Jonah 1:6

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

The ship's captain went to him and said, “How can you sleep at a time like this? Get up and pray to your God! Perhaps he will have pity on us and keep us from drowning.”

Cross References

2 Samuel 12:22

David answered: While he was still alive, I went without food and cried because there was still hope. I said to myself, “Who knows? Perhaps the LORD will have pity on me and let the child live.”

Esther 4:16

“Bring together all the Jews in Susa and tell them to go without eating for my sake! Don't eat or drink for three days and nights. My servant girls and I will do the same. Then I will go in to see the king, even if it means I must die.”

Psalm 107:6

You were in serious trouble, but you prayed to the LORD, and he rescued you.

Psalm 78:34

After he killed some of them, the others turned to him with all their hearts.

Isaiah 3:15

The LORD All-Powerful says, “You have crushed my people and rubbed in the dust the faces of the poor.”

Ezekiel 18:2

Ezekiel, I hear the people of Israel using the old saying, “Sour grapes eaten by parents leave a sour taste in the mouths of their children.”

Joel 2:11

The LORD God leads this army of countless troops, and they obey his commands. The day of his judgment is so terrible that no one can stand it.

Amos 5:15

Choose good instead of evil! See that justice is done. Perhaps I, the LORD All-Powerful, will be kind to what's left of your people.

Acts 21:13

But Paul answered, “Why are you crying and breaking my heart? I am not only willing to be put in jail for the Lord Jesus. I am even willing to die for him in Jerusalem!”

Romans 13:11

You know what sort of times we live in, and so you should live properly. It is time to wake up. You know that the day when we will be saved is nearer now than when we first put our faith in the Lord.

Ephesians 5:14

Light shows up everything, just as the Scriptures say, “Wake up from your sleep and rise from death. Then Christ will shine on you.”