Acts 17:16

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Acts 17:14–18 · Berean Standard Bible

14 The brothers immediately sent Paul to the coast, but Silas and Timothy remained in Berea.

15 Those who escorted Paul brought him to Athens and then returned with instructions for Silas and Timothy to join him as soon as possible.

16 While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, he was deeply disturbed in his spirit to see that the city was full of idols.

17 So he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and God-fearing Gentiles, and in the marketplace with those he met each day.

18 Some Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also began to debate with him. Some of them asked, “What is this babbler trying to say?” Others said, “He seems to be advocating foreign gods.” They said this because Paul was proclaiming the good news of Jesus and the resurrection.

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Exodus 32:19

As Moses approached the camp and saw the calf and the dancing, he burned with anger and threw the tablets out of his hands, shattering them at the base of the mountain.

Exodus 32:20

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Numbers 25:6

Just then an Israelite man brought to his family a Midianite woman in the sight of Moses and the whole congregation of Israel while they were weeping at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

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Numbers 25:8

followed the Israelite into his tent, and drove the spear through both of them—through the Israelite and on through the belly of the woman. So the plague against the Israelites was halted,

Numbers 25:9

but those who died in the plague numbered 24,000.

Numbers 25:10

Then the LORD said to Moses,

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“Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, has turned My wrath away from the Israelites; for he was zealous for My sake among them, so that I did not consume the Israelites in My zeal.

1 Kings 19:10

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1 Kings 19:14

“I have been very zealous for the LORD, the God of Hosts,” he replied, “but the Israelites have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. I am the only one left, and they are seeking my life as well.”

Job 32:2

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Job 32:3

and he burned with anger against Job’s three friends because they had failed to refute Job, and yet had condemned him.

Job 32:18

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Job 32:19

Behold, my belly is like unvented wine; it is about to burst like a new wineskin.

Job 32:20

I must speak and find relief; I must open my lips and respond.

Psalms 69:9

because zeal for Your house has consumed me, and the insults of those who insult You have fallen on me.

Psalms 119:136

My eyes shed streams of tears because Your law is not obeyed.

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I look on the faithless with loathing because they do not keep Your word.

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If I say, “I will not mention Him or speak any more in His name,” His message becomes a fire burning in my heart, shut up in my bones, and I become weary of holding it in, and I cannot prevail.

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Acts 17:23

For as I walked around and examined your objects of worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: TO AN UNKNOWN GOD. Therefore what you worship as something unknown, I now proclaim to you.