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Jonah Chapter 1

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JONAH

Jonah 1

1The worde of the Lord came also vnto Ionah the sonne of Amittai, saying,
Luke 11:29, Luke 11:30, Luke 11:32, Luke 11:29, Luke 11:30
2Arise, and goe to Nineueh, that great citie, and crye against it: for their wickednesse is come vp before mee.
Genesis 10:11, Genesis 10:11, Nahum 1:1, Isaiah 58:1, Genesis 18:20
3But Ionah rose vp to flee into Tarshish from the presence of the Lord, and went downe to Iapho: and he founde a ship going to Tarshish: so he payed the fare thereof, and went downe into it, that he might go with them vnto Tarshish, from the presence of the Lord.
Psalms 139:7, Psalms 139:12, Psalms 139:7, Psalms 139:12, Joshua 19:46
4But the Lord 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.
Psalms 107:23, Psalms 107:31, Psalms 107:23, Psalms 107:31, Matthew 8:24
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.
Acts 27:18, Acts 27:19, Acts 27:18, Acts 27:19, 1 Kings 18:26
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.
Jonah 3:9, Jonah 3:9, 2 Samuel 12:22, 2 Samuel 12:22, Psalms 107:28
7And they saide euery one to his fellowe, Come, and let vs cast lottes, that we may know, for whose cause this euill is vpon vs. So they cast lottes, and the lot fell vpon Ionah.
Proverbs 16:33, Proverbs 16:33, Joshua 7:13, Joshua 7:18, Joshua 7:13
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?
Genesis 47:3, Genesis 47:3, 1 Samuel 30:13, 1 Samuel 30:13, Joshua 7:19
9And he answered them, I am an Ebrewe, and I feare the Lord God of heauen, which hath made the sea, and the dry lande.
Psalms 146:5, Psalms 146:6, Psalms 146:5, Psalms 146:6, Psalms 95:5
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 Lord, because he had tolde them)
Jonah 1:3, Jonah 1:3, Job 27:22, Job 27:22, 2 Samuel 24:3
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)
Micah 6:6, Micah 6:7, 2 Samuel 21:1, 2 Samuel 21:6, 1 Samuel 6:2
12And 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.
2 Samuel 24:17, 2 Samuel 24:17, 1 Chronicles 21:17, Joshua 7:12, 1 Chronicles 21:17
13Neuerthelesse, the men rowed to bring it to the lande, but they coulde not: for the sea wrought, and was troublous against them.
Proverbs 21:30, Proverbs 21:30, Job 34:29, Job 34:29
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.
Psalms 115:3, Psalms 115:3, Psalms 135:6, Psalms 135:6, Deuteronomy 21:8
15So they tooke vp Ionah, and cast him into the sea, and the sea ceased from her raging.
Psalms 107:29, Luke 8:24, Psalms 107:29, Luke 8:24, Psalms 89:9
16Then the men feared the Lord exceedingly, and offered a sacrifice vnto the Lord, and made vowes.
Genesis 8:20, Psalms 50:14, Psalms 116:14, Daniel 6:26, Psalms 107:22
17Nowe the Lord had prepared a great fish to swallowe vp Ionah: and Ionah was in the belly of the fish three dayes, and three nightes.
Matthew 12:40, Matthew 12:40, Luke 11:30, Luke 11:30, Matthew 16:4

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