Jonah 2:2

God's Word

Jonah prayed: “I called to the Lord in my distress, and he answered me. From the depths of my ⌞watery⌟ grave I cried for help, and you heard my cry.

Cross References

Psalm 120:1

When I was in trouble, I cried out to the Lord, and he answered me.

Psalm 34:6

Here is a poor man who called out. The Lord heard him and saved him from all his troubles.

Psalm 86:13

because your mercy toward me is great. You have rescued me from the depths of hell.

Hebrews 5:7

During his life on earth, Jesus prayed to God, who could save him from death. He prayed and pleaded with loud crying and tears, and he was heard because of his devotion to God.

1 Samuel 30:6

David was in great distress because the people in their bitterness said he should be stoned. (They were thinking of their sons and daughters. But David found strength in the Lord his God.)

Matthew 12:40

Just as Jonah was in the belly of a huge fish for three days and three nights, so the Son of Man will be in the heart of the earth for three days and three nights.

Psalm 116:3

The ropes of death became tangled around me. The horrors of the grave took hold of me. I experienced pain and agony.

Psalm 22:24

The Lord has not despised or been disgusted with the plight of the oppressed one. He has not hidden his face from that person. The Lord heard when that oppressed person cried out to him for help.

Psalm 4:1

Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness. You have freed me from my troubles. Have pity on me, and hear my prayer!

Luke 22:44

So he prayed very hard in anguish. His sweat became like drops of blood falling to the ground.

Isaiah 14:9

Sheol below wakes up to meet you when you come. It wakes up the ghosts of the dead, all who were leaders on earth. It raises all who were kings of the nations from their thrones.

Psalm 65:2

You are the one who hears prayers. Everyone will come to you.

Psalm 61:2

From the ends of the earth, I call to you when I begin to lose heart. Lead me to the rock that is high above me.

Psalm 16:10

because you do not abandon my soul to the grave or allow your holy one to decay.

Acts 2:27

because you do not abandon my soul to the grave or allow your holy one to decay.

1 Samuel 1:16

Don’t take me to be a good-for-nothing woman. I was praying like this because I’ve been troubled and tormented.”

Lamentations 3:55

“I call your name from the deepest pit, O Lord.

Ezekiel 26:20

I will bring you down with those who descend to the grave to join the people of long ago. I will make you live below the earth among the ancient ruins with those who go down to the grave. You will never return or take your place in the land of the living.

Ezekiel 31:14

Then all the other trees growing by the water were kept from becoming arrogant because of their height, and their tops were no longer allowed to reach the clouds. So no tree, even if it is well-watered, will ever stand that tall. Every tree is going to die and go below the earth to join those who have died and gone down to the pit.

2 Chronicles 33:12

When he experienced this distress, he begged the Lord his God to be kind and humbled himself in front of the God of his ancestors.

Luke 11:10

Everyone who asks will receive. The one who searches will find, and for the person who knocks, the door will be opened.