Jonah 1:12

World English Bible (2000)

He said to them, "Take me up, and throw me into the sea. Then the sea will be calm for you; for I know that because of me this great storm is on you."

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  • 2 Sam 24:17 : 17 David spoke to Yahweh when he saw the angel who struck the people, and said, "Behold, I have sinned, and I have done perversely; but these sheep, what have they done? Please let your hand be against me, and against my father's house."
  • 1 Chr 21:17 : 17 David said to God, "Isn't it I who commanded the people to be numbered? It is even I who have sinned and done very wickedly; but these sheep, what have they done? Please let your hand, O Yahweh my God, be against me, and against my father's house; but not against your people, that they should be plagued."
  • Eccl 9:18 : 18 Wisdom is better than weapons of war; but one sinner destroys much good.
  • John 11:50 : 50 nor do you consider that it is advantageous for us that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation not perish."
  • Acts 27:24 : 24 saying, 'Don't be afraid, Paul. You must stand before Caesar. Behold, God has granted you all those who sail with you.'
  • Josh 7:12 : 12 Therefore the children of Israel can't stand before their enemies. They turn their backs before their enemies, because they have become devoted for destruction. I will not be with you any more, unless you destroy the devoted things from among you.
  • Josh 7:20-21 : 20 Achan answered Joshua, and said, "I have truly sinned against Yahweh, the God of Israel, and this is what I have done. 21 When I saw among the spoil a beautiful Babylonian robe, two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold weighing fifty shekels, then I coveted them and took them. Behold, they are hidden in the ground in the middle of my tent, with the silver under it."

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  • Jonah 1:10-11
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    91%

    10 Then were the men exceedingly afraid, and said to him, "What is this that you have done?" For the men knew that he was fleeing from the presence of Yahweh, because he had told them.

    11 Then they said to him, "What shall we do to you, that the sea may be calm to us?" For the sea grew more and more stormy.

  • Jonah 1:13-15
    3 verses
    87%

    13 Nevertheless the men rowed hard to get them back to the land; but they could not, for the sea grew more and more stormy against them.

    14 Therefore they cried to Yahweh, and said, "We beg you, Yahweh, we beg you, don't let us die for this man's life, and don't lay on us innocent blood; for you, Yahweh, have done as it pleased you."

    15 So they took up Jonah, and threw him into the sea; and the sea ceased its raging.

  • Matt 8:24-27
    4 verses
    82%

    24 Behold, a violent storm came up on the sea, so much that the boat was covered with the waves, but he was asleep.

    25 They came to him, and woke him up, saying, "Save us, Lord! We are dying!"

    26 He said to them, "Why are you fearful, O you of little faith?" Then he got up, rebuked the wind and the sea, and there was a great calm.

    27 The men marveled, saying, "What kind of man is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?"

  • Mark 4:37-41
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    81%

    37 A big wind storm arose, and the waves beat into the boat, so much that the boat was already filled.

    38 He himself was in the stern, asleep on the cushion, and they woke him up, and told him, "Teacher, don't you care that we are dying?"

    39 He awoke, and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, "Peace! Be still!" The wind ceased, and there was a great calm.

    40 He said to them, "Why are you so afraid? How is it that you have no faith?"

    41 They were greatly afraid, and said to one another, "Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?"

  • Luke 8:22-25
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    22 Now it happened on one of those days, that he entered into a boat, himself and his disciples, and he said to them, "Let's go over to the other side of the lake." So they launched out.

    23 But as they sailed, he fell asleep. A wind storm came down on the lake, and they were taking on dangerous amounts of water.

    24 They came to him, and awoke him, saying, "Master, master, we are dying!" He awoke, and rebuked the wind and the raging of the water, and they ceased, and it was calm.

    25 He said to them, "Where is your faith?" Being afraid they marveled, saying one to another, "Who is this, then, that he commands even the winds and the water, and they obey him?"

