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Jeremiah 20:9

If I say, “I will not mention Him

or speak any more in His name,”

His message becomes a fire burning in my heart,

shut up in my bones,

and I become weary of holding it in,

and I cannot prevail.

Jeremiah 20:9 BSB

Jeremiah 20:9 has 14 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 10 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Psalm 39:3 (42 votes) and Job 32:18–20 (34 votes). 42 other verses point back to it. It links with 18 other books, from Genesis 45 to 1 Thessalonians 3.

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Which verses does Jeremiah 20:9 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Psalm 39:342 votes

    My heart grew hot within me; as I mused, the fire burned. Then I spoke with my tongue:

  2. Job 32:18–2034 votes

    For I am full of words, and my spirit within me compels me. Behold, my belly is like unvented wine; it is about to burst like a new wineskin. …

  3. Acts 4:2023 votes

    For we cannot stop speaking about what we have seen and heard.”

  4. 1 Corinthians 9:16–1717 votes

    Yet when I preach the gospel, I have no reason to boast, because I am obligated to preach. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel! If my preaching is voluntary, I have a reward. But if it is not voluntary, I am still entrusted with a responsibility.

  5. Acts 17:1616 votes

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

  6. Ezekiel 3:1415 votes

    So the Spirit lifted me up and took me away, and I went in bitterness and in the anger of my spirit, with the strong hand of the LORD upon me.

  7. Jeremiah 6:119 votes

    But I am full of the LORD’s wrath; I am tired of holding it back. “Pour it out on the children in the street, and on the young men gathered together. For both husband and wife will be captured, the old and the very old alike.

  8. 2 Corinthians 5:13–159 votes

    If we are out of our mind, it is for God; if we are of sound mind, it is for you. For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that One died for all, therefore all died. …

  9. Luke 9:624 votes

    Then Jesus declared, “No one who puts his hand to the plow and then looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.”

  10. John 1:2–34 votes

    He was with God in the beginning. Through Him all things were made, and without Him nothing was made that has been made.

  11. John 4:2–32 votes
  12. 1 Kings 19:3–41 vote
  13. Acts 18:51 vote
  14. Acts 15:37–38-1 votes

Which verses point to Jeremiah 20:9?

The 10 strongest of 42.