Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Then fearing lest we should have fallen upon rocks, they cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day.
Fallen
Anchors
And wished
Bible References
Fallen
Acts 27:17
After hoisting it up, they used ropes and tackle and girded the ship. Then, fearing they would run aground on the Syrtis, they lowered the drift-anchor, and in this way they were driven along.
Anchors
Acts 27:30
Some sailors tried to escape from the ship; they had let down the skiff into the sea, pretending that they were going to put out anchors from the bow.
Hebrews 6:19
We have this hope as an anchor for our lives, safe and secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain.
And wished
Deuteronomy 28:67
In the morning you will say, ‘If only it were evening!’ and in the evening you will say, ‘If only it were morning!’—because of the dread you will have in your heart and because of what you will see.
Psalm 130:6 I wait for the Lord
more than watchmen for the morning—
more than watchmen for the morning.
more than watchmen for the morning—
more than watchmen for the morning.