Zeal, Religious

General scriptures concerning

• Joshua 24:15

  And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.

• Joshua 24:16

  And the people answered and said, God forbid that we should forsake the LORD, to serve other gods;

• 2 Samuel 24:24

  And the king said unto Araunah, Nay; but I will surely buy it of thee at a price: neither will I offer burnt offerings unto the LORD my God of that which doth cost me nothing. So David bought the threshingfloor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.

• 2 Samuel 24:25

  And David built there an altar unto the LORD, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. So the LORD was intreated for the land, and the plague was stayed from Israel.

• 1 Kings 9:4

  And if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, in integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded thee, and wilt keep my statutes and my judgments:

• 1 Kings 15:14

  But the high places were not removed: nevertheless Asa's heart was perfect with the LORD all his days.

• 1 Chronicles 29:17

  I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of mine heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy thy people, which are present here, to offer willingly unto thee.

• 2 Chronicles 15:15

  And all Judah rejoiced at the oath: for they had sworn with all their heart, and sought him with their whole desire; and he was found of them: and the LORD gave them rest round about.

• 2 Chronicles 19:3

  Nevertheless there are good things found in thee, in that thou hast taken away the groves out of the land, and hast prepared thine heart to seek God.

• Ezra 7:23

  Whatsoever is commanded by the God of heaven, let it be diligently done for the house of the God of heaven: for why should there be wrath against the realm of the king and his sons?

• Job 16:19

  Also now, behold, my witness is in heaven, and my record is on high.

• Psalms 42:1

  To the chief Musician, Maschil, for the sons of Korah. As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God.

• Psalms 42:2

  My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?

• Psalms 60:4

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

• Psalms 96:2

  Sing unto the LORD, bless his name; shew forth his salvation from day to day.

• Psalms 96:3

  Declare his glory among the heathen, his wonders among all people.

• Psalms 96:10

  Say among the heathen that the LORD reigneth: the world also shall be established that it shall not be moved: he shall judge the people righteously.

• Psalms 119:139

  My zeal hath consumed me, because mine enemies have forgotten thy words.

• Proverbs 11:30

  The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise.

• Ecclesiastes 9:10

  Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.

• Isaiah 58:12

  And they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places: thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in.

• Isaiah 60:1

  Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee.

• Isaiah 62:6

  I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that make mention of the LORD, keep not silence,

• Isaiah 62:7

  And give him no rest, till he establish, and till he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth.

• Daniel 12:3

  And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.

• Micah 5:7

  And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many people as a dew from the LORD, as the showers upon the grass, that tarrieth not for man, nor waiteth for the sons of men.

• Habakkuk 2:2

  And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it.

• Haggai 2:4

  Yet now be strong, O Zerubbabel, saith the LORD; and be strong, O Joshua, son of Josedech, the high priest; and be strong, all ye people of the land, saith the LORD, and work: for I am with you, saith the LORD of hosts:

• Haggai 2:5

  According to the word that I covenanted with you when ye came out of Egypt, so my spirit remaineth among you: fear ye not.

• Zechariah 14:20

  In that day shall there be upon the bells of the horses, HOLINESS UNTO THE LORD; and the pots in the LORD'S house shall be like the bowls before the altar.

• Zechariah 14:21

  Yea, every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah shall be holiness unto the LORD of hosts: and all they that sacrifice shall come and take of them, and seethe therein: and in that day there shall be no more the Canaanite in the house of the LORD of hosts.

• Matthew 5:13–16

  Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men. Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid. Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house. …

• Mark 4:21

  And he said unto them, Is a candle brought to be put under a bushel, or under a bed? and not to be set on a candlestick?

• Mark 4:22

  For there is nothing hid, which shall not be manifested; neither was any thing kept secret, but that it should come abroad.

• Luke 8:16

  No man, when he hath lighted a candle, covereth it with a vessel, or putteth it under a bed; but setteth it on a candlestick, that they which enter in may see the light.

• Luke 8:17

  For nothing is secret, that shall not be made manifest; neither any thing hid, that shall not be known and come abroad.

• Luke 22:32

  But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.

• Luke 22:33

  And he said unto him, Lord, I am ready to go with thee, both into prison, and to death.

• John 6:27

  Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.

• John 9:4

  I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.

• Acts 10:42

  And he commanded us to preach unto the people, and to testify that it is he which was ordained of God to be the Judge of quick and dead.

