Acts 4:20

for we cannot stop talking about what we've seen and heard."

Acts 22:15

because you will be his witness to all people of what you have seen and heard.

1 John 1:1-3

What existed from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we observed and touched with our own hands this is the Word of life!

Numbers 22:38

Balaam answered Balak, "Well, I'm here now. I've come to you, but I can't just say anything, can I? I'll speak only what God puts in my mouth to say."

Numbers 23:20

Look! I've received a blessing, and so I will bless. I won't withdraw it.

2 Samuel 23:2

The Spirit of the LORD speaks within me; his word is on my tongue!

Job 32:18-20

because I'm filled with things to say, and my spirit within me compels me to speak.

Jeremiah 1:7

Then the LORD told me, "Don't say, "I'm only a young man,' for you will go everywhere I send you, and you will speak everything I command you.

Jeremiah 1:17-19

"As for you, get ready! Stand up and tell them everything that I've commanded you. Don't be frightened as you face them, or I'll frighten you right in front of them.

Jeremiah 4:19

"My anguish, my anguish! I writhe in pain. Oh, the aching of my heart! My heart pounds within me; I cannot keep silent. For I hear the sound of the trumpet, the alarm for war.

Jeremiah 6:11

I'm full of the wrath of the LORD, and I'm tired of holding it back. Pour it out on the children in the street and on the groups of young men gathered together. Indeed, both husband and wife will be caught in it, the old and the very old.

Jeremiah 20:9

When I say, "I won't remember the LORD, nor will I speak in his name anymore, then there is this burning fire in my heart. It is bound up in my bones, I grow weary of trying to hold it in, and I cannot do it!

Ezekiel 3:11

then go immediately to the exiles; that is, to your people's descendants, and tell them, "This is what the Lord GOD says"' whether they listen or not."

Ezekiel 3:14-21

Then the Spirit lifted me up and carried me away. I went bitterly with an angry attitude as the hand of the LORD rested on me.

Micah 3:8

"As for me, I am truly filled with power by the Spirit of the LORD, filled with judgment and power to announce to Jacob his transgression, and to Israel his sin.

Luke 1:2

just as they were passed down to us by those who had been eyewitnesses and servants of the word from the beginning,

Acts 1:8

But you'll receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you, and you'll be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth."

Acts 1:22

beginning when he was baptized by John until the day he was taken up from us. Therefore, someone like this must become a witness with us to his resurrection."

Acts 2:4

All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in foreign languages as the Spirit gave them that ability.

Acts 2:32

"It was this very Jesus whom God raised and we're all witnesses of that.

Acts 3:15

and you killed the source of life, whom God raised from the dead. We are witnesses to that.

Acts 5:32

We are witnesses of these things, and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who keep on obeying him."

Acts 10:39-41

We are witnesses of everything Jesus did in the land of the Jews, including Jerusalem.

Acts 17:16-17

While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, his spirit was deeply disturbed to see the city full of idols.

Acts 18:5

But when Silas and Timothy arrived from Macedonia, Paul devoted himself entirely to the word as he emphatically assured the Jews that Jesus is the Messiah.

1 Corinthians 9:16-17

For if I preach the gospel, I have nothing to boast about, for this obligation has been entrusted to me. How terrible it would be for me if I didn't preach the gospel!

Hebrews 2:3-4

how will we escape if we neglect a salvation as great as this? It was first proclaimed by the Lord himself, and then it was confirmed to us by those who heard him,

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Bible References

We cannot

Acts 2:4
All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in foreign languages as the Spirit gave them that ability.
Acts 17:16
While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, his spirit was deeply disturbed to see the city full of idols.
Acts 18:5
But when Silas and Timothy arrived from Macedonia, Paul devoted himself entirely to the word as he emphatically assured the Jews that Jesus is the Messiah.
Numbers 22:38
Balaam answered Balak, "Well, I'm here now. I've come to you, but I can't just say anything, can I? I'll speak only what God puts in my mouth to say."
Numbers 23:20
Look! I've received a blessing, and so I will bless. I won't withdraw it.
2 Samuel 23:2
The Spirit of the LORD speaks within me; his word is on my tongue!
Job 32:18
because I'm filled with things to say, and my spirit within me compels me to speak.
Jeremiah 1:7
Then the LORD told me, "Don't say, "I'm only a young man,' for you will go everywhere I send you, and you will speak everything I command you.
Jeremiah 4:19
"My anguish, my anguish! I writhe in pain. Oh, the aching of my heart! My heart pounds within me; I cannot keep silent. For I hear the sound of the trumpet, the alarm for war.
Jeremiah 6:11
I'm full of the wrath of the LORD, and I'm tired of holding it back. Pour it out on the children in the street and on the groups of young men gathered together. Indeed, both husband and wife will be caught in it, the old and the very old.
Jeremiah 20:9
When I say, "I won't remember the LORD, nor will I speak in his name anymore, then there is this burning fire in my heart. It is bound up in my bones, I grow weary of trying to hold it in, and I cannot do it!
Ezekiel 3:11
then go immediately to the exiles; that is, to your people's descendants, and tell them, "This is what the Lord GOD says"' whether they listen or not."
Micah 3:8
"As for me, I am truly filled with power by the Spirit of the LORD, filled with judgment and power to announce to Jacob his transgression, and to Israel his sin.
1 Corinthians 9:16
For if I preach the gospel, I have nothing to boast about, for this obligation has been entrusted to me. How terrible it would be for me if I didn't preach the gospel!

The things

Acts 1:8
But you'll receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you, and you'll be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth."
Acts 3:15
and you killed the source of life, whom God raised from the dead. We are witnesses to that.
Acts 5:32
We are witnesses of these things, and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who keep on obeying him."
Acts 10:39
We are witnesses of everything Jesus did in the land of the Jews, including Jerusalem.
Acts 22:15
because you will be his witness to all people of what you have seen and heard.
Luke 1:2
just as they were passed down to us by those who had been eyewitnesses and servants of the word from the beginning,
Hebrews 2:3
how will we escape if we neglect a salvation as great as this? It was first proclaimed by the Lord himself, and then it was confirmed to us by those who heard him,
1 John 1:1
What existed from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we observed and touched with our own hands this is the Word of life!

General references

Numbers 23:26
"Didn't I tell you," Balaam responded to Balak, "that I'll say whatever the LORD tells me to say?"
Mark 4:22
Nothing is hidden except for the purpose of having it revealed, and nothing is secret except for the purpose of having it come to light.
1 Corinthians 14:32
The spirits of prophets are subject to the prophets,

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