Jonah 2:2

New International Version

He said: “In my distress I called to the Lord, and he answered me. From deep in the realm of the dead I called for help, and you listened to my cry.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 33:12

In his distress he sought the favor of the Lord his God and humbled himself greatly before the God of his ancestors.

Psalm 116:3

The cords of death entangled me, the anguish of the grave came over me; I was overcome by distress and sorrow.

Psalm 120:1

I call on the Lord in my distress, and he answers me.

Psalm 16:10

because you will not abandon me to the realm of the dead, nor will you let your faithful one see decay.

Psalm 22:24

For he has not despised or scorned the suffering of the afflicted one; he has not hidden his face from him but has listened to his cry for help.

Psalm 34:6

This poor man called, and the Lord heard him; he saved him out of all his troubles.

Psalm 4:1

Answer me when I call to you, my righteous God. Give me relief from my distress; have mercy on me and hear my prayer.

Psalm 61:2

From the ends of the earth I call to you, I call as my heart grows faint; lead me to the rock that is higher than I.

Psalm 65:2

You who answer prayer, to you all people will come.

Psalm 86:13

For great is your love toward me; you have delivered me from the depths, from the realm of the dead.

Isaiah 14:9

The realm of the dead below is all astir to meet you at your coming; it rouses the spirits of the departed to greet you— all those who were leaders in the world; it makes them rise from their thrones— all those who were kings over the nations.

Lamentations 3:55

I called on your name, Lord, from the depths of the pit.

Ezekiel 26:20

then I will bring you down with those who go down to the pit, to the people of long ago. I will make you dwell in the earth below, as in ancient ruins, with those who go down to the pit, and you will not return or take your place in the land of the living.

Ezekiel 31:14

Therefore no other trees by the waters are ever to tower proudly on high, lifting their tops above the thick foliage. No other trees so well-watered are ever to reach such a height; they are all destined for death, for the earth below, among mortals who go down to the realm of the dead.

Matthew 12:40

For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of a huge fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

Luke 11:10

For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.

Luke 22:44

And being in anguish, he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground.

Acts 2:27

because you will not abandon me to the realm of the dead, you will not let your holy one see decay.

Hebrews 5:7

During the days of Jesus’ life on earth, he offered up prayers and petitions with fervent cries and tears to the one who could save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverent submission.

1 Samuel 1:16

Do not take your servant for a wicked woman; I have been praying here out of my great anguish and grief.”

1 Samuel 30:6

David was greatly distressed because the men were talking of stoning him; each one was bitter in spirit because of his sons and daughters. But David found strength in the Lord his God.