• Acts 26:29

  And Paul said, I would to God, that not only thou, but also all that hear me this day, were both almost, and altogether such as I am, except these bonds.

• Romans 1:8

  First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world.

• Romans 1:9

  For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers;

• Romans 7:22

  For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:

• Romans 12:11

  Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;

• 1 Corinthians 5:8

  Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.

• 1 Corinthians 7:29–34

  But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none; And they that weep, as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and they that buy, as though they possessed not; And they that use this world, as not abusing it: for the fashion of this world passeth away. …

• 1 Corinthians 13:3

  And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.

• 1 Corinthians 14:12

  Even so ye, forasmuch as ye are zealous of spiritual gifts, seek that ye may excel to the edifying of the church.

• 1 Corinthians 15:58

  Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.

• 2 Corinthians 4:8–10

  We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed; Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body.

• 2 Corinthians 4:13

  We having the same spirit of faith, according as it is written, I believed, and therefore have I spoken; we also believe, and therefore speak;

• 2 Corinthians 4:16–18

  For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day. For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.

• 2 Corinthians 7:11

  For behold this selfsame thing, that ye sorrowed after a godly sort, what carefulness it wrought in you, yea, what clearing of yourselves, yea, what indignation, yea, what fear, yea, what vehement desire, yea, what zeal, yea, what revenge! In all things ye have approved yourselves to be clear in this matter.

• 2 Corinthians 9:2

  For I know the forwardness of your mind, for which I boast of you to them of Macedonia, that Achaia was ready a year ago; and your zeal hath provoked very many.

• Galatians 4:18

  But it is good to be zealously affected always in a good thing, and not only when I am present with you.

• Galatians 6:9

  And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.

• Ephesians 5:15

  See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,

• Ephesians 5:16

  Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

• Ephesians 6:14–20

  Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness; And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace; Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. …

• Philippians 1:27

  Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel;

• Philippians 1:28

  And in nothing terrified by your adversaries: which is to them an evident token of perdition, but to you of salvation, and that of God.

• Philippians 2:15

  That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;

• Philippians 3:4–14

  Though I might also have confidence in the flesh. If any other man thinketh that he hath whereof he might trust in the flesh, I more: Circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, an Hebrew of the Hebrews; as touching the law, a Pharisee; Concerning zeal, persecuting the church; touching the righteousness which is in the law, blameless. …

• Philippians 3:20

  For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:

• Colossians 4:5

  Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time.

• 2 Thessalonians 3:13

  But ye, brethren, be not weary in well doing.

• Titus 2:14

  Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.

• Titus 3:1

  Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work,

• Hebrews 10:34

  For ye had compassion of me in my bonds, and took joyfully the spoiling of your goods, knowing in yourselves that ye have in heaven a better and an enduring substance.

• Hebrews 11:15

  And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned.

• Hebrews 11:16

  But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.

• Hebrews 11:24–27

  By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter; Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season; Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompence of the reward. …

• Hebrews 13:13–15

  Let us go forth therefore unto him without the camp, bearing his reproach. For here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to come. By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.

• James 5:19

  Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him;

• James 5:20

  Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.

• 1 Peter 2:2

  As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:

• 2 Peter 1:10

  Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:

• 2 Peter 1:11

  For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

• 2 Peter 3:14

  Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless.

• Jude 1:3–22

  Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints. For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ. I will therefore put you in remembrance, though ye once knew this, how that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed not. …

• Revelation 3:19

  As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.

• Revelation 5:4

  And I wept much, because no man was found worthy to open and to read the book, neither to look thereon.

• Revelation 5:5

  And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof.

• Revelation 22:17

  And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.

Exemplified

• Exodus 32:31

  And Moses returned unto the LORD, and said, Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made them gods of gold.

• Exodus 32:32

  Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin--; and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written.

• Numbers 10:29

  And Moses said unto Hobab, the son of Raguel the Midianite, Moses' father in law, We are journeying unto the place of which the LORD said, I will give it you: come thou with us, and we will do thee good: for the LORD hath spoken good concerning Israel.

• Numbers 11:29

  And Moses said unto him, Enviest thou for my sake? would God that all the LORD'S people were prophets, and that the LORD would put his spirit upon them!

• Deuteronomy 9:18

  And I fell down before the LORD, as at the first, forty days and forty nights: I did neither eat bread, nor drink water, because of all your sins which ye sinned, in doing wickedly in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.

