Jonah 1:14

New Century Version

So the men cried to the Lord, “Lord, please don’t let us die because of this man’s life; please don’t think we are guilty of killing an innocent person. Lord, you have caused all this to happen; you wanted it this way.”

Cross References

Genesis 9:6

“Whoever kills a human being will be killed by a human being, because God made humans in his own image.

Psalm 107:28

In their misery they cried out to the Lord, and he saved them from their troubles.

Psalm 115:3

Our God is in heaven. He does what he pleases.

Psalm 135:6

The Lord does what he pleases, in heaven and on earth, in the seas and the deep oceans.

Isaiah 26:16

Lord, people remember you when they are in trouble; they say quiet prayers to you when you punish them.

Jonah 1:13

Instead, the men tried to row the ship back to the land, but they could not, because the sea was becoming more stormy.

Jonah 1:16

Then they began to fear the Lord very much; they offered a sacrifice to the Lord and made promises to him.

Jonah 1:5

The sailors were afraid, and each man cried to his own god. They began throwing the cargo from the ship into the sea to make the ship lighter. But Jonah had gone down far inside the ship to lie down, and he fell fast asleep.

Jonah 3:8

But every person and animal should be covered with rough cloth, and people should cry loudly to God. Everyone must turn away from evil living and stop doing harm all the time.

Matthew 11:26

Yes, Father, this is what you really wanted.

Acts 28:4

The people living on the island saw the snake hanging from Paul’s hand and said to each other, “This man must be a murderer! He did not die in the sea, but Justice does not want him to live.”

Ephesians 1:11

In Christ we were chosen to be God’s people, because from the very beginning God had decided this in keeping with his plan. And he is the One who makes everything agree with what he decides and wants.

Ephesians 1:9

let us know his secret purpose. This was what God wanted, and he planned to do it through Christ.

Deuteronomy 21:8

Lord, remove this sin from your people Israel, whom you have saved. Don’t blame your people, the Israelites, for the murder of this innocent person.” And so the murder will be paid for.