Acts 27:22
And now I exhort you to be of good cheer; for there shall be no loss of life among you, but [only] of the ship.
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- Acts 27:36 : 36 Then were they all of good cheer, and themselves also took food.
- Acts 27:25 : 25 Wherefore, sirs, be of good cheer: for I believe God, that it shall be even so as it hath been spoken unto me.
- Acts 27:31 : 31 Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, Except these abide in the ship, ye cannot be saved.
- Acts 27:34 : 34 Wherefore I beseech you to take some food: for this is for your safety: for there shall not a hair perish from the head of any of you.
- Acts 27:44 : 44 and the rest, some on planks, and some on [other] things from the ship. And so it came to pass, that they all escaped safe to the land.
- 2 Cor 1:4-6 : 4 who comforteth us in all our affliction, that we may be able to comfort them that are in any affliction, through the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God. 5 For as the sufferings of Christ abound unto us, even so our comfort also aboundeth through Christ. 6 But whether we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; or whether we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which worketh in the patient enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer:
- 2 Cor 4:8-9 : 8 [ we are] pressed on every side, yet not straitened; perplexed, yet not unto despair; 9 pursued, yet not forsaken; smitten down, yet not destroyed;
- 1 Sam 30:6 : 6 And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David strengthened himself in Jehovah his God.
- Ezra 10:2 : 2 And Shecaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered and said unto Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, and have married foreign women of the peoples of the land: yet now there is hope for Israel concerning this thing.
- Job 2:4 : 4 And Satan answered Jehovah, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life.
- Job 22:29-30 : 29 When they cast [thee] down, thou shalt say, [There is] lifting up; And the humble person he will save. 30 He will deliver [even] him that is not innocent: Yea, he shall be delivered through the cleanness of thy hands.
- Ps 112:7 : 7 He shall not be afraid of evil tidings: His heart is fixed, trusting in Jehovah.
- Isa 43:1-2 : 1 But now thus saith Jehovah that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel: Fear not, for I have redeemed thee; I have called thee by thy name, thou art mine. 2 When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned, neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.
- Acts 23:11 : 11 And the night following the Lord stood by him, and said, Be of good cheer: for as thou hast testified concerning me at Jerusalem, so must thou bear witness also at Rome.
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- Acts 27:6-2116 verses82%
6And there the centurion found a ship of Alexandria sailing for Italy; and he put us therein.
7And when we had sailed slowly many days, and were come with difficulty over against Cnidus, the wind not further suffering us, we sailed under the lee of Crete, over against Salmone;
8and with difficulty coasting along it we came unto a certain place called Fair Havens; nigh whereunto was the city of Lasea.
9And when much time was spent, and the voyage was now dangerous, because the Fast was now already gone by, Paul admonished them,
10and said unto them, Sirs, I perceive that the voyage will be with injury and much loss, not only of the lading and the ship, but also of our lives.
11But the centurion gave more heed to the master and to the owner of the ship, than to those things which were spoken by Paul.
12And because the haven was not commodious to winter in, the more part advised to put to sea from thence, if by any means they could reach Phoenix, and winter [there; which is] a haven of Crete, looking north-east and south-east.
13And when the south wind blew softly, supposing that they had obtained their purpose, they weighed anchor and sailed along Crete, close in shore.
14But after no long time there beat down from it a tempestuous wind, which is called Euraquilo:
15and when the ship was caught, and could not face the wind, we gave way [to it], and were driven.
16And running under the lee of a small island called Cauda, we were able, with difficulty, to secure the boat:
17and when they had hoisted it up, they used helps, under-girding the ship; and, fearing lest they should be cast upon the Syrtis, they lowered the gear, and so were driven.
18And as we labored exceedingly with the storm, the next day they began to throw the [the freight] overboard;
19and the third day they cast out with their own hands the tackling of the ship.
20And when neither sun nor stars shone upon [us] for many days, and no small tempest lay on [us], all hope that we should be saved was now taken away.
21And when they had been long without food, then Paul stood forth in the midst of them, and said, Sirs, ye should have hearkened unto me, and not have set sail from Crete, and have gotten this injury and loss.
- Acts 27:23-275 verses82%
23For there stood by me this night an angel of the God whose I am, whom also I serve,
24saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must stand before Caesar: and lo, God hath granted thee all them that sail with thee.
25Wherefore, sirs, be of good cheer: for I believe God, that it shall be even so as it hath been spoken unto me.
26But we must be cast upon a certain island.
27But when the fourteenth night was come, as we were driven to and fro in the [sea of] Adria, about midnight the sailors surmised that they were drawing near to some country:
- Acts 27:29-324 verses78%
29And fearing lest haply we should be cast ashore on rocky ground, they let go four anchors from the stern, and wished for the day.
30And as the sailors were seeking to flee out of the ship, and had lowered the boat into the sea, under color as though they would lay out anchors from the foreship,
31Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, Except these abide in the ship, ye cannot be saved.
32Then the soldiers cut away the ropes of the boat, and let her fall off.
- Acts 27:36-449 verses74%
36Then were they all of good cheer, and themselves also took food.
37And we were in all in the ship two hundred threescore and sixteen souls.
38And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, throwing out the wheat into the sea.
39And when it was day, they knew not the land: but they perceived a certain bay with a beach, and they took counsel whether they could drive the ship upon it.
40And casting off the anchors, they left them in the sea, at the same time loosing the bands of the rudders; and hoisting up the foresail to the wind, they made for the beach.
41But lighting upon a place where two seas met, they ran the vessel aground; and the foreship struck and remained unmoveable, but the stern began to break up by the violence [of the waves] .
42And the soldiers' counsel was to kill the prisoners, lest any [of them] should swim out, and escape.
43But the centurion, desiring to save Paul, stayed them from their purpose; and commanded that they who could swim should cast themselves overboard, and get first to the land;
44and the rest, some on planks, and some on [other] things from the ship. And so it came to pass, that they all escaped safe to the land.
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11And the night following the Lord stood by him, and said, Be of good cheer: for as thou hast testified concerning me at Jerusalem, so must thou bear witness also at Rome.
- Jonah 1:11-133 verses71%
11Then said they unto him, What shall we do unto thee, that the sea may be calm unto us? for the sea grew more and more tempestuous.
12And he said unto them, Take me up, and cast me forth into the sea; so shall the sea be calm unto you: for I know that for my sake this great tempest is upon you.
13Nevertheless the men rowed hard to get them back to the land; but they could not: for the sea grew more and more tempestuous against them.
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34Wherefore I beseech you to take some food: for this is for your safety: for there shall not a hair perish from the head of any of you.
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12And they brought the lad alive, and were not a little comforted.
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27But straightway Jesus spake unto them, saying Be of good cheer; it is I; be not afraid.
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28But Paul cried with a loud voice, saying, Do thyself no harm: for we are all here.
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10And Paul went down, and fell on him, and embracing him said, Make ye no ado; for his life is in him.
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50for they all saw him, and were troubled. But he straightway spake with them, and saith unto them, Be of good cheer: it is I; be not afraid.
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38sorrowing most of all for the word which he had spoken, that they should behold his face no more. And they brought him on his way unto the ship.
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26men that have hazarded their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
- Mark 4:37-382 verses66%
37And there ariseth a great storm of wind, and the waves beat into the boat, insomuch that the boat was now filling.
38And he himself was in the stern, asleep on the cushion: and they awake him, and say unto him, Teacher, carest thou not that we perish?
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24And behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch that the boat was covered with the waves: but he was asleep.
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28and in nothing affrighted by the adversaries: which is for them an evident token of perdition, but of your salvation, and that from God;