• Deuteronomy 9:19

  For I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure, wherewith the LORD was wroth against you to destroy you. But the LORD hearkened unto me at that time also.

• Joshua 24:14–16

  Now therefore fear the LORD, and serve him in sincerity and in truth: and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the flood, and in Egypt; and serve ye the LORD. And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD. And the people answered and said, God forbid that we should forsake the LORD, to serve other gods;

• 1 Samuel 17:26

  And David spake to the men that stood by him, saying, What shall be done to the man that killeth this Philistine, and taketh away the reproach from Israel? for who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?

• 1 Kings 8:42

  (For they shall hear of thy great name, and of thy strong hand, and of thy stretched out arm;) when he shall come and pray toward this house;

• 1 Kings 8:43

  Hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for: that all people of the earth may know thy name, to fear thee, as do thy people Israel; and that they may know that this house, which I have builded, is called by thy name.

• 1 Kings 22:14

  And Micaiah said, As the LORD liveth, what the LORD saith unto me, that will I speak.

• 2 Chronicles 6:33

  Then hear thou from the heavens, even from thy dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for; that all people of the earth may know thy name, and fear thee, as doth thy people Israel, and may know that this house which I have built is called by thy name.

• Job 6:10

  Then should I yet have comfort; yea, I would harden myself in sorrow: let him not spare; for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.

• Psalms 9:19

  Arise, O LORD; let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged in thy sight.

• Psalms 9:20

  Put them in fear, O LORD: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah.

• Psalms 40:7–10

  Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of me, I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart. I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have not refrained my lips, O LORD, thou knowest. …

• Psalms 51:13

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

• Psalms 69:7–9

  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 thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.

• Psalms 71:17

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

• Psalms 71:18

  Now also when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have shewed thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to every one that is to come.

• Psalms 74:10

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

• Psalms 74:18–23

  Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O LORD, and that the foolish people have blasphemed thy name. O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove unto the multitude of the wicked: forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever. Have respect unto the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty. …

• Psalms 94:16

  Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? or who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?

• Psalms 101:8

  I will early destroy all the wicked of the land; that I may cut off all wicked doers from the city of the LORD.

• Psalms 115:1

  Not unto us, O LORD, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy mercy, and for thy truth's sake.

• Psalms 115:2

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

• Psalms 119:53

  Horror hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked that forsake thy law.

• Psalms 119:126

  It is time for thee, LORD, to work: for they have made void thy law.

• Psalms 119:139

  My zeal hath consumed me, because mine enemies have forgotten thy words.

• Psalms 119:158

  I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved; because they kept not thy word.

• Proverbs 28:4

  They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law contend with them.

• Ecclesiastes 12:9

  And moreover, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yea, he gave good heed, and sought out, and set in order many proverbs.

• Ecclesiastes 12:10

  The preacher sought to find out acceptable words: and that which was written was upright, even words of truth.

• Isaiah 2:3

  And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.

• Isaiah 2:5

  O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of the LORD.

• Isaiah 6:8

  Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me.

• Isaiah 59:17

  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 cloke.

• Isaiah 62:1

  For Zion's sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until the righteousness thereof go forth as brightness, and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth.

• Jeremiah 9:1–3

  Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people! Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men; that I might leave my people, and go from them! for they be all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men. And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the LORD.

• Jeremiah 13:17

  But if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret places for your pride; and mine eye shall weep sore, and run down with tears, because the LORD'S flock is carried away captive.

• Jeremiah 17:16

  As for me, I have not hastened from being a pastor to follow thee: neither have I desired the woeful day; thou knowest: that which came out of my lips was right before thee.

• Jeremiah 18:20

  Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before thee to speak good for them, and to turn away thy wrath from them.

• Jeremiah 20:9

  Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name. But his word was in mine heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary with forbearing, and I could not stay.

• Jeremiah 26:12–15

  Then spake Jeremiah unto all the princes and to all the people, saying, The LORD sent me to prophesy against this house and against this city all the words that ye have heard. Therefore now amend your ways and your doings, and obey the voice of the LORD your God; and the LORD will repent him of the evil that he hath pronounced against you. As for me, behold, I am in your hand: do with me as seemeth good and meet unto you. …

• Ezekiel 9:4

  And the LORD said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof.

