Jeremiah 20:9

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 39:3 : 3 My heart was burning in my breast; while I was deep in thought the fire was lighted; then I said with my tongue,
  • Job 32:18-20 : 18 For I am full of words, I am unable to keep in my breath any longer: 19 My stomach is like wine which is unable to get out; like skins full of new wine, it is almost burst. 20 Let me say what is in my mind, so that I may get comfort; let me give answer with open mouth.
  • Acts 4:20 : 20 For it is not possible for us to keep from saying what we have seen and have knowledge of.
  • Jer 6:11 : 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.
  • Ezek 3:14 : 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.
  • Acts 17:16 : 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.
  • 2 Cor 5:13-15 : 13 For if we are foolish, it is to God; or if we are serious, it is for you. 14 For it is the love of Christ which is moving us; because we are of the opinion that if one was put to death for all, then all have undergone death; 15 And that he underwent death for all, so that the living might no longer be living to themselves, but to him who underwent death for them and came back from the dead.
  • Acts 18:5 : 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.
  • 1 Cor 9:16-17 : 16 For if I am a preacher of the good news, I have no cause for pride in this; because I am forced to do so, for a curse is on me if I do not. 17 But if I do it gladly, I have a reward; and if not, I am under orders to do it.
  • Luke 9:62 : 62 But Jesus said, No man, having put his hand to the plough and looking back, is good enough for the kingdom of God.
  • John 1:2-3 : 2 This Word was from the first in relation with God. 3 All things came into existence through him, and without him nothing was.
  • John 4:2-3 : 2 (Though, in fact, it was his disciples who gave baptism, not Jesus himself), 3 He went out of Judaea into Galilee again.
  • Acts 15:37-38 : 37 And Barnabas had a desire to take with them John, named Mark. 38 But Paul was of the opinion that it was not right to take with them one who had gone away from them in Pamphylia, and had not gone on with the work.
  • 1 Kgs 19:3-4 : 3 And he got up, fearing for his life, and went in flight, and came to Beer-sheba in Judah, parting there from his servant; 4 While he himself went a day's journey into the waste land, and took a seat under a broom-plant, desiring for himself only death; for he said, It is enough: now, O Lord, take away my life, for I am no better than my fathers.

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