still small voice

Idioms and Phrases

One's conscience, as in I'd love to go but a still small voice tells me I really have to stay home and work . The term comes from the Bible (I Kings 19:12), where Elijah hears his own inner voice: “And after the earthquake a fire ... and after the fire a still small voice.”

Example Sentences

The still small voice of self-approval whispers me it is not from me.

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A flash of lightning and a crash of thunder may be seen and heard; it is the still small voice that leads the hero to success.

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In the depth of his heart there was a still small voice which told him that, say what he might, he had acted cruelly.

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He was listening to the still small voice that told him half of his purpose was accomplished.

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They hear the blatant trumpeting of desire: not the still small voice of conscience.

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