Jeremiah 20:9 Cross References

Jeremiah 20:9

9: And I can't stop! If I say I'll never mention the LORD or speak in his name, his word burns in my heart like a fire. It's like a fire in my bones! I am weary of holding it in!

Psalms 39:3

  1. My thoughts grew hot within me and began to burn, igniting a fire of words:

Job 32:18

  1. For I am pent up and full of words, and the spirit within me urges me on.
  2. I am like a wine cask without a vent. My words are ready to burst out!
  3. I must speak to find relief, so let me give my answers.

Acts 4:20

  1. We cannot stop telling about the wonderful things we have seen and heard."

Ezekiel 3:14

  1. The Spirit lifted me up and took me away. I went in bitterness and turmoil, but the LORD's hold on me was strong.

1 Corinthians 9:16

  1. For preaching the Good News is not something I can boast about. I am compelled by God to do it. How terrible for me if I didn't do it!
  2. If I were doing this of my own free will, then I would deserve payment. But God has chosen me and given me this sacred trust, and I have no choice.

Acts 17:16

  1. While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, he was deeply troubled by all the idols he saw everywhere in the city.

Jeremiah 6:11

  1. So now I am filled with the LORD's fury. Yes, I am weary of holding it in! "I will pour out my fury over Jerusalem, even on children playing in the streets, on gatherings of young men, and on husbands and wives and grandparents.

2 Corinthians 5:13

  1. If it seems that we are crazy, it is to bring glory to God. And if we are in our right minds, it is for your benefit.
  2. Whatever we do, it is because Christ's love controls us. Since we believe that Christ died for everyone, we also believe that we have all died to the old life we used to live.
  3. He died for everyone so that those who receive his new life will no longer live to please themselves. Instead, they will live to please Christ, who died and was raised for them.

Luke 9:62

  1. But Jesus told him, "Anyone who puts a hand to the plow and then looks back is not fit for the Kingdom of God."

1 Kings 19:3

  1. Elijah was afraid and fled for his life. He went to Beersheba, a town in Judah, and he left his servant there.
  2. Then he went on alone into the desert, traveling all day. He sat down under a solitary broom tree and prayed that he might die. "I have had enough, LORD," he said. "Take my life, for I am no better than my ancestors."

John 4:2

  1. (though Jesus himself didn't baptize them--his disciples did).
  2. So he left Judea to return to Galilee.

John 1:2

  1. He was in the beginning with God.
  2. He created everything there is. Nothing exists that he didn't make.

Acts 18:5

  1. And after Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul spent his full time preaching and testifying to the Jews, telling them, "The Messiah you are looking for is Jesus."

Acts 15:37

  1. Barnabas agreed and wanted to take along John Mark.
  2. But Paul disagreed strongly, since John Mark had deserted them in Pamphylia and had not shared in their work.
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