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still small voice

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  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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“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

Football, or that part of it that professes to have a conscience, breathed a huge sigh of relief but as it did so, some still small voice perhaps niggled.

From The Guardian • Aug. 24, 2020

But seen through another lens, it’s about anyone who has experienced the mystery of discernment, and heard the whispers of a still, small voice that cannot be ignored.

From Washington Post • Aug. 24, 2016

A still, small voice reminded me to return good for evil, reminded me that my plans for the future do not include fisticuffs or expulsion.

From "Bronx Masquerade" by Nikki Grimes

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