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

My zeal hath consumed me, because mine enemies have forgotten thy words. {consumed...: Heb. cut me off}

My zeal hath consumed me, because mine enemies have forgotten thy words. {consumed...: Heb. cut me off}

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.

Because of the house of the LORD our God I will seek thy good.

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

That the king said unto Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in an house of cedar, but the ark of God dwelleth within curtains.

And he shall have it, and his seed after him, {even} the covenant of an everlasting priesthood; because he was zealous for his God, and made an atonement for the children of Israel.

And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, {even} I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.

And she said, The glory is departed from Israel: for the ark of God is taken.

When therefore he was risen from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this unto them; and they believed the scripture, and the word which Jesus had said.

For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and they that escape out of mount Zion: the zeal of the LORD {of hosts} shall do this. {they...: Heb. the escaping}

Who is weak, and I am not weak? who is offended, and I burn not?

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

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.