Zeal (+) refers to the high level of energy, interest, priority, etc. a zealous person places on the object of his zeal.

• General references
Josh 24:15-16; 2Sam 24:24-25; 1Kgs 9:4; 1Kgs 15:14; 1Chr 29:17; 2Chr 15:15; 2Chr 19:3; Ezra 7:23; Job 16:19; Ps 42:1-2; Ps 60:4; Ps 96:2-3; Ps 96:10; Ps 119:139; Prov 11:30; Eccl 9:10; Isa 58:12; Isa 60:1; Isa 62:6-7; Dan 12:3; Mic 5:7; Hab 2:2; Hag 2:4-5; Zech 14:20-21; Matt 5:13-16; Mark 4:21-22; Luke 8:16-17; Luke 22:32-33; John 6:27; John 9:4; Acts 10:42; Acts 26:29; Rom 1:8-9; Rom 7:22; Rom 12:11; 1Cor 5:8; 1Cor 7:29-34; 1Cor 13:3; 1Cor 14:12; 1Cor 15:58; 2Cor 4:8-10; 2Cor 4:13; 2Cor 4:16-18; 2Cor 7:11; 2Cor 9:2; Gal 4:18; Gal 6:9; 2Thess 3:13; Eph 5:15-16; Eph 6:14-20; Phil 1:27-28; Phil 2:15; Phil 3:4-14; Phil 3:20; Col 4:5; Titus 2:14; Titus 3:1; Heb 10:34; Heb 11:15-16; Heb 11:24-27; Heb 13:13-15; Jas 5:19-20; 1Pet 2:2; 2Pet 3:14; 2Pet 1:10-11; Jude 1:3; Jude 1:22-23; Rev 3:19; Rev 5:4-5; Rev 22:17

• Exemplified
Exod 32:31-32; Num 10:29; Num 11:29; Deut 9:18-19; Josh 24:14-16; 1Sam 17:26; 1Kgs 8:42-43; 2Chr 6:33; 1Kgs 22:14; Job 6:10; Ps 40:7-10; Ps 51:13; Ps 69:7-9; Ps 71:17-18; Ps 94:16; Ps 101:8; Ps 119:53; Ps 119:126; Ps 119:136; Ps 119:139; Ps 119:158; Ps 9:19-20; Ps 74:10; Ps 74:18-23; Ps 115:1-2; Prov 28:4; Eccl 12:9-10; Isa 2:3; Isa 2:5; Isa 6:8; Isa 59:17; Isa 62:1; Jer 9:1-3; Jer 13:17; Jer 17:16; Jer 18:20; Jer 20:9; Jer 26:12-15; Ezek 9:4; Ezek 44:15; Dan 3:17-18; Mic 3:8; Mic 7:1-2; Hab 1:2-4; Mark 5:19-20; Mark 6:6; Mark 14:29-31; Mark 16:20; Luke 1:15-17; Luke 19:41-42; Matt 23:37; John 1:40-42; John 1:45-46; John 4:34-35; Acts 4:8-13; Acts 4:18-20; Acts 4:31; Acts 4:33; Acts 4:2; Acts 5:42; Acts 5:21; Acts 5:25; Acts 5:29-32; Acts 6:4; Acts 6:10; Acts 8:4; Acts 8:35; Acts 8:12; Acts 8:25; Acts 8:30; Acts 8:40; Acts 11:19-20; Acts 11:24; Acts 11:26; Acts 18:24-28; Rom 1:11; Rom 9:1-3; Rom 10:1; Rom 15:18-21; 2Cor 5:9; 2Cor 6:11; 2Cor 8:1-5; 2Cor 8:16-18; 2Cor 12:20-21; Eph 4:25-26; Eph 4:32; Phil 1:12-18; Phil 2:22; Phil 2:26; Phil 2:30; 1Cor 16:10; Phil 4:3; Col 4:7-11; Col 1:7; Eph 6:21; 1Thess 1:2-8; 1Thess 3:1-2; 2Pet 1:12-13; 2Pet 1:15; 2Pet 2:4-5; 3John 1:4-7; Jude 1:3; Rev 3:19