  • Jonah 1:4-6
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    4 But Yahweh sent out a great wind on the sea, and there was a mighty storm on the sea, so that the ship was likely to break up.

    5 Then the mariners were afraid, and every man cried to his god. They threw the cargo that was in the ship into the sea to lighten the ship. But Jonah had gone down into the innermost parts of the ship, and he was laying down, and was fast asleep.

    6 So the shipmaster came to him, and said to him, "What do you mean, sleeper? Arise, call on your God! Maybe your God will notice us, so that we won't perish."

  • Matt 14:24
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    24 But the boat was now in the middle of the sea, distressed by the waves, for the wind was contrary.

  • John 6:18-20
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    78%

    18 The sea was tossed by a great wind blowing.

    19 When therefore they had rowed about twenty-five or thirty stadia, they saw Jesus walking on the sea, and drawing near to the boat; and they were afraid.

    20 But he said to them, "It is I. Don't be afraid."

  • Matt 14:32
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    32 When they got up into the boat, the wind ceased.

  • Ps 107:29-30
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    29 He makes the storm a calm, so that its waves are still.

    30 Then they are glad because it is calm, so he brings them to their desired haven.

  • Acts 27:17-18
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    77%

    17 After they had hoisted it up, they used cables to help reinforce the ship. Fearing that they would run aground on the Syrtis sand bars, they lowered the sea anchor, and so were driven along.

    18 As we labored exceedingly with the storm, the next day they began to throw things overboard.

  • Matt 14:30
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    30 But when he saw that the wind was strong, he was afraid, and beginning to sink, he cried out, saying, "Lord, save me!"

  • Acts 27:39-41
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    76%

    39 When it was day, they didn't recognize the land, but they noticed a certain bay with a beach, and they decided to try to drive the ship onto it.

    40 Casting off the anchors, they left them in the sea, at the same time untying the rudder ropes. Hoisting up the foresail to the wind, they made for the beach.

    41 But coming to a place where two seas met, they ran the vessel aground. The bow struck and remained immovable, but the stern began to break up by the violence of the waves.

  • Ps 107:25-26
    2 verses
    76%

    25 For he commands, and raises the stormy wind, which lifts up its waves.

    26 They mount up to the sky; they go down again to the depths. Their soul melts away because of trouble.

  • Mark 6:47-51
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    47 When evening had come, the boat was in the midst of the sea, and he was alone on the land.

    48 Seeing them distressed in rowing, for the wind was contrary to them, about the fourth watch of the night he came to them, walking on the sea, and he would have passed by them,

    49 but they, when they saw him walking on the sea, supposed that it was a ghost, and cried out;

    50 for they all saw him, and were troubled. But he immediately spoke with them, and said to them, "Cheer up! It is I! Don't be afraid."

    51 He got into the boat with them; and the wind ceased, and they were very amazed among themselves, and marveled;

  • Matt 14:26-27
    2 verses
    76%

    26 When the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, "It's a ghost!" and they cried out for fear.

    27 But immediately Jesus spoke to them, saying "Cheer up! It is I! Don't be afraid."

  • Acts 27:14-15
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    75%

    14 But before long, a stormy wind beat down from shore, which is called Euroclydon.

    15 When the ship was caught, and couldn't face the wind, we gave way to it, and were driven along.

  • Jonah 2:3
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    3 For you threw me into the depths, in the heart of the seas. The flood was all around me. All your waves and your billows passed over me.

  • Jonah 1:8
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    8 Then they asked him, "Tell us, please, for whose cause this evil is on us. What is your occupation? Where do you come from? What is your country? Of what people are you?"

  • Acts 27:25-26
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    25 Therefore, sirs, cheer up! For I believe God, that it will be just as it has been spoken to me.

    26 But we must run aground on a certain island."

  • Mark 4:35
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    35 On that day, when evening had come, he said to them, "Let's go over to the other side."