zeal.

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 sought to kill them.)

2 Kings 10:16
saying, "Come with me and see my zeal for the LORD!" So he had him ride in his chariot.

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.

Romans 10:2
For I testify about them that they are zealous for God, but not on the basis of knowledge.

Galatians 1:13, 14
For you have heard of my former way of life in Judaism, how severely I persecuted the church of God and tried to destroy it. . . .

persecuting.

Acts 8:3
But Saul began to destroy the church. Going from house to house, he dragged off men and women and put them in prison.

Acts 9:1
Meanwhile, Saul was still breathing out threats of murder against the Lord's disciples. He went to the high priest

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 am just as zealous for God as any of you here today. . . .

Acts 26:9, 10
So then, I too was convinced that I ought to do all I could to oppose the name of Jesus of Nazareth. . . .

1 Corinthians 15:9
For I am the least of the apostles and am unworthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.

1 Timothy 1:13
I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and a violent man; yet because I had acted in ignorance and unbelief, I was shown mercy.

touching.

Matthew 5:20
For I tell you that unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.

Matthew 23:25
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence.

Mark 10:20, 21
"Teacher, " he replied, "I have kept all these from my youth." . . .

Luke 1:6
They were both righteous in the sight of God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and decrees of the Lord.

Acts 26:5
They have known me for a long time and can testify, if they are willing, that I lived as a Pharisee, adhering to the strictest sect of our religion.

Romans 7:9
Once I was alive apart from the Law; but when the commandment came, sin sprang to life and I died.

Romans 9:31, 32
but Israel, who pursued a law of righteousness, has not attained it. . . .

Romans 10:2-5
For I testify about them that they are zealous for God, but not on the basis of knowledge. . . .