Bible Verses About Religious Zeal

I teach transgressors Thy ways, And sinners unto Thee do return.

Thou hast given to those fearing thee an ensign. To be lifted up as an ensign Because of truth. Selah.

For because of Thee I have borne reproach, Shame hath covered my face.

A stranger I have been to my brother, And a foreigner to sons of my mother.

For zeal for Thy house hath consumed me, And the reproaches of Thy reproachers Have fallen upon me.

God, Thou hast taught me from my youth, And hitherto I declare Thy wonders.

And also unto old age and grey hairs, O God, forsake me not, Till I declare Thy strength to a generation, To every one that cometh Thy might.

Till when, O God, doth an adversary reproach? Doth an enemy despise thy name for ever?

Remember this--an enemy reproached Jehovah, And a foolish people have despised Thy name.

Give not up to a company, The soul of Thy turtle-dove, The company of Thy poor ones forget not for ever.

Look attentively to the covenant, For the dark places of earth, Have been full of habitations of violence.

Let not the oppressed turn back ashamed, Let the poor and needy praise Thy name,

Arise, O God, plead Thy plea, Remember Thy reproach from a fool all the day.

Forget not the voice of Thine adversaries, The noise of Thy withstanders is going up continually!

Who riseth up for me with evil doers? Who stationeth himself for me with workers of iniquity?

Sing to Jehovah, bless His name, Proclaim from day to day His salvation.

Declare among nations His honour, Among all the peoples His wonders.

Say among nations, `Jehovah hath reigned, Also--established is the world, unmoved, He judgeth the peoples in uprightness.'

At morning I cut off all the wicked of the land, To cut off from the city of Jehovah All the workers of iniquity!

Not to us, O Jehovah, not to us, But to Thy name give honour, For Thy kindness, for Thy truth.

Why do the nations say, `Where, pray, is their God.

Horror hath seized me, Because of the wicked forsaking Thy law.

Time for Jehovah to work! they have made void Thy law.

Rivulets of waters have come down mine eyes, Because they have not kept Thy law!

Cut me off hath my zeal, For mine adversaries forgot Thy words.