Jeremiah 20:9
And if I say, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name, then there is in my heart as it were a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I am weary with forbearing, and I cannot contain.
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- Psalm 39:3 My heart was hot within me; While I was musing the fire burned; Then spake I with my tongue:
- Job 32:18–20 For I am full of words; The spirit within me constraineth me. Behold, my breast is as wine which hath no vent; Like new wine-skins it is ready to burst. I will speak, that I may be refreshed; I will open my lips and answer.
- Acts 4:20 for we cannot but speak the things which we saw and heard.