Jonah 1:6

Easy To Read Version

The captain of the boat saw Jonah and said, “Wake up! Why are you sleeping? Pray to your god! Maybe your god will hear your prayer and save us!”

Cross References

2 Samuel 12:22

David said, “While the baby was still living, I refused to eat and I cried because I thought, ‘Who knows? Maybe the Lord will feel sorry for me and let the baby live.’

Psalm 107:6

Then they called to the Lord for help.\par And he saved them from their troubles.\par

Psalm 78:34

Whenever God killed some of them,\par the others would turn back to him.\par They would come running back to God.\par

Isaiah 3:15

What gives you the right to hurt my people? What gives you the right to push the faces of the poor people into the dirt?” My Master, the Lord All-Powerful said these things.

Ezekiel 18:2

“You people keep repeating this proverb. Why? You say:

Joel 2:11

The Lord calls loudly to his army.\par His camp is very large.\par That army obeys his commands.\par That army is very powerful.\par The Lord’s special day\par is a great and terrible day.\par No person can stop it.\par

Amos 5:15

Hate evil and love goodness.\par Bring fairness back into the courts.\par Maybe then the Lord God All-Powerful\par will be kind to the survivors {\cf2\super [70]} \par from Joseph’s family.\par

Jonah 3:8

But every person and every animal must be covered with a special cloth \{to show he is sad\}. People must cry loudly to God. Every person must change his life and stop doing bad things.

Jonah 3:9

Then maybe God will change and not do the things he had planned. Maybe God will change and not be angry. Then maybe we will not be punished.

Acts 21:13

But Paul said, “Why are you crying? Why are you making me so sad? I am ready to be tied in Jerusalem. I am also ready to die for the name of the Lord Jesus!”

Romans 13:11

I say these things because you know that we live in an important time. Yes, it is now time for you to wake up from your sleep. Our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed.

Ephesians 5:14

And everything that is made easy to see can become light. This is why we say: