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Jeremiah 4:19-20
My anguish, my anguish! I writhe in agony! Oh, the pain in my heart! My heart pounds; I cannot be silent. For you, my soul, have heard the sound of the ram’s horn— the shout of battle.Disaster after disaster is reported because the whole land is destroyed. Suddenly my tents are destroyed, my tent curtains, in a moment.
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Ezekiel 33:7-9
“ As for you, son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel. When you hear a word from My mouth, give them a warning from Me.If I say to the wicked,‘ Wicked one, you will surely die,’ but you do not speak out to warn him about his way, that wicked person will die for his iniquity, yet I will hold you responsible for his blood.But if you warn a wicked person to turn from his way and he doesn’t turn from it, he will die for his iniquity, but you will have saved your life.
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James 3:1
Not many should become teachers, my brothers, knowing that we will receive a stricter judgment,
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Ezekiel 3:14-19
So the Spirit lifted me up and took me away. I left in bitterness and in an angry spirit, and the Lord’s hand was on me powerfully.I came to the exiles at Tel-abib, who were living by the Chebar Canal, and I sat there among them stunned for seven days.Now at the end of seven days the word of the Lord came to me:“ Son of man, I have made you a watchman over the house of Israel. When you hear a word from My mouth, give them a warning from Me.If I say to the wicked person,‘ You will surely die,’ but you do not warn him— you don’t speak out to warn him about his wicked way in order to save his life— that wicked person will die for his iniquity. Yet I will hold you responsible for his blood.But if you warn a wicked person and he does not turn from his wickedness or his wicked way, he will die for his iniquity, but you will have saved your life.
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Jeremiah 1:4-10
The word of the Lord came to me:I chose you before I formed you in the womb; I set you apart before you were born. I appointed you a prophet to the nations.But I protested,“ Oh no, Lord, God! Look, I don’t know how to speak since I am only a youth.”Then the Lord said to me: Do not say,“ I am only a youth,” for you will go to everyone I send you to and speak whatever I tell you.Do not be afraid of anyone, for I will be with you to deliver you. This is the Lord’s declaration.Then the Lord reached out His hand, touched my mouth, and told me: I have now filled your mouth with My words.See, I have appointed you today over nations and kingdoms to uproot and tear down, to destroy and demolish, to build and plant.
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Jeremiah 13:17
But if you will not listen, my innermost being will weep in secret because of your pride. My eyes will overflow with tears, for the Lord’s flock has been taken captive.
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Romans 9:1-3
I speak the truth in Christ— I am not lying; my conscience is testifying to me with the Holy Spirit—that I have intense sorrow and continual anguish in my heart.For I could almost wish to be cursed and cut off from the Messiah for the benefit of my brothers, my own flesh and blood.
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Jeremiah 9:1
If my head were a spring of water, my eyes a fountain of tears, I would weep day and night over the slain of my dear people.
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James 1:19
My dearly loved brothers, understand this: Everyone must be quick to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger,
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2 Corinthians 1 12
For this is our confidence: The testimony of our conscience is that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially toward you, with God-given sincerity and purity, not by fleshly wisdom but by God’s grace.
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2 Corinthians 2 17
For we are not like the many who market God’s message for profit. On the contrary, we speak with sincerity in Christ, as from God and before God.
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Amos 7:14-15
So Amos answered Amaziah,“ I was not a prophet or the son of a prophet; rather, I was a herdsman, and I took care of sycamore figs.But the Lord took me from following the flock and said to me,‘ Go, prophesy to My people Israel.’”
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Jeremiah 14:17-21
You are to speak this word to them: Let my eyes overflow with tears; day and night may they not stop, for the virgin daughter of my people has been destroyed by a great disaster, an extremely severe wound.If I go out to the field, look— those slain by the sword! If I enter the city, look— those ill from famine! For both prophet and priest travel to a land they do not know.Have You completely rejected Judah? Do You detest Zion? Why do You strike us with no hope of healing for us? We hoped for peace, but there was nothing good; for a time of healing, but there was only terror.We acknowledge our wickedness, Lord, the guilt of our fathers; indeed, we have sinned against You.Because of Your name, don’t despise us. Don’t disdain Your glorious throne. Remember Your covenant with us; do not break it.
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Jeremiah 18:20
Should good be repaid with evil? Yet they have dug a pit for me. Remember how I stood before You to speak good on their behalf, to turn Your anger from them.
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Acts 20:27
for I did not shrink back from declaring to you the whole plan of God.
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Acts 20:20
and that I did not shrink back from proclaiming to you anything that was profitable or from teaching it to you in public and from house to house.
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Jeremiah 20:9
If I say,“ I won’t mention Him or speak any longer in His name,” His message becomes a fire burning in my heart, shut up in my bones. I become tired of holding it in, and I cannot prevail.
