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].

Job 32:18-20


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

Psalm 39:3


My heart was hot within me.
While I was musing the fire burned;
Then I spoke with my tongue:

Acts 4:20

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

Jeremiah 6:11


But I am full of the wrath (judgment) of the Lord;
I am tired of restraining it.
“[I will] pour it out on the children in the street
And on the young men gathered together;
For both the husband and wife shall be taken,
The aged and the very old [though full of days they are not exempt from judgment].

Ezekiel 3:14

So the Spirit lifted me up and took me away, and I went embittered [by the sins of Israel] in the rage of my spirit; and the hand of the Lord was strong on me.

2 Corinthians 5:13-15

If we are out of our mind [just unstable fanatics as some critics say], it is for God; if we are in our right mind, it is for your benefit.

1 Kings 19:3-4

And Elijah was afraid and arose and ran for his life, and he came to Beersheba which belongs to Judah, and he left his servant there.

Luke 9:62

But Jesus said to him, “No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back [to the things left behind] is fit for the kingdom of God.”

John 1:2-3

He was [continually existing] in the beginning [co-eternally] with God.

John 4:2-3

(although Jesus Himself was not baptizing, but His disciples were),

Acts 15:37-38

Now Barnabas wanted to take [his cousin] John, who was called Mark, along with them.

Acts 17:16

Now while Paul was waiting for them at Athens, his spirit was greatly angered when he saw that the city was full of idols.

Acts 18:5

but when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia (northern Greece), Paul began devoting himself completely to [preaching] the word, and solemnly testifying to the Jews that Jesus is the Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed).

1 Corinthians 9:16-17

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]!

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name. But his word was in mine heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary with forbearing, and I could not stay.

Bible References

I will

1 Kings 19:3
And Elijah was afraid and arose and ran for his life, and he came to Beersheba which belongs to Judah, and he left his servant there.
John 1:2
He was [continually existing] in the beginning [co-eternally] with God.
John 4:2
(although Jesus Himself was not baptizing, but His disciples were),
Luke 9:62
But Jesus said to him, “No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back [to the things left behind] is fit for the kingdom of God.”
Acts 15:37
Now Barnabas wanted to take [his cousin] John, who was called Mark, along with them.

Was in

Jeremiah 6:11

But I am full of the wrath (judgment) of the Lord;
I am tired of restraining it.
“[I will] pour it out on the children in the street
And on the young men gathered together;
For both the husband and wife shall be taken,
The aged and the very old [though full of days they are not exempt from judgment].
Job 32:18

“For I am full of words;
The spirit within me constrains me.
Psalm 39:3

My heart was hot within me.
While I was musing the fire burned;
Then I spoke with my tongue:
Ezekiel 3:14
So the Spirit lifted me up and took me away, and I went embittered [by the sins of Israel] in the rage of my spirit; and the hand of the Lord was strong on me.
Acts 4:20
for we, on our part, cannot stop telling [people] about what we have seen and heard.”
Acts 17:16
Now while Paul was waiting for them at Athens, his spirit was greatly angered when he saw that the city was full of idols.
Acts 18:5
but when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia (northern Greece), Paul began devoting himself completely to [preaching] the word, and solemnly testifying to the Jews that Jesus is the Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed).
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]!
2 Corinthians 5:13
If we are out of our mind [just unstable fanatics as some critics say], it is for God; if we are in our right mind, it is for your benefit.

General references

Psalm 39:3

My heart was hot within me.
While I was musing the fire burned;
Then I spoke with my tongue:
Psalm 94:19

When my anxious thoughts multiply within me,
Your comforts delight me.
1 Corinthians 14:32
for the spirits of prophets are subject to the prophets [the prophecy is under the speaker’s control, and he can stop speaking];