Jonah 1:12

Geneva Bible (1560)

And he said vnto them, Take me, and cast me into the sea: so shall the sea be calme vnto you: for I knowe that for my sake this great tempest is vpon you.

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  • 2 Sam 24:17 : 17 And Dauid spake vnto the Lorde (when he sawe the Angel that smote the people) and saide, Behold, I haue sinned, yea, I haue done wickedly: but these sheepe, what haue they done? let thine hand, I pray thee, be against mee and against my fathers house.
  • 1 Chr 21:17 : 17 And Dauid said vnto God, Is it not I that commanded to nomber the people? It is euen I that haue sinned and haue committed euil, but these sheepe what haue they done? O Lorde my God, I beseech thee, let thine hande be on me and on my fathers house, and not on thy people for their destruction.
  • Eccl 9:18 : 18 Better is wisedome then weapons of warre: but one sinner destroyeth much good.
  • John 11:50 : 50 Nor yet doe you consider that it is expedient for vs, that one man die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not.
  • Acts 27:24 : 24 Saying, Feare not, Paul: for thou must be brought before Cesar: and lo, God hath giuen vnto thee freely all that sayle with thee.
  • Josh 7:12 : 12 Therefore ye children of Israel cannot stand before their enemies, but haue turned their backes before their enemies, because they be execrable: neither will I bee with you any more, except ye destroy the excommunicate from among you.
  • Josh 7:20-21 : 20 And Achan answered Ioshua, and saide, In deede, I haue sinned against the Lord God of Israel, and thus, and thus haue I done. 21 I sawe among the spoyle a goodly Babylonish garment, and two hundreth shekels of siluer, and a wedge of golde of fiftie shekels weight, and I coueted them, and tooke them: and behold, they lye hid in the earth in the mids of my tent, and the siluer vnder it.

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  • Jonah 1:10-11
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    10Then were the men exceedingly afrayde, and said vnto him, Why hast thou done this? (for the men knewe, that he fled from the presence of the Lorde, because he had tolde them)

    11Then saide they vnto him, What shall we doe vnto thee, that the sea may be calme vnto vs? (for the sea wrought and was troublous)

  • Jonah 1:13-15
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    13Neuerthelesse, the men rowed to bring it to the lande, but they coulde not: for the sea wrought, and was troublous against them.

    14Wherefore they cryed vnto the Lord, and said, We beseech thee, O Lord, we beseech thee, let vs not perish for this mans life, and lay not vpon vs innocent blood: for thou, O Lord, hast done, as it pleased thee.

    15So they tooke vp Ionah, and cast him into the sea, and the sea ceased from her raging.

  • Matt 8:24-27
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    24And beholde, there arose a great tempest in the sea, so that the ship was couered with waues: but he was a sleepe.

    25Then his disciples came, and awoke him, saying, Master, saue vs: we perish.

    26And he said vnto them, Why are ye fearefull, O ye of litle faith? Then he arose, & rebuked the winds & the sea: & so there was a great calme.

    27And the men marueiled, saying, What man is this, that both the windes and the sea obey him!

  • Mark 4:37-41
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    37And there arose a great storme of winde, and the waues dashed into the shippe, so that it was now full.

    38And he was in the sterne asleepe on a pillow: and they awoke him, and saide to him, Master, carest thou not that we perish?

    39And hee rose vp, and rebuked the winde, and saide vnto the sea, Peace, and be still. So the winde ceased, and it was a great calme.

    40Then he saide vnto them, Why are ye so fearefull? how is it that ye haue no faith?

    41And they feared exceedingly, and said one to another, Who is this, that both the winde and sea obey him?

  • Luke 8:22-25
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    22And it came to passe on a certaine day, that he went into a ship with his disciples, and he sayd vnto them, Let vs goe ouer vnto the other side of the lake; they lanched forth.

    23And as they sayled, he fell a sleepe, and there came downe a storme of winde on the lake, and they were filled with water, and were in ieopardie.

    24Then they went to him, and awoke him, saying, Master, Master, we perish; he arose, and rebuked the winde, and the waues of water: and they ceased, and it was calme.