• Ezekiel 44:15

  But the priests the Levites, the sons of Zadok, that kept the charge of my sanctuary when the children of Israel went astray from me, they shall come near to me to minister unto me, and they shall stand before me to offer unto me the fat and the blood, saith the Lord GOD:

• Daniel 3:17

  If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king.

• Daniel 3:18

  But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.

• Micah 3:8

  But truly I am full of power by the spirit of the LORD, and of judgment, and of might, to declare unto Jacob his transgression, and to Israel his sin.

• Micah 7:1

  Woe is me! for I am as when they have gathered the summer fruits, as the grapegleanings of the vintage: there is no cluster to eat: my soul desired the firstripe fruit.

• Micah 7:2

  The good man is perished out of the earth: and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net.

• Habakkuk 1:2–4

  O LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear! even cry out unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save! Why dost thou shew me iniquity, and cause me to behold grievance? for spoiling and violence are before me: and there are that raise up strife and contention. Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth.

• Matthew 23:37

  O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!

• Mark 5:19

  Howbeit Jesus suffered him not, but saith unto him, Go home to thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath had compassion on thee.

• Mark 5:20

  And he departed, and began to publish in Decapolis how great things Jesus had done for him: and all men did marvel.

• Mark 6:6

  And he marvelled because of their unbelief. And he went round about the villages, teaching.

• Mark 14:29–31

  But Peter said unto him, Although all shall be offended, yet will not I. And Jesus saith unto him, Verily I say unto thee, That this day, even in this night, before the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny me thrice. But he spake the more vehemently, If I should die with thee, I will not deny thee in any wise. Likewise also said they all.

• Mark 16:20

  And they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following. Amen.

• Luke 1:15–17

  For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother's womb. And many of the children of Israel shall he turn to the Lord their God. And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.

• Luke 19:41

  And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it,

• Luke 19:42

  Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes.

• John 1:40–42

  One of the two which heard John speak, and followed him, was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother. He first findeth his own brother Simon, and saith unto him, We have found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ. And he brought him to Jesus. And when Jesus beheld him, he said, Thou art Simon the son of Jona: thou shalt be called Cephas, which is by interpretation, A stone.

• John 1:45

  Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.

• John 1:46

  And Nathanael said unto him, Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth? Philip saith unto him, Come and see.

• John 4:34

  Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.

• John 4:35

  Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest.

• Acts 4:2

  Being grieved that they taught the people, and preached through Jesus the resurrection from the dead.

• Acts 4:8–13

  Then Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost, said unto them, Ye rulers of the people, and elders of Israel, If we this day be examined of the good deed done to the impotent man, by what means he is made whole; Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by him doth this man stand here before you whole. …

• Acts 4:18–20

  And they called them, and commanded them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus. But Peter and John answered and said unto them, Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto God, judge ye. For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.

• Acts 4:31

  And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with boldness.

• Acts 4:33

  And with great power gave the apostles witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and great grace was upon them all.

• Acts 5:21

  And when they heard that, they entered into the temple early in the morning, and taught. But the high priest came, and they that were with him, and called the council together, and all the senate of the children of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought.

• Acts 5:25

  Then came one and told them, saying, Behold, the men whom ye put in prison are standing in the temple, and teaching the people.

• Acts 5:29–32

  Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men. The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree. Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins. …

• Acts 5:42

  And daily in the temple, and in every house, they ceased not to teach and preach Jesus Christ.

• Acts 6:4

  But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the word.

• Acts 6:10

  And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit by which he spake.

• Acts 8:4

  Therefore they that were scattered abroad went every where preaching the word.

• Acts 8:12

  But when they believed Philip preaching the things concerning the kingdom of God, and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.

• Acts 8:25

  And they, when they had testified and preached the word of the Lord, returned to Jerusalem, and preached the gospel in many villages of the Samaritans.

• Acts 8:30

  And Philip ran thither to him, and heard him read the prophet Esaias, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest?

• Acts 8:35

  Then Philip opened his mouth, and began at the same scripture, and preached unto him Jesus.

• Acts 8:40

  But Philip was found at Azotus: and passing through he preached in all the cities, till he came to Cæsarea.

• Acts 11:19

  Now they which were scattered abroad upon the persecution that arose about Stephen travelled as far as Phenice, and Cyprus, and Antioch, preaching the word to none but unto the Jews only.

• Acts 11:20

  And some of them were men of Cyprus and Cyrene, which, when they were come to Antioch, spake unto the Grecians, preaching the Lord Jesus.

