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 came to him, and said unto him, What mean you, O sleeper? arise, call upon your God, if so be that God will think upon us, that we perish not.
1 Kings 18:26
And they took the bullock which was given them, and they prepared it, and called on the name of Baal from morning even until noon, saying, O Baal, hear us. But there was no voice, nor any that answered. And they leaped upon the altar which was made.
Isaiah 44:17
And the rest of it he makes into a god, even his graven image: he falls down unto it, and worships it, and prays unto it, and says, Deliver me; for you are my god.
Isaiah 45:20
Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, you that are escaped from the nations: they have no knowledge that set up the wood of their graven image, and pray unto a god that cannot save.
Jeremiah 2:28
But where are your gods that you have made 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 have not cried unto me with their heart, when they wailed upon their beds: they assemble themselves for grain and wine, and they rebel against me.

And cast

Job 2:4
And Satan answered the LORD, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man has will he give for his life.
Acts 27:18
And we being exceedingly tossed with a tempest, the next day they lightened the ship;
Philippians 3:7
But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ.

The sides

1 Samuel 24:3
And he came to the sheepcotes by the way, where there was a cave; and Saul went in to relieve himself: and David and his men remained in the recesses of the cave.

And was

Judges 16:19
And she made him sleep upon her knees; and she called for a man, and she caused him to shave off the seven locks of his head; and she began to afflict him, and his strength went from him.
Matthew 25:5
While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.
Matthew 26:40
And he came unto the disciples, and found them asleep, and said unto Peter, What, could you not watch with me one hour?
Luke 22:45
And when he rose up from prayer, and came to his disciples, he found them sleeping from the grief,

General references

Psalm 107:28
Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he brings them out of their distresses.