Jonah 1:14

Good News Translation

So they cried out to the Lord, “O Lord, we pray, don't punish us with death for taking this man's life! You, O Lord, are responsible for all this; it is your doing.”

Cross References

Genesis 9:6

Human beings were made like God, so whoever murders one of them will be killed by someone else.

Psalm 107:28

Then in their trouble they called to the Lord, and he saved them from their distress.

Psalm 115:3

Our God is in heaven; he does whatever he wishes.

Psalm 135:6

He does whatever he wishes in heaven and on earth, in the seas and in the depths below.

Isaiah 26:16

You punished your people, Lord, and in anguish they prayed to you.

Jonah 1:13

Instead, the sailors tried to get the ship to shore, rowing with all their might. But the storm was becoming worse and worse, and they got nowhere.

Jonah 1:16

This made the sailors so afraid of the Lord that they offered a sacrifice and promised to serve him.

Jonah 1:5

The sailors were terrified and cried out for help, each one to his own god. Then, in order to lessen the danger, they threw the cargo overboard. Meanwhile, Jonah had gone below and was lying in the ship's hold, sound asleep.

Jonah 3:8

All persons and animals must wear sackcloth. Everyone must pray earnestly to God and must give up their wicked behavior and their evil actions.

Matthew 11:26

Yes, Father, this was how you were pleased to have it happen.

Acts 28:4

The natives saw the snake hanging on Paul's hand and said to one another, “This man must be a murderer, but Fate will not let him live, even though he escaped from the sea.”

Ephesians 1:11

All things are done according to God's plan and decision; and God chose us to be his own people in union with Christ because of his own purpose, based on what he had decided from the very beginning.

Ephesians 1:9

God did what he had purposed, and made known to us the secret plan he had already decided to complete by means of Christ.

Deuteronomy 21:8

Lord, forgive your people Israel, whom you rescued from Egypt. Forgive us and do not hold us responsible for the murder of an innocent person.’