Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Then the mariners were afraid, and cried every man unto his god, and cast forth the wares that were in the ship into the sea, to lighten it of them. But Jonah was gone down into the sides of the ship; and he lay, and was fast asleep.

The sides

General references

Bible References

Cried

Jonah 1:6
So the captain approached him and said, “How is it that you are sleeping? Get up, call on your god. Perhaps your god will be concerned about us so that we will not perish.”
1 Kings 18:26
Then they took the ox which was given them and they prepared it and called on the name of Baal from morning until noon saying, “O Baal, answer us.” But there was no voice and no one answered. And they leaped about the altar which they made.
Isaiah 44:17
But the rest of it he makes into a god, his graven image. He falls down before it and worships; he also prays to it and says, “Deliver me, for you are my god.”
Isaiah 45:20
Gather yourselves and come;
Draw near together, you fugitives of the nations;
They have no knowledge,
Who carry about their wooden idol
And pray to a god who cannot save.
Jeremiah 2:28
“But where are your gods
Which you made for yourself?
Let them arise, if they can save you
In the time of your trouble;
For according to the number of your cities
Are your gods, O Judah.
Hosea 7:14
And they do not cry to Me from their heart
When they wail on their beds;
For the sake of grain and new wine they assemble themselves,
They turn away from Me.

And cast

Job 2:4
Satan answered the Lord and said, “Skin for skin! Yes, all that a man has he will give for his life.
Acts 27:18
The next day as we were being violently storm-tossed, they began to jettison the cargo;
Philippians 3:7
But whatever things were gain to me, those things I have counted as loss for the sake of Christ.

The sides

1 Samuel 24:3
He came to the sheepfolds on the way, where there was a cave; and Saul went in to relieve himself. Now David and his men were sitting in the inner recesses of the cave.

And was

Judges 16:19
She made him sleep on her knees, and called for a man and had him shave off the seven locks of his hair. Then she began to afflict him, and his strength left him.
Matthew 25:5
Now while the bridegroom was delaying, they all got drowsy and began to sleep.
Matthew 26:40
And He *came to the disciples and *found them sleeping, and *said to Peter, “So, you men could not keep watch with Me for one hour?
Luke 22:45
When He rose from prayer, He came to the disciples and found them sleeping from sorrow,

General references

Psalm 107:28
Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble,
And He brought them out of their distresses.