still small voice

Idioms  

1. 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.”

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Example Sentences

“A still small voice took over me,” she said.

From New York Times • Mar. 28, 2024

The actor then told his followers that "outer silence" is a good way for people to "hear the still, small voice of God."

From Fox News • Jan. 19, 2022

“A still small voice frequently asked me, where is your God?” he wrote recently in his journal.

From Washington Post • May 29, 2016

God is not in the fire or the wind, but in the still small voice.

From Time • Mar. 16, 2014

“This body is just a shell of who I am,” Peach said in a still, small voice.

From Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles

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