• Acts 11:24

  For he was a good man, and full of the Holy Ghost and of faith: and much people was added unto the Lord.

• Acts 11:26

  And when he had found him, he brought him unto Antioch. And it came to pass, that a whole year they assembled themselves with the church, and taught much people. And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch.

• Acts 18:24–28

  And a certain Jew named Apollos, born at Alexandria, an eloquent man, and mighty in the scriptures, came to Ephesus. This man was instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in the spirit, he spake and taught diligently the things of the Lord, knowing only the baptism of John. And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue: whom when Aquila and Priscilla had heard, they took him unto them, and expounded unto him the way of God more perfectly. …

• Romans 1:11

  For I long to see you, that I may impart unto you some spiritual gift, to the end ye may be established;

• Romans 9:1–3

  I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost, That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart. For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh:

• Romans 10:1

  Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved.

• Romans 15:18–21

  For I will not dare to speak of any of those things which Christ hath not wrought by me, to make the Gentiles obedient, by word and deed, Through mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God; so that from Jerusalem, and round about unto Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of Christ. Yea, so have I strived to preach the gospel, not where Christ was named, lest I should build upon another man's foundation: …

• 1 Corinthians 16:10

  Now if Timotheus come, see that he may be with you without fear: for he worketh the work of the Lord, as I also do.

• 2 Corinthians 5:9

  Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him.

• 2 Corinthians 6:11

  O ye Corinthians, our mouth is open unto you, our heart is enlarged.

• 2 Corinthians 8:1–5

  Moreover, brethren, we do you to wit of the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia; How that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality. For to their power, I bear record, yea, and beyond their power they were willing of themselves; …

• 2 Corinthians 8:16–18

  But thanks be to God, which put the same earnest care into the heart of Titus for you. For indeed he accepted the exhortation; but being more forward, of his own accord he went unto you. And we have sent with him the brother, whose praise is in the gospel throughout all the churches;

• 2 Corinthians 12:20

  For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and that I shall be found unto you such as ye would not: lest there be debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults:

• 2 Corinthians 12:21

  And lest, when I come again, my God will humble me among you, and that I shall bewail many which have sinned already, and have not repented of the uncleanness and fornication and lasciviousness which they have committed.

• Ephesians 4:25

  Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.

• Ephesians 4:26

  Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:

• Ephesians 4:32

  And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.

• Ephesians 6:21

  But that ye also may know my affairs, and how I do, Tychicus, a beloved brother and faithful minister in the Lord, shall make known to you all things:

• Philippians 1:12–18

  But I would ye should understand, brethren, that the things which happened unto me have fallen out rather unto the furtherance of the gospel; So that my bonds in Christ are manifest in all the palace, and in all other places; And many of the brethren in the Lord, waxing confident by my bonds, are much more bold to speak the word without fear. …

• Philippians 2:22

  But ye know the proof of him, that, as a son with the father, he hath served with me in the gospel.

• Philippians 2:26

  For he longed after you all, and was full of heaviness, because that ye had heard that he had been sick.

• Philippians 2:30

  Because for the work of Christ he was nigh unto death, not regarding his life, to supply your lack of service toward me.

• Philippians 4:3

  And I intreat thee also, true yokefellow, help those women which laboured with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and with other my fellowlabourers, whose names are in the book of life.

• Colossians 1:7

  As ye also learned of Epaphras our dear fellowservant, who is for you a faithful minister of Christ;

• Colossians 4:7–11

  All my state shall Tychicus declare unto you, who is a beloved brother, and a faithful minister and fellowservant in the Lord: Whom I have sent unto you for the same purpose, that he might know your estate, and comfort your hearts; With Onesimus, a faithful and beloved brother, who is one of you. They shall make known unto you all things which are done here. …

• 1 Thessalonians 1:2–8

  We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers; Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father; Knowing, brethren beloved, your election of God. …

• 1 Thessalonians 3:1

  Wherefore when we could no longer forbear, we thought it good to be left at Athens alone;

• 1 Thessalonians 3:2

  And sent Timotheus, our brother, and minister of God, and our fellowlabourer in the gospel of Christ, to establish you, and to comfort you concerning your faith:

• 2 Peter 1:12

  Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things, though ye know them, and be established in the present truth.

