Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

So the shipmaster came to him, and said unto him, What meanest thou, O sleeper? arise, call upon thy God, if so be that God will think upon us, that we perish not.

General references

Bible References

What

Isaiah 3:15

“What do you mean by crushing My people
And grinding the face of the poor?”
Declares the Lord God of hosts.
Ezekiel 18:2
“What do you mean by using this proverb concerning the land of Israel,

The fathers eat sour grapes [they sin],
But the children’s teeth are set on edge’?
Acts 21:13
Then Paul replied, “What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart [like this]? For I am ready not only to be bound and imprisoned, but even to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”
Romans 13:11
Do this, knowing that this is a critical time. It is already the hour for you to awaken from your sleep [of spiritual complacency]; for our salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed [in Christ].
Ephesians 5:14
For this reason He says,

“Awake, sleeper,
And arise from the dead,
And Christ will shine [as dawn] upon you and give you light.”

Arise

Psalm 78:34

When He killed [some of] them, then those remaining sought Him,
And they returned [to Him] and searched diligently for God [for a time].
Psalm 107:6

Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble,
And He rescued them from their distresses.
Jeremiah 2:27

Who say to a tree, ‘You are my father,’
And to a stone, ‘You gave me birth.’
For they have turned their backs to Me,
And not their faces;
But in the time of their trouble they will say,
‘Arise [O Lord] and save us.’
Mark 4:37
And a fierce windstorm began to blow, and waves were breaking over the boat, so that it was already being swamped.

General references

Psalm 107:28

Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble,
And He brought them out of their distresses.
Jonah 3:9
Who knows, God may turn [in compassion] and relent and withdraw His burning anger (judgment) so that we will not perish.”