Jonah 1:6

New Century Version

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!”

Cross References

2 Samuel 12:22

David said, “While the baby was still alive, I fasted, and I cried. I thought, ‘Who knows? Maybe the Lord will feel sorry for me and let the baby live.’

Esther 4:16

“Go and get all the Jewish people in Susa together. For my sake, fast; do not eat or drink for three days, night and day. I and my servant girls will also fast. Then I will go to the king, even though it is against the law, and if I die, I die.”

Psalm 107:6

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

Psalm 78:34

Anytime he killed them, they would look to him for help; they would come back to God and follow him.

Isaiah 3:15

What gives you the right to crush my people and grind the faces of the poor into the dirt?” The Lord God All-Powerful says this.

Ezekiel 18:2

“What do you mean by using this saying about the land of Israel: ‘The parents have eaten sour grapes, and that caused the children to grind their teeth from the sour taste’?

Joel 2:11

The Lord shouts out orders to his army. His army is very large! Those who obey him are very strong! The Lord’s day of judging is an overwhelming and terrible day. No one can stand up against it!

Amos 5:15

Hate evil and love good; be fair in the courts. Maybe the Lord God All-Powerful will be kind to the people of Joseph who are left alive.

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.

Jonah 3:9

Who knows? Maybe God will change his mind. Maybe he will stop being angry, and then we will not die.

Acts 21:13

But he said, “Why are you crying and making me so sad? I am not only ready to be tied up in Jerusalem, I am ready to die for the Lord Jesus!”

Romans 13:11

Do this because we live in an important time. It is now time for you to wake up from your sleep, because our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed.

Ephesians 5:14

and everything that is made easy to see can become light. This is why it is said: “Wake up, sleeper! Rise from death, and Christ will shine on you.”