Jonah 2:2

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

“I was in very bad trouble. I called to the Lord for help, and he answered me. I was deep in the grave. I cried to you, and you heard my voice.

Cross References

Psalm 120:1

I was in trouble. I called to the Lord for help, and he answered me!

Psalm 34:6

As a poor, helpless man I prayed to the Lord, and he heard me. He saved me from all my troubles.

Psalm 86:13

You have such great love for me. You save me from the place of death.

Hebrews 5:7

While Jesus lived on earth he prayed to God, asking for help from the one who could save him from death. He prayed to God with loud cries and tears. And his prayers were answered because of his great respect for God.

1 Samuel 30:6

All the men in the army were sad and angry because their sons and daughters were taken as prisoners. The men were talking about killing David with stones. This upset David very much, but he found strength in the Lord his God.

Matthew 12:40

Jonah was in the stomach of the big fish for three days and three nights. In the same way, the Son of Man will be in the grave three days and three nights.

Psalm 116:3

Death’s ropes were around me. The grave was closing in on me. I was worried and afraid.

Psalm 22:24

He does not ignore those who need help. He does not hate them. He does not turn away from them. He listens when they cry for help.

Psalm 4:1

God, you showed that I was innocent. You gave me relief from all my troubles. So listen to me now when I call to you for help. Be kind to me and hear my prayer.

Luke 22:44

Jesus was full of pain; he struggled hard in prayer. Sweat dripped from his face like drops of blood falling to the ground.

Isaiah 14:9

The place of death is excited that you are coming. Sheol is waking the spirits of all the leaders of the earth for you. Sheol is making the kings stand up from their thrones to meet you.

Psalm 65:2

Anyone can come to you, and you will listen to their prayers.

Psalm 61:2

From a faraway land I call to you for help. I feel so weak and helpless! Carry me to a high rock where no one can reach me.

Psalm 16:10

because you will not leave me in the place of death. You will not let your faithful one rot in the grave.

Acts 2:27

because you will not leave me in the place of death. You will not let the body of your Holy One rot in the grave.

1 Samuel 1:16

Don’t think I am a bad woman. I have been praying so long because I have so many troubles and am very sad.”

Lamentations 3:55

Lord, I called your name from the bottom of the pit.

Ezekiel 26:20

I will send you down into that deep hole—to the place of death. You will join those who died long ago. I will send you to the world below, like all the other old, empty cities. You will be with all the others who go down to the grave. No one will live in you then. You will never again be in the land of the living!

Ezekiel 31:14

“Now, none of the trees by that water will be proud. They will not try to reach the clouds. None of the strong trees that drink that water will brag about being tall, because all of them must die. They will all go down into the world below, to Sheol, the place of death. They will join the other people who died and went down into that deep hole.”

2 Chronicles 33:12

When these troubles came to him, Manasseh begged for help from the Lord his God. He humbled himself before the God of his ancestors.

Luke 11:10

Yes, whoever continues to ask will receive. Whoever continues to look will find. And whoever continues to knock will have the door opened for them.