The word in Scripture

Zeal in the Bible

The word zeal appears 16 times in the King James Version of the Bible. Zeal is passionate devotion to God and His house. And like every true word of Scripture, it finds its fullness in Jesus Christ.

What zeal means in the Bible

Zeal is passionate devotion to God and His house.

Where the word zeal appears

Here are 8 of the passages where the word zeal appears, chosen from across the Scriptures, in the words of the King James Bible:

“For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.”Psalms 69:9

“My zeal hath consumed me, because mine enemies have forgotten thy words.”Psalms 119:139

“For he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and an helmet of salvation upon his head; and he put on the garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloak.”Isaiah 59:17

“Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory: where is thy zeal and thy strength, the sounding of thy bowels and of thy mercies toward me? are they restrained?”Isaiah 63:15

“And his disciples remembered that it was written, The zeal of thine house hath eaten me up.”John 2:17

“For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.”Romans 10:2

“Concerning zeal, persecuting the church; touching the righteousness which is in the law, blameless.”Philippians 3:6

“For I bear him record, that he hath a great zeal for you, and them that are in Laodicea, and them in Hierapolis.”Colossians 4:13