TOPICAL BIBLE
Zeal, Religious
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2 Chronicles 34:6Josiah did the same in the cities of Manasseh, Ephraim, and Simeon, as far as Naphtali, and in the ruins around them.2 Chronicles 34:7He tore down the altars and Asherah poles, crushed the idols to powder, and cut to pieces all the incense altars throughout the land of Israel. Then he returned to Jerusalem.2 Chronicles 34:29Then the king summoned all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.2 Chronicles 34:30And he went up to the house of the LORD with all the people of Judah and Jerusalem, as well as the priests and the Levites—all the people great and small—and in their hearing he read all the words of the Book of the Covenant that had been found in the house of the LORD.2 Chronicles 34:31So the king stood by the pillar and made a covenant before the LORD to follow the LORD and to keep His commandments, decrees, and statutes with all his heart and all his soul, and to carry out the words of the covenant that were written in this book.2 Chronicles 34:32Then he had everyone in Jerusalem and Benjamin take a stand in agreement to it. So all the people of Jerusalem carried out the covenant of God, the God of their fathers.2 Chronicles 34:33And Josiah removed all the abominations from all the lands belonging to the Israelites, and he required everyone in Israel to serve the LORD their God. Throughout his reign they did not turn aside from following the LORD, the God of their fathers.Ezra 7:10For Ezra had set his heart to study the Law of the LORD, to practice it, and to teach its statutes and ordinances in Israel.Ezra 7:23Whatever is commanded by the God of heaven must be done diligently for His house. For why should wrath fall on the realm of the king and his sons?Ezra 8:17And I sent them to Iddo, the leader at Casiphia, with a message for him and his kinsmen, the temple servants at Casiphia, that they should bring to us ministers for the house of our God.Ezra 8:18And since the gracious hand of our God was upon us, they brought us Sherebiah—a man of insight from the descendants of Mahli son of Levi, the son of Israel—along with his sons and brothers, 18 men;Nehemiah 4:5Do not cover up their iniquity or let their sin be blotted out from Your sight, for they have provoked the builders.Nehemiah 13:7to return to Jerusalem. Then I discovered the evil that Eliashib had done on behalf of Tobiah by providing him a room in the courts of the house of God.Nehemiah 13:8And I was greatly displeased and threw all of Tobiah’s household goods out of the room.Nehemiah 13:9Then I ordered that the rooms be purified, and I had the articles of the house of God restored to them, along with the grain offerings and frankincense.Nehemiah 13:15In those days I saw people in Judah treading winepresses on the Sabbath and bringing in grain and loading it on donkeys, along with wine, grapes, and figs. All kinds of goods were being brought into Jerusalem on the Sabbath day. So I warned them against selling food on that day.Nehemiah 13:16Additionally, men of Tyre who lived there were importing fish and all kinds of merchandise and selling them on the Sabbath to the people of Judah in Jerusalem.Nehemiah 13:17Then I rebuked the nobles of Judah and asked, “What is this evil you are doing—profaning the Sabbath day?Nehemiah 13:18Did not your forefathers do the same things, so that our God brought all this disaster on us and on this city? And now you are rekindling His wrath against Israel by profaning the Sabbath!”Nehemiah 13:19When the evening shadows began to fall on the gates of Jerusalem, just before the Sabbath, I ordered that the gates be shut and not opened until after the Sabbath. I posted some of my servants at the gates so that no load could enter on the Sabbath day.Nehemiah 13:20Once or twice, the merchants and those who sell all kinds of goods camped outside Jerusalem,Nehemiah 13:21but I warned them, “Why are you camping in front of the wall? If you do it again, I will lay hands on you.” From that time on, they did not return on the Sabbath.Nehemiah 13:22Then I instructed the Levites to purify themselves and guard the gates in order to keep the Sabbath day holy. Remember me for this as well, O my God, and show me mercy according