Jonah 1:5

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The sailors were terrified and each of them prayed to their own god to save them. They threw the cargo overboard to make the ship lighter. Meanwhile, Jonah had gone down into the hold where he had laid down and fallen fast asleep.

Cross References

1 Kings 18:26

So they took the bull provided and prepared it. Then they called on Baal by name from morning until noon. “Baal, answer us!” they pleaded. But no voice was heard, no one answered. They hobbled in a dance around the altar they had made.

Job 2:4

“Skin for skin!” Satan replied. “A man will give up everything to save his life.

Psalm 107:25

He only had to speak to cause a stormy wind that stirred up towering waves,

Psalm 148:8

lightning and hail, snow and clouds, and stormy wind—everything that does as he commands.

Ecclesiastes 3:6

A time of searching, and a time of giving up searching. A time of keeping, and a time of throwing away.

Isaiah 45:20

Gather yourselves together, and come, come close, you refugees of the nations. Aren't they stupid, these people who carry around their wooden idols, and who pray to a god that can't save them?

Jeremiah 2:28

So where are these “gods” of yours that you made for yourselves? Let them come and help you when you're in trouble! Let them save you if they can, because you Israelites have as many gods as you have towns.

Hosea 7:14

They do not cry out to me with sincere minds; instead they lie on their beds howling. They assemble together and gash themselves to gain grain and new wine, but they turn away from me.

Jonah 1:14

Then they called out to the Lord, “Lord! Please don't kill us for sacrificing this man's life or for spilling innocent blood, for you, Lord, made it happen.”

Jonah 1:16

The sailors were overcome with fear. They offered a sacrifice to the Lord and made many promises to him.

Jonah 1:6

The ship's captain went to Jonah and asked him, “How can you be sleeping? Get up and pray to your God. Maybe he will take notice of what's happening to us and we won't drown.”

Matthew 25:5

The bridegroom took a long time and all the girls became drowsy and fell asleep.

Matthew 26:43

He went back and found them sleeping, for they just couldn't stay awake.

Matthew 26:45

Then he returned to the disciples, and told them, “How can you still be sleeping and resting? Look, the time has come. The Son of man is about to be betrayed into the hands of sinners!

Acts 27:38

Once they'd had enough to eat, the crew made the ship lighter by throwing the supplies of wheat overboard.

Judges 16:19

Delilah soothed him to sleep on her lap, and then called in someone to shave off the seven braids of hair. She started to torment him but he couldn't do anything for his strength left him.

1 Samuel 24:3

As Saul passed the sheep pens on the way, there was a cave, and he went in to relieve himself. David and his men were hiding deep inside the cave.