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Amos 3:4
Does a lion roar in the woods if he has not cornered his prey? Does a young lion bellow from his den if he has not caught something?
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Jeremiah 20:9
Sometimes I think,“ I will make no mention of his message. I will not speak as his messenger any more.” But then his message becomes like a fire locked up inside of me, burning in my heart and soul. I grow weary of trying to hold it in; I cannot contain it.
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Acts 4:20
for it is impossible for us not to speak about what we have seen and heard.”
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Amos 1:2
Amos said:“ The LORD comes roaring out of Zion; from Jerusalem he comes bellowing! The shepherds’ pastures wilt; the summit of Carmel withers.”
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Amos 7:12-17
Amaziah then said to Amos,“ Leave, you visionary! Run away to the land of Judah! Earn your living and prophesy there!Don’t prophesy at Bethel any longer, for a royal temple and palace are here!”Amos replied to Amaziah,“ I was not a prophet by profession. No, I was a herdsman who also took care of sycamore fig trees.Then the LORD took me from tending flocks and gave me this commission,‘ Go! Prophesy to my people Israel!’So now listen to the LORD’s message! You say,‘ Don’t prophesy against Israel! Don’t preach against the family of Isaac!’“ Therefore this is what the LORD says:‘ Your wife will become a prostitute in the streets and your sons and daughters will die violently. Your land will be given to others and you will die in a foreign land. Israel will certainly be carried into exile away from its land.’”
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Revelation 5:5
Then one of the elders said to me,“ Stop weeping! Look, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the root of David, has conquered; thus he can open the scroll and its seven seals.”
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1 Corinthians 9 16
For if I preach the gospel, I have no reason for boasting, because I am compelled to do this. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel!
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Amos 2:12
“ But you made the Nazirites drink wine; you commanded the prophets,‘ Do not prophesy!’
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Acts 5:20
“ Go and stand in the temple courts and proclaim to the people all the words of this life.”
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Acts 5:29
But Peter and the apostles replied,“ We must obey God rather than people.
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Jonah 3:1-3
The LORD said to Jonah a second time,“ Go immediately to Nineveh, that large city, and proclaim to it the message that I tell you.”So Jonah went immediately to Nineveh, as the LORD had said.( Now Nineveh was an enormous city– it required three days to walk through it!)
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Jonah 1:1-3
The LORD said to Jonah son of Amittai,“ Go immediately to Nineveh, that large capital city, and announce judgment against its people because their wickedness has come to my attention.”Instead, Jonah immediately headed off to Tarshish to escape from the commission of the LORD. He traveled to Joppa and found a merchant ship heading to Tarshish. So he paid the fare and went aboard it to go with them to Tarshish far away from the LORD.
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Job 32:18-19
For I am full of words, and the spirit within me constrains me.Inside I am like wine which has no outlet, like new wineskins ready to burst!
