Jeremiah 20:9
If I say that I will not make mention of him, or speak any more in his name, then there is in my heart as it were a burning fire shut up in my bones. I am weary with holding it in. I can’t.
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- Psalm 39:3 My heart was hot within me. While I meditated, the fire burned. I spoke with my tongue:
- Job 32:18–20 For I am full of words. The spirit within me constrains me. Behold, my breast is as wine which has no vent; like new wineskins 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 can’t help telling the things which we saw and heard.”