Amos 3:8


The lion has roared! Who will not fear?
The Lord God has spoken [to the prophets]! Who can but prophesy?

Jeremiah 20:9


If I say, “I will not remember Him
Or speak His name anymore,”
Then my heart becomes a burning fire
Shut up in my bones.
And I am weary of enduring and holding it in;
I cannot endure it [nor contain it any longer].

Acts 4:20

for we, on our part, cannot stop telling [people] about what we have seen and heard.”

Amos 1:2


And he said,
“The Lord thunders and roars from Zion [in judgment]
And utters His voice from Jerusalem;
Then the pastures of the shepherds mourn,
And the summit of [Mount] Carmel dries up [because of God’s judgment].”

Job 32:18-19


“For I am full of words;
The spirit within me constrains me.

Amos 2:12


“But you gave the Nazirites wine to drink [despite their vows]
And commanded the prophets, saying, ‘You shall not prophesy!’

Amos 3:4


Does a lion roar in the forest when he has no prey?
Does a young lion growl from his den if he has not captured something?

Amos 7:12-17

Then Amaziah said to Amos, “Go, you seer, run for your life [from Israel] to the land of Judah [your own country] and eat bread and live as a prophet there!

Jonah 1:1-3

Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah the son of Amittai, saying,

Jonah 3:1-3

Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah the second time, saying,

Acts 5:20

“Go, stand and continue to tell the people in the temple [courtyards] the whole message of this Life [the eternal life revealed by Christ and found through faith in Him].”

Acts 5:29

Then Peter and the apostles replied, “We must obey God rather than men [we have no other choice].

1 Corinthians 9:16

For if I [merely] preach the gospel, I have nothing to boast about, for I am compelled [that is, absolutely obligated to do it]. Woe to me if I do not preach the good news [of salvation]!

Revelation 5:5

Then one of the [twenty-four] elders said to me, “Stop weeping! Look closely, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has overcome and conquered! He can open the scroll and [break] its seven seals.”

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

The lion hath roared, who will not fear? the Lord GOD hath spoken, who can but prophesy?

General references

Bible References

Lion

Amos 3:4

Does a lion roar in the forest when he has no prey?
Does a young lion growl from his den if he has not captured something?
Amos 1:2

And he said,
“The Lord thunders and roars from Zion [in judgment]
And utters His voice from Jerusalem;
Then the pastures of the shepherds mourn,
And the summit of [Mount] Carmel dries up [because of God’s judgment].”
Revelation 5:5
Then one of the [twenty-four] elders said to me, “Stop weeping! Look closely, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has overcome and conquered! He can open the scroll and [break] its seven seals.”

Who can

Amos 2:12

“But you gave the Nazirites wine to drink [despite their vows]
And commanded the prophets, saying, ‘You shall not prophesy!’
Amos 7:12
Then Amaziah said to Amos, “Go, you seer, run for your life [from Israel] to the land of Judah [your own country] and eat bread and live as a prophet there!
Job 32:18

“For I am full of words;
The spirit within me constrains me.
Jeremiah 20:9

If I say, “I will not remember Him
Or speak His name anymore,”
Then my heart becomes a burning fire
Shut up in my bones.
And I am weary of enduring and holding it in;
I cannot endure it [nor contain it any longer].
Acts 4:20
for we, on our part, cannot stop telling [people] about what we have seen and heard.”
Acts 5:20
“Go, stand and continue to tell the people in the temple [courtyards] the whole message of this Life [the eternal life revealed by Christ and found through faith in Him].”
1 Corinthians 9:16
For if I [merely] preach the gospel, I have nothing to boast about, for I am compelled [that is, absolutely obligated to do it]. Woe to me if I do not preach the good news [of salvation]!

General references

Hosea 13:7

So I will be like a lion to them;
Like a leopard I will watch and lie in wait [ready to attack] by the road [to Assyria].