to Your abundant loving devotion.Nehemiah 13:23In those days I also saw Jews who had married women from Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab.Nehemiah 13:24Half of their children spoke the language of Ashdod or of the other peoples, but could not speak the language of Judah.Nehemiah 13:25I rebuked them and called down curses on them. I beat some of these men and pulled out their hair. Then I made them take an oath before God and said, “You must not give your daughters in marriage to their sons or take their daughters as wives for your sons or for yourselves!Nehemiah 13:26Did not King Solomon of Israel sin in matters like this? There was not a king like him among many nations, and he was loved by his God, who made him king over all Israel—yet foreign women drew him into sin.Nehemiah 13:27Must we now hear that you too are doing all this terrible evil and acting unfaithfully against our God by marrying foreign women?”Nehemiah 13:28Even one of the sons of Jehoiada son of Eliashib the high priest had become a son-in-law to Sanballat the Horonite. Therefore I drove him away from me.Job 6:10It still brings me comfort, and joy through unrelenting pain, that I have not denied the words of the Holy One.Job 16:19Even now my witness is in heaven, and my advocate is on high.Psalm 9:19Rise up, O LORD, do not let man prevail; let the nations be judged in Your presence.Psalm 9:20Lay terror upon them, O LORD; let the nations know they are but men. SelahPsalm 40:7Then I said, “Here I am, I have come—it is written about me in the scroll:Psalm 40:8I delight to do Your will, O my God; Your law is within my heart.”Psalm 40:9I proclaim righteousness in the great assembly; behold, I do not seal my lips, as You, O LORD, do know.Psalm 40:10I have not covered up Your righteousness in my heart; I have declared Your faithfulness and salvation; I have not concealed Your loving devotion and faithfulness from the great assembly.Psalm 42:1For the choirmaster. A Maskil of the sons of Korah. As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul longs after You, O God.Psalm 42:2My soul thirsts for God, the living God. When shall I come and appear in God’s presence?Psalm 51:13Then I will teach transgressors Your ways, and sinners will return to You.Psalm 60:4You have raised a banner for those who fear You, that they may flee the bow. SelahPsalm 69:7For I have endured scorn for Your sake, and shame has covered my face.Psalm 69:8I have become a stranger to my brothers and a foreigner to my mother’s sons,Psalm 69:9because zeal for Your house has consumed me, and the insults of those who insult You have fallen on me.Psalm 71:17O God, You have taught me from my youth, and to this day I proclaim Your marvelous deeds.Psalm 71:18Even when I am old and gray, do not forsake me, O God, until I proclaim Your power to the next generation, Your might to all who are to come.Psalm 74:10How long, O God, will the enemy taunt You? Will the foe revile Your name forever?Psalm 74:18Remember how the enemy has mocked You, O LORD, how a foolish people has spurned Your name.Psalm 74:19Do not deliver the soul of Your dove to beasts; do not forget the lives of Your afflicted forever.Psalm 74:20Consider Your covenant, for haunts of violence fill the dark places of the land.Psalm 74:21Do not let the oppressed retreat in shame; may the poor and needy praise Your name.Psalm 74:22Rise up, O God; defend Your cause! Remember how the fool mocks You all day long.Psalm 74:23Do not disregard the clamor of Your adversaries, the uproar of Your enemies that ascends continually.Psalm 94:16Who will rise up for me against the wicked? Who will stand for me against the workers of iniquity?Psalm 96:2Sing to the LORD, bless His name; proclaim His salvation day after day.Psalm 96:3Declare His glory among the nations, His wonders among all peoples.Psalm 96:10Declare among the nations: “The LORD reigns!” The world is firmly established; it cannot be moved; He will judge the peoples with equity.Psalm 101:8Every morning I will remove all the wicked of the land, that I may cut off every evildoer from the city of the LORD.Psalm 106:30But Phinehas stood and intervened, and the plague was restrained.Psalm 106:31It was credited to him as righteousness for endless generations to come.