Bible Verses About Religious Zeal

Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; And sinners shall be converted unto thee.

Thou hast given a banner to them that fear thee, That it may be displayed because of the truth. [Selah

Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; Shame hath covered my face.

I am become a stranger unto my brethren, And an alien unto my mother’s children.

For the zeal of thy house hath eaten me up; And the reproaches of them that reproach thee are fallen upon me.

O God, thou hast taught me from my youth; And hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works.

Yea, even when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not, Until I have declared thy strength unto the next generation, Thy might to every one that is to come.

How long, O God, shall the adversary reproach? Shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever?

Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O Jehovah, And that a foolish people hath blasphemed thy name.

Oh deliver not the soul of thy turtle-dove unto the wild beast: Forget not the life of thy poor for ever.

Have respect unto the covenant; For the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of violence.

Oh let not the oppressed return ashamed: Let the poor and needy praise thy name.

Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: Remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee all the day.

Forget not the voice of thine adversaries: The tumult of those that rise up against thee ascendeth continually.

Who will rise up for me against the evil-doers? Who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?

Sing unto Jehovah, bless his name; Show forth his salvation from day to day.

Declare his glory among the nations, His marvellous works among all the peoples.

Say among the nations, Jehovah reigneth: The world also is established that it cannot be moved: He will judge the peoples with equity.

Morning by morning will I destroy all the wicked of the land; To cut off all the workers of iniquity from the city of Jehovah.

Not unto us, O Jehovah, not unto us, But unto thy name give glory, For thy lovingkindness, and for thy truth’s sake.

Wherefore should the nations say, Where is now their God?

Hot indignation hath taken hold upon me, Because of the wicked that forsake thy law.

It is time for Jehovah to work; Forthey have made void thy law.

Streams of water run down mine eyes, Because they observe not thy law. צ TSADHE.

My zeal hath consumed me, Because mine adversaries have forgotten thy words.