idolatry
- 2 Kings 23:4–14 Then the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, the priests second in rank, and the doorkeepers to remove from the temple of the LORD all the articles made for Baal, Asherah, and all the host of heaven. And he burned them …
Sometimes not According to Knowledge
- Romans 10:2 For I testify about them that they are zealous for God, but not on the basis of knowledge.
- Galatians 1:14 I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries and was extremely zealous for the traditions of my fathers.
- Acts 21:20 When they heard this, they glorified God. Then they said to Paul, “You see, brother, how many thousands of Jews have believed, and all of them are zealous for the law.
Sometimes Wrongly Directed
- 2 Samuel 21:2 At this, David summoned the Gibeonites and spoke to them. (Now the Gibeonites were not Israelites, but a remnant of the Amorites. The Israelites had taken an oath concerning them, but in his zeal for Israel and Judah, Saul had …
- Acts 22:3–4 “I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but raised in this city. I was educated at the feet of Gamaliel in strict conformity to the law of our fathers. I was just as zealous for God as any of you are today. …
- Philippians 3:6 as to zeal, persecuting the church; as to righteousness in the law, faultless.
Ungodly Men Sometimes Pretend To
- 2 Kings 10:16 saying, “Come with me and see my zeal for the LORD!” So he had him ride in his chariot.
- Matthew 23:15 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You traverse land and sea to win a single convert, and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much a son of hell as you are.
Related topics
Zeal of Saints, ArdentJosiahIconoclasmSorrow for Sin
Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.