Religious Zeal without Knowledge
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Ecclesiastes 7:16
Be not righteous over much; neither make yourself over wise: why should you destroy yourself ?
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Matthew 8:19,20
And a certain scribe came, and said to him, Master, I will follow you wherever you go.
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Luke 9:57,58
And it came to pass, that, as they went in the way, a certain man said to him, Lord, I will follow you wherever you go.
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John 16:2
They shall put you out of the synagogues: yes, the time comes, that whoever kills you will think that he does God service.
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Acts 21:20
And when they heard it, they glorified the Lord, and said to him, You see, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are which believe; and they are all zealous of the law:
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Romans 10:2,3
For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.
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Galatians 1:13,14
For you have heard of my conversation in time past in the Jews' religion, how that beyond measure I persecuted the church of God, and wasted it:
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Galatians 4:17
They zealously affect you, but not well; yes, they would exclude you, that you might affect them.
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Philippians 1:15-18
Some indeed preach Christ even of envy and strife; and some also of good will:
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On Zeal
... For without zeal it is impossible, either to make any ... It was zeal that occasioned
the still more horrid ... by private persecution, partly by religious wars, in ...
/.../wesley/sermons on several occasions/sermon 92 on zeal.htm

The Knowledge of God
... without knowledge than the eye can see without light. ... treason with the pretence of
a religious vow ... night,' omnibus viribus, with the utmost zeal and intenseness ...
//christianbookshelf.org/watson/a body of divinity/2 the knowledge of god.htm

Faith Rewarded.
... I lately heard of a man, a non-churchgoer, who did not believe in the Bible
or religious things. ... "Zeal without knowledge," people say. ...
/.../moody/to the work to the work/chapter iv faith rewarded.htm

Appendix: Polemical Fragments
... zeal; neither knowledge nor zeal; both zeal and knowledge. ... is useless to others;
diversity without uniformity is ... as when they do it from religious conviction. ...
/.../pascal/pensees/section xiv appendix polemical fragments.htm

Love Worketh no Ill to his Neighbor; Therefore Love is the ...
... lips. III. Those individuals who have much religious knowledge and zeal,
without love, are most unlovely and dangerous persons. They ...
/.../finney/lectures to professing christians/love worketh no ill to.htm

Letter xvii. Harmony of Christian Character.
... We may be full of courage and zeal; yet, if we ... of a few simple principles, yet, without
a thorough and comprehensive knowledge of religious truth, the ...
/.../letter xvii harmony of christian.htm

The Knowledge of God Stifled or Corrupted, Ignorantly or ...
... that they have some kind of zeal for religion ... they have recourse to some species
of religious observance, never ... course of obedience, they rebel without fear in ...
/.../calvin/the institutes of the christian religion/chapter 4 the knowledge of.htm

Religious Education --The Fundamental Problem of To-Day
... of secular education is incomplete without it are ... Religious teachers and scientific
investigators will work shoulder to ... will go forth with fresh zeal to make ...
/.../xvi religious educationthe fundamental problem.htm

Describes the Hideous Appearance of a Soul in Mortal Sin as ...
... forbidden her to practise any mortifications without special leave ... shortcomings because
of her great zeal about other people's religious observance, while ...
/.../teresa/the interior castle or the mansions/chapter ii describes the hideous.htm

That the Example of Certain Saints who Seem to have Exercised ...
... of the order of Citeaux, the religious besought him to ... [484] The ardour of true zeal
resembles that ... industrious, eager in pursuit, but without passion, anger ...
/.../francis/treatise on the love of god/chapter xvi that the example.htm

Resources
What does the Bible say about being zealous / having zeal? | GotQuestions.org

What does it mean that “zeal for your house will consume me” in John 2:17? | GotQuestions.org

What is Christian fanaticism? | GotQuestions.org

Zeal: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com

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Religious Zeal: The Healed Deaf-Mute Man

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Zeal of Saints, Ardent

Zeal: Christ an Example of

Zeal: Exhortation To

Zeal: Godly Sorrow Leads To

Zeal: Holy: Apollos

Zeal: Holy: Corinthians

Zeal: Holy: Epaphras

Zeal: Holy: Josiah

Zeal: Holy: Phinehas

Zeal: Provokes Others to do Good

Zeal: should be Exhibited for the Glory of God

Zeal: should be Exhibited for the Welfare of Saints

Zeal: should be Exhibited in Contending for the Faith

Zeal: should be Exhibited in Desiring the Salvation of Others

Zeal: should be Exhibited in Missionary Labours

Zeal: should be Exhibited in Spirit

Zeal: should be Exhibited in Well-Doing

Zeal: should be Exhibited: Against Idolatry

Zeal: Sometimes not According to Knowledge

Zeal: Sometimes Wrongly Directed

Zeal: Ungodly Men Sometimes Pretend To

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