Jonah 1:5

New Century Version

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.

Cross References

1 Kings 18:26

So they took the bull that was given to them and prepared it. They prayed to Baal from morning until noon, shouting “Baal, answer us!” But there was no sound, and no one answered. They danced around the altar they had built.

Job 2:4

“One skin for another!” Satan answered. “A man will give all he has to save his own life.

Psalm 107:25

He spoke, and a storm came up, which blew up high waves.

Psalm 148:8

lightning and hail, snow and mist, and stormy winds that obey him,

Ecclesiastes 3:6

There is a time to look for something and a time to stop looking for it. There is a time to keep things and a time to throw things away.

Isaiah 45:20

“You people who have escaped from other nations, gather together and come before me; come near together. People who carry idols of wood don’t know what they are doing. They pray to a god who cannot save them.

Jeremiah 2:28

Where are the idols you made for yourselves? Let them come and save you when you are in trouble! People of Judah, you have as many idols as you have towns!

Hosea 7:14

They do not call to me from their hearts. They just lie on their beds and cry. They come together to ask for grain and new wine, but they really turn away from me.

Jonah 1:14

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.”

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 1:6

The captain of the ship came and said, “Why are you sleeping? Get up and pray to your god! Maybe your god will pay attention to us, and we won’t die!”

Matthew 25:5

Because the bridegroom was late, they became sleepy and went to sleep.

Matthew 26:43

Then he went back to his followers, and again he found them asleep, because their eyes were heavy.

Matthew 26:45

Then Jesus went back to his followers and said, “Are you still sleeping and resting? The time has come for the Son of Man to be handed over to sinful people.

Acts 27:38

When they had eaten all they wanted, they began making the ship lighter by throwing the grain into the sea.

Judges 16:19

Delilah got Samson to sleep, lying in her lap. Then she called in a man to shave off the seven braids of Samson’s hair. In this way she began to make him weak, and his strength left him.

1 Samuel 24:3

Saul came to the sheep pens beside the road. A cave was there, and he went in to relieve himself. Now David and his men were hiding far back in the cave.