• 2 Peter 1:13

  Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance;

• 2 Peter 1:15

  Moreover I will endeavour that ye may be able after my decease to have these things always in remembrance.

• 2 Peter 2:4

  For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;

• 2 Peter 2:5

  And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;

• 3 John 1:4–7

  I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth. Beloved, thou doest faithfully whatsoever thou doest to the brethren, and to strangers; Which have borne witness of thy charity before the church: whom if thou bring forward on their journey after a godly sort, thou shalt do well: …

• Jude 1:3

  Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.

• Revelation 3:19

  As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.

Instances of

Exemplified by Paul

Acts 9:20–29, Acts 13:16–52, Acts 14:1–28, Acts 15:26, Acts 15:30–36, Acts 15:41, Acts 16:10, Acts 16:13, Acts 16:17, Acts 16:31, Acts 16:32, Acts 17:2, Acts 17:3, Acts 17:16, Acts 17:17, Acts 17:22–31, Acts 18:4–6, Acts 18:19, Acts 18:23, Acts 19:8–10, Acts 19:21, Acts 20:7, Acts 20:18–27, Acts 20:31, Acts 20:33, Acts 20:34, Acts 21:13, Acts 24:14–25, Acts 26:1–29, Acts 28:23–28, Acts 28:30, Acts 28:31, Romans 1:1, Romans 1:9–15, Romans 9:1–3, Romans 10:1, Romans 11:13, Romans 11:14, Romans 15:15–32, 1 Corinthians 1:17, 1 Corinthians 1:23, 1 Corinthians 2:1–4, 1 Corinthians 2:6, 1 Corinthians 2:7, 1 Corinthians 2:13, 1 Corinthians 3:1, 1 Corinthians 3:2, 1 Corinthians 3:5–7, 1 Corinthians 4:1–21, 1 Corinthians 9:12, 1 Corinthians 9:15–23, 1 Corinthians 9:27, 1 Corinthians 10:33, 1 Corinthians 11:1, 1 Corinthians 13:1, 1 Corinthians 15:1–32, 2 Corinthians 1:12, 2 Corinthians 1:17–19, 2 Corinthians 1:24, 2 Corinthians 2:12–17, 2 Corinthians 3:6, 2 Corinthians 3:12, 2 Corinthians 4:1, 2 Corinthians 4:2, 2 Corinthians 4:5, 2 Corinthians 4:8–15, 2 Corinthians 5:11, 2 Corinthians 5:13, 2 Corinthians 5:14, 2 Corinthians 5:18, 2 Corinthians 5:20, 2 Corinthians 6:3–10, 2 Corinthians 7:2, 2 Corinthians 10:3, 2 Corinthians 10:14–16, 2 Corinthians 11:7, 2 Corinthians 11:12, 2 Corinthians 11:19, 2 Corinthians 11:22–33, 2 Corinthians 12:10, 2 Corinthians 12:14, 2 Corinthians 12:15, 2 Corinthians 12:17–19, 2 Corinthians 12:21, 2 Corinthians 13:6–9, Galatians 1:10, Galatians 1:15, Galatians 1:16, Galatians 2:2, Galatians 3:1, Galatians 4:11, Galatians 4:19, Galatians 5:11, Ephesians 6:17, Ephesians 6:20, Philippians 1:17, Philippians 1:18, Philippians 1:20, Philippians 1:22–25, Philippians 1:27, Philippians 2:16, Philippians 2:17, Philippians 3:4–17, Philippians 4:11, Philippians 4:12, Philippians 4:17, Colossians 1:24, Colossians 1:28, Colossians 1:29, Colossians 2:1, 1 Thessalonians 1:5, 1 Thessalonians 1:6, 1 Thessalonians 2:2–6, 1 Thessalonians 2:8–11, 2 Thessalonians 3:7–9, 1 Timothy 4:10, 2 Timothy 1:3, 2 Timothy 1:7, 2 Timothy 1:11–13, 2 Timothy 2:9, 2 Timothy 2:10, 2 Timothy 3:10, 2 Timothy 3:11, Hebrews 13:18

Without knowledge

Ecclesiastes 7:16, Matthew 8:19, Matthew 8:20, Luke 9:57, Luke 9:58, John 16:2, Acts 21:20, Romans 10:2, Romans 10:3, Galatians 1:13, Galatians 1:14, Galatians 4:17, Philippians 1:15–18

In punishing evil people

In reproving iniquity