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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still small voice

“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

“The still small voice of truth is what I hear when I am writing.”

From Washington Post ● Feb. 21, 2019

In this moment there is a still small voice whispering to me.

From The Guardian ● Sep. 15, 2014

But when she began to wonder about when they might be fed, the still, small voice reminded her, Don’t think, do.

From "The Devil's Arithmetic" by Jane Yolen

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