4 Bible Verses About God's Jealousy
Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me,
Deuteronomy 5:9KJV
(For the Lord thy God is a jealous God among you) lest the anger of the Lord thy God be kindled against thee, and destroy thee from off the face of the earth.
Deuteronomy 6:15KJV
The Lord will not spare him, but then the anger of the Lord and his jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that are written in this book shall lie upon him, and the Lord shall blot out his name from under heaven.
Deuteronomy 29:20KJV
They provoked him to jealousy with strange gods, with abominations provoked they him to anger.
Deuteronomy 32:16KJV
These divine declarations unveil a holy jealousy, not the petty envy of fallen man, but an intense, burning zeal for the exclusive devotion of the heart created for Him. This attribute flows from God's perfect love and absolute holiness, recoiling against any compromise or idolatry that would usurp the place meant for Him alone. It is a testament to His fidelity to the covenant relationship He seeks with humanity, a demand for total allegiance springing from His perfect nature. Ponder this divine passion: it calls us to a profound self-examination, urging us to purge our lives of competing loyalties and to yield our entire being to the One True God, in spirit and in truth. Here lies the gravity of His love and the pathway to authentic worship.