• Instances of religious zeal:
– Moses Exod 2:12; Exod 11:8; Exod 32:19-20
– Phinehas Num 25:7-13; Ps 106:30
– Joshua Num 11:27-29; Josh 7:6; Josh 8:28-29
– Gideon Jude 6:11-32
– Jephthah Judg 11:30-31; Judg 11:34-39
– Samuel 1Sam 12:23; 1Sam 15:11; 1Sam 15:35; 1Sam 16:1
– Saul 1Sam 14:38-44
– David 2Sam 6; 2Sam 7:2; 2Sam 8:11-12
– Elijah 1Kgs 19:10
– Obadiah 1Kgs 18:3-4
– Jehoash 2Kgs 12:2-16
– Jehu 2Kgs 9
– Jehoiada 2Kgs 11:4-17; 2Chr 23:1-17
– Asa 1Kgs 15:11-15; 2Chr 14:1-5; 2Chr 14:15
– Jehoshaphat 2Chr 17:3-10; 2Chr 19:1-11
– Hezekiah 2Chr 30; Isa 37:1
– Josiah 2Kgs 22; 2Chr 34:3-7; 2Chr 34:29-33
– Priests 1Chr 9:13; Ezra 8:17-18
– Ezra Ezra 7:10; Ezra 9
– Nehemiah Neh 4:5; Neh 8; Neh 13:7-9; Neh 13:15-28
– Jeremiah Jer 25:3-4
– Shepherds Luke 2:17-18
– Anna Luke 2:38
– Andrew and Philip John 1:41-46
– Two blind men proclaiming the miracle of healing, contrary to the injunction of Jesus Matt 9:30-31
– The restored leper Mark 1:44-45
– The healed deaf mute Mark 7:36
– Peter rebuking Jesus Matt 16:22
– Samaritan woman John 4:28-30; John 4:39
– Peter Acts 2:14-40; Acts 3:12-26
– John John, 1. The Baptist
– Paul and Barnabas Acts 11:22-26; Acts 14:14-15
– Phebe Rom 16:1-2
– Ephesians Rev 2:2-3; Rev 2:6 Jesus, The Christ, Zeal of
• Exemplified by Paul
Acts 9:20-29; Acts 14:1-28; Acts 15:26; Acts 15:30-36; Acts 15:41; Acts 16:31-32; Acts 16:10; Acts 16:13; Acts 16:17; Acts 17:2-3; Acts 17:16-17; Acts 17:22-31; Acts 18:4-6; Acts 18:19; Acts 18:23; Acts 13:16-52; Acts 20:18-27; Acts 20:31; Acts 20:33-34; Acts 20:7; Acts 19:8-10; Acts 19:21; Acts 21:13; Acts 24:14-25; Acts 26:1-29; Acts 28:23-28; Acts 28:30-31; Rom 1:1; Rom 1:9-15; Rom 9:1-3; Rom 10:1; Rom 11:13-14; Rom 15:15-32; 2Cor 10:14-16; 1Cor 1:17; 1Cor 1:23; 1Cor 2:1-4; 1Cor 2:6-7; 1Cor 2:13; 1Cor 3:1-2; 1Cor 3:5-7; 1Cor 4:1-21; 1Cor 9:12; 1Cor 9:15-23; 1Cor 9:27; 1Cor 10:33; 1Cor 11:1; 1Cor 13:1; 1Cor 15:1-32; 2Cor 1:12; 2Cor 1:17-19; 2Cor 1:24; 2Cor 2:12-17; 2Cor 3:6; 2Cor 3:12; 2Cor 4:1-2; 2Cor 4:5; 2Cor 4:8-15; 2Cor 5:11; 2Cor 5:13-14; 2Cor 5:18; 2Cor 5:20; 2Cor 6:3-10; 2Cor 7:2; 2Cor 10:3; 2Cor 11:9; 2Cor 11:7; 2Cor 11:12; 2Cor 11:22-33; 2Cor 12:10; 2Cor 12:14-15; 2Cor 12:17-19; 2Cor 12:21; 2Cor 13:6-9; Gal 1:10; Gal 1:15-16; Gal 2:2; Gal 3:1; Gal 4:19; Gal 4:11; Gal 5:11; Eph 6:20; Eph 6:17; Phil 1:17; Phil 4:11-12; Phil 4:17; Phil 1:18; Phil 1:20; Phil 1:22-25; Phil 1:27; Phil 2:16-17; Phil 3:4-16; Col 1:28-29; Col 1:24; Col 2:1; 1Thess 1:5-6; 1Thess 2:2-6; 1Thess 2:8-11; 2Tim 1:3; 2Tim 1:7; 2Tim 1:11-13; 2Thess 3:7-9; Phil 3:17; 1Tim 4:10; 2Tim 2:9-10; 2Tim 3:10-11; Heb 13:18

• Without knowledge Eccl 7:16; Matt 8:19-20; Luke 9:57-58; John 16:2; Acts 21:20; Rom 10:2-3; Gal 1:13-14; Gal 4:17; Phil 1:15-18
• In punishing the wicked:
– Moses and the Levites Exod 32:20; Exod 32:26-29
– Phinehas Num 25:11-13; Ps 106:30-31
– Israelites Josh 22:11-20; Jude 1:20
– Samuel 1Sam 15:33
– David 2Sam 1:14; 2Sam 4:9-12
– Elijah 1Kgs 18:40
– Jehu 2Kgs 10:15-28
– Jehoiada 2Kgs 11:18
– Josiah 2Kgs 23:20
• In reproving iniquity Reproof, Faithfulness in