¹³⁸ In Your testimonies You have commanded righteousness and faithfulness exceedingly. ¹³⁹ My zeal has eaten me up, because my enemies have forgotten Your Words. ¹⁴⁰ Your Word is very pure; therefore Your servant loves it.

Cross References

Psalm 69:9

For the zeal of Your house has eaten Me up; and the reproaches of those who reproached You have fallen on Me.

John 2:17

And His disciples remembered that it was written, "The zeal of Your house has eaten Me up."

1 Kings 19:10

And he said, I have been very zealous for Jehovah the God of Hosts. For the sons of Israel have forsaken Your covenant, thrown down Your altars, and have slain Your prophets with the sword. And I, I alone, am left. And they seek to take my life away.

1 Kings 19:14

And he said, I have been very zealous for Jehovah, the God of Hosts, because the sons of Israel have forsaken Your covenant, have thrown down Your altars, and have slain Your prophets with the sword. And I, I alone, am left. And they seek to take my life away.

Psalm 53:4

Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge? They eat up my people as they eat bread; they have not called on God.

Matthew 9:13

But go and learn what this is, I will have mercy and not sacrifice. For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

Matthew 12:3-5

But He said to them, Have you not read what David did when he was hungry, and those who were with him,

Matthew 15:4-6

For God commanded, saying, "Honor your father and mother"; and, "He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him die by death."

Matthew 21:13

And He said to them, It is written, "My house shall be called the house of prayer"; but you have made it a den of thieves.

Matthew 21:16

And they said to Him, Do you hear what these say? And Jesus said to them, Yes, have you never read, "Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings You have perfected praise?"

Matthew 21:42

Jesus said to them, Did you never read in the Scriptures, "The stone which the builders rejected, this One has become the head of the corner; this is the Lord's doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes?"

Matthew 22:29

Jesus answered and said to them, You err, not knowing the Scriptures nor the power of God.

Acts 13:27

For those living in Jerusalem, and their rulers, not having known this One, and the voices of the Prophets being read throughout every sabbath, condemning Him, they fulfilled the Scriptures.

Acts 28:23-27

And they having appointed him a day, many came to him in his lodging; to whom he expounded, testifying the kingdom of God, and persuading them the things concerning Jesus, both out of the Law of Moses and out of the Prophets, from morning until evening.