Jonah 1:5

New American Bible - revised edition

Then the sailors were afraid and each one cried to his god. To lighten the ship for themselves, they threw its cargo into the sea. Meanwhile, Jonah had gone down into the hold of the ship, and lay there fast asleep.

Cross References

1 Kings 18:26

Taking the young bull that was turned over to them, they prepared it and called upon Baal from morning to noon, saying, “Baal, answer us!” But there was no sound, and no one answering. And they hopped around the altar they had prepared.

Job 2:4

The satan answered the Lord and said, “Skin for skin! All that a man has he will give for his life.

Psalm 107:25

He commanded and roused a storm wind; it tossed the waves on high.

Psalm 148:8

Lightning and hail, snow and thick clouds, storm wind that fulfills his command;

Ecclesiastes 3:6

A time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away.

Isaiah 45:20

Come and assemble, gather together, you fugitives from among the nations! They are without knowledge who bear wooden idols and pray to gods that cannot save.

Jeremiah 2:28

Where are the gods you made for yourselves? Let them rise up! Will they save you in your time of trouble? For as numerous as your cities are your gods, O Judah! And as many as the streets of Jerusalem are the altars you have set up for Baal.

Hosea 7:14

They have not cried to me from their hearts when they wailed upon their beds; For wheat and wine they lacerated themselves; they rebelled against me.

Jonah 1:14

Then they cried to the Lord: “Please, O Lord, do not let us perish for taking this man’s life; do not charge us with shedding innocent blood, for you, Lord, have accomplished what you desired.”

Jonah 1:16

Seized with great fear of the Lord, the men offered sacrifice to the Lord and made vows.

Jonah 1:6

The captain approached him and said, “What are you doing asleep? Get up, call on your god! Perhaps this god will be mindful of us so that we will not perish.”

Matthew 25:5

Since the bridegroom was long delayed, they all became drowsy and fell asleep.

Matthew 26:43

Then he returned once more and found them asleep, for they could not keep their eyes open.

Matthew 26:45

Then he returned to his disciples and said to them, “Are you still sleeping and taking your rest? Behold, the hour is at hand when the Son of Man is to be handed over to sinners.

Acts 27:38

After they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship by throwing the wheat into the sea.

Judges 16:19

She put him to sleep on her lap, and called for a man who shaved off the seven locks of his hair. He immediately became helpless, for his strength had left him.

1 Samuel 24:3

So Saul took three thousand of the best men from all Israel and went in search of David and his men in the direction of the wild goat crags.