Job 32:18

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Job 32:16–20 · Berean Standard Bible

16 Must I wait, now that they are silent, now that they stand and no longer reply?

17 I too will answer; yes, I will declare what I know.

18 For I am full of words, and my spirit within me compels me.

19 Behold, my belly is like unvented wine; it is about to burst like a new wineskin.

20 I must speak and find relief; I must open my lips and respond.

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Psalms 39:3

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

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.

Ezekiel 3:14

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.

Ezekiel 3:15

I came to the exiles at Tel-abib who dwelt by the River Kebar. And for seven days I sat where they sat and remained there among them, overwhelmed.

Ezekiel 3:16

At the end of seven days the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

Ezekiel 3:17

“Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from My mouth, give them a warning from Me.

Ezekiel 3:18

If I say to the wicked man, ‘You will surely die,’ but you do not warn him or speak out to warn him from his wicked way to save his life, that wicked man will die in his iniquity, and I will hold you responsible for his blood.

Ezekiel 3:19

But if you warn a wicked man and he does not turn from his wickedness and his wicked way, he will die in his iniquity, but you will have saved yourself.

Ezekiel 3:20

Now if a righteous man turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, and I put a stumbling block before him, he will die. If you did not warn him, he will die in his sin, and the righteous acts he did will not be remembered. And I will hold you responsible for his blood.

Ezekiel 3:21

But if you warn the righteous man not to sin, and he does not sin, he will indeed live because he heeded your warning, and you will have saved yourself.”

Ezekiel 3:22

And there the hand of the LORD was upon me, and He said to me, “Get up, go out to the plain, and there I will speak with you.”

Ezekiel 3:23

So I got up and went out to the plain, and behold, the glory of the LORD was present there, like the glory I had seen by the River Kebar, and I fell facedown.

Ezekiel 3:24

Then the Spirit entered me and set me on my feet. He spoke with me and said, “Go, shut yourself inside your house.

Ezekiel 3:25

And you, son of man, they will tie with ropes, and you will be bound so that you cannot go out among the people.

Ezekiel 3:26

I will make your tongue stick to the roof of your mouth, and you will be silent and unable to rebuke them, though they are a rebellious house.

Ezekiel 3:27

But when I speak with you, I will open your mouth, and you are to tell them, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says.’ Whoever listens, let him listen; and whoever refuses, let him refuse, for they are a rebellious house.

Acts 4:20

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

2 Corinthians 5:13

If we are out of our mind, it is for God; if we are of sound mind, it is for you.

2 Corinthians 5:14

For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that One died for all, therefore all died.