    25Then he sayde vnto them, Where is your fayth? And they feared, & wondered among them selues, saying, Who is this that commandeth both the windes and water, and they obey him!

  • Jonah 1:4-6
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    4But the Lorde sent out a great winde into the sea, and there was a mightie tempest in the sea, so that the ship was like to be broken.

    5Then the mariners were afraide, and cryed euery man vnto his God, and cast the wares that were in the ship, into the sea to lighten it of the: but Ionah was gone downe into the sides of the ship, and he lay downe, and was fast a sleepe.

    6So the shipmaster came to him, and saide vnto him, What meanest thou, O sleeper? Arise, call vpon thy God, if so be that God wil thinke vpon vs, that we perish not.

  • Matt 14:24
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    24And the shippe was nowe in the middes of the sea, and was tossed with waues: for it was a contrarie winde.

  • John 6:18-20
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    18And the Sea arose with a great winde that blewe.

    19And when they had rowed about fiue and twentie, or thirtie furlongs, they sawe Iesus walking on the sea, and drawing neere vnto the ship: so they were afraide.

    20But he said vnto them, It is I: be not afraid.

  • Matt 14:32
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    32And assoone as they were come into the ship, the winde ceased.

  • Ps 107:29-30
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    29He turneth the storme to calme, so that the waues thereof are still.

    30When they are quieted, they are glad, and hee bringeth them vnto the hauen, where they would be.

  • Acts 27:17-18
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    17Which they tooke vp and vsed all helpe, vndergirding the ship, fearing least they should haue fallen into Syrtes, and they strake saile, and so were caried.

    18The next day when we were tossed with an exceeding tempest, they lightened the ship.

  • Matt 14:30
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    30But when he sawe a mightie winde, he was afraide: and as he began to sinke, he cried, saying, Master, saue me.

  • Acts 27:39-41
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    39And when it was day, they knewe not the countrey, but they spied a certaine creeke with a banke, into the which they were minded (if it were possible) to thrust in the ship.

    40So when they had taken vp the ankers, they committed the ship vnto the sea, and loosed the rudder bonds, and hoised vp the maine saile to the winde, and drewe to the shore.

    41And when they fell into a place, where two seas met, they thrust in the ship: and the forepart stucke fast, and could not be moued, but the hinderpart was broken with the violence of the waues.

  • Ps 107:25-26
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    25For he commaundeth and raiseth the stormie winde, and it lifteth vp the waues thereof.

    26They mount vp to the heauen, and descend to ye deepe, so that their soule melteth for trouble.

  • Mark 6:47-51
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    76%

    47And when euen was come, the ship was in the mids of the sea, and he alone on the land.

    48And he saw them troubled in rowing, (for the winde was contrary vnto them) and about the fourth watch of the night, hee came vnto them, walking vpon the sea, and would haue passed by them.

    49And when they saw him walking vpon the sea, they supposed it had bene a spirit, & cried out.

    50For they all saw him, and were sore afrayd: but anon he talked with them, & said vnto them, Be ye of good comfort: it is I, be not afrayd.

    51Then he went vp vnto them into the ship, and the winde ceased, and they were much more amased in them selues, and marueiled.

  • Matt 14:26-27
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    26And when his disciples sawe him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a spirit, and cried out for feare.

    27But straight way Iesus spake vnto them, saying, Be of good comfort, It is I: be not afraide.

  • Acts 27:14-15
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    14But anon after, there arose by it a stormy winde called Euroclydon.

    15And when the ship was caught, and could not resist the winde, we let her goe, and were caried away.

  • Jonah 2:3
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    3For thou haddest cast me into the bottome in the middes of the sea, and the floods compassed me about: all thy surges, and all thy waues passed ouer me.

  • Jonah 1:8
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    8Then said they vnto him, Tell vs for whose cause this euill is vpon vs? what is thine occupation? and whence commest thou? which is thy countrey? and of what people art thou?

  • Acts 27:25-26
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    25Wherefore, sirs, be of good courage: for I beleeue God, that it shall be so as it hath bene tolde me.

    26Howbeit, we must be cast into a certaine Iland.

  • Mark 4:35
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    35Nowe the same day when euen was come, he saide vnto them, Let vs passe ouer vnto the other side.