Jeremiah 20:9

New Century Version

Sometimes I say to myself, “I will forget about the Lord. I will not speak anymore in his name.” But then his message becomes like a burning fire inside me, deep within my bones. I get tired of trying to hold it inside of me, and finally, I cannot hold it in.

Cross References

Psalm 39:3

I became very angry inside, and as I thought about it, my anger burned. So I spoke:

Jeremiah 23:29

Isn’t my message like a fire?” says the Lord. “Isn’t it like a hammer that smashes a rock?

Jeremiah 23:9

A message to the prophets: My heart is broken. All my bones shake. I’m like someone who is drunk, like someone who has been overcome with wine. This is because of the Lord and his holy words.

Jeremiah 4:19

Oh, how I hurt! How I hurt! I am bent over in pain. Oh, the torture in my heart! My heart is pounding inside me. I cannot keep quiet, because I have heard the sound of the trumpet. I have heard the shouts of war.

Jeremiah 6:11

But I am full of the anger of the Lord, and I am tired of holding it in. “Pour out my anger on the children who play in the street and on the young men gathered together. A husband and his wife will both be caught in his anger, as will the very old.

Ezekiel 3:14

So the Spirit lifted me up and took me away. I was unhappy and angry, and I felt the great power of the Lord.

Ezekiel 3:3

He said to me, “Human, eat this scroll which I am giving you, and fill your stomach with it.” Then I ate it, and it was as sweet as honey in my mouth.

Amos 3:8

The lion has roared! Who wouldn’t be afraid? The Lord God has spoken. Who will not prophesy?

Jonah 1:2

“Get up, go to the great city of Nineveh, and preach against it, because I see the evil things they do.”

Jonah 1:3

But Jonah got up to run away from the Lord by going to Tarshish. He went to the city of Joppa, where he found a ship that was going to the city of Tarshish. Jonah paid for the trip and went aboard, planning to go to Tarshish to run away from the Lord.

Luke 9:62

Jesus said, “Anyone who begins to plow a field but keeps looking back is of no use in the kingdom of God.”

Acts 17:16

While Paul was waiting for Silas and Timothy in Athens, he was troubled because he saw that the city was full of idols.

Acts 18:5

Silas and Timothy came from Macedonia and joined Paul in Corinth. After this, Paul spent all his time telling people the Good News, showing them that Jesus is the Christ.

Acts 4:20

We cannot keep quiet. We must speak about what we have seen and heard.”