Jeremiah 20:9

Bible in Basic English 1965

And if I say, I will not keep him in mind, I will not say another word in his name; then it is in my heart like a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I am tired of keeping myself in, I am not able to do it.

Cross References

Psalm 39:3

My heart was burning in my breast; while I was deep in thought the fire was lighted; then I said with my tongue,

Jeremiah 23:29

Is not my word like fire? says the Lord; and like a hammer, smashing the rock to bits?

Jeremiah 23:9

About the prophets. My heart is broken in me, all my bones are shaking; I am like a man full of strong drink, like a man overcome by wine; because of the Lord, and because of his holy words.

Jeremiah 4:19

My soul, my soul! I am pained to my inmost heart; my heart is troubled in me; I am not able to be quiet, because the sound of the horn, the note of war, has come to my ears.

Jeremiah 6:11

For this reason I am full of the wrath of the Lord, I am tired of keeping it in: may it be let loose on the children in the street, and on the band of the young men together: for even the husband with his wife will be taken, the old man with him who is full of days.

Ezekiel 3:14

And the wind, lifting me up, took me away: and I went in the heat of my spirit, and the hand of the Lord was strong on me.

Ezekiel 3:3

And he said to me, Son of man, let your stomach make a meal of it and let your inside be full of this roll which I am giving you. Then I took it, and it was sweet as honey in my mouth.

Amos 3:8

The cry of the lion is sounding; who will not have fear? The Lord God has said the word; is it possible for the prophet to keep quiet?

Jonah 1:2

Up! go to Nineveh, that great town, and let your voice come to it; for their evil-doing has come up before me.

Jonah 1:3

And Jonah got up to go in flight to Tarshish, away from the Lord; and he went down to Joppa, and saw there a ship going to Tarshish: so he gave them the price of the journey and went down into it to go with them to Tarshish, away from the Lord.

Luke 9:62

But Jesus said, No man, having put his hand to the plough and looking back, is good enough for the kingdom of God.

Acts 17:16

Now while Paul was waiting for them at Athens, his spirit was troubled, for he saw all the town full of images of the gods.

Acts 18:5

And when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was completely given up to the word, preaching to the Jews that the Christ was Jesus.

Acts 4:20

For it is not possible for us to keep from saying what we have seen and have knowledge of.