Most Popular Bible Verses in Jonah

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Verse ConceptsProphecy, Inspiration Of OtProphets, Lives OfWord Of Godjonah

The word of the Lord came to Jonah the son of Amittai saying,

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Verse ConceptsStormsWeather, God's Sovereignty OverWindGod Dispensing WindBroken ThingsHurricanessailingjonahGod Controls Storms

The Lord hurled a great wind on the sea and there was a great storm on the sea so that the ship was about to break up.

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Verse ConceptsGuidance, Receiving God'sCasting LotsWho Is The One?Why Does This Happen?

Each man said to his mate, “Come, let us cast lots so we may learn on whose account this calamity has struck us.” So they cast lots and the lot fell on Jonah.

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Verse ConceptsCowardiceFear, Of UnknownFleeing From GodWhat Do You Do?Knowing FactsBeing ScaredThe Presence Of Godsailingjonah

Then the men became extremely frightened and they said to him, “How could you do this?” For the men knew that he was fleeing from the presence of the Lord, because he had told them.

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Verse ConceptsMaking StillDoing One's WorkThe Sea Stilled

So they said to him, “What should we do to you that the sea may become calm for us?”—for the sea was becoming increasingly stormy.

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Verse ConceptsCaptainsNot DyingDeath AvertedWill God Pay Attention?Serving One's Own Gods

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.”

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Verse ConceptsMarinersDepression, CausesFear, Caused ByMerchandiseBuoyancyFear Of Other ThingsPraying AmissServing One's Own GodsNervousnesssailingjonah

Then the sailors became afraid and every man cried to his god, and they threw the cargo which was in the ship into the sea to lighten it for them. But Jonah had gone below into the hold of the ship, lain down and fallen sound asleep.

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Verse ConceptsNatureCreation Of The SeasCreation Of The EarthIndividuals Fearing Godjonah

He said to them, “I am a Hebrew, and I fear the Lord God of heaven who made the sea and the dry land.”

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Verse ConceptsGod's Activity In Human LifeFishesAnimal LifeTypes Of ChristGod Appointing OthersThree Days And NightsBad LuckDaysPreparationFishcredibilityjonah

And the Lord appointed a great fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was in the stomach of the fish three days and three nights.

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Verse ConceptsFaultsMaking StillThrowing PeopleIn The Heart Of The SeaPeople Carrying Live PeopleWhy It Happenedjumpingjonah

He said to them, “Pick me up and throw me into the sea. Then the sea will become calm for you, for I know that on account of me this great storm has come upon you.”

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Verse ConceptsInnocence, Teaching OnInnocent BloodNot DyingDeath AvertedLife And Deathjonah

Then they called on the Lord and said, “We earnestly pray, O Lord, do not let us perish on account of this man’s life and do not put innocent blood on us; for You, O Lord, have done as You have pleased.”

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Verse ConceptsWho Is The One?Where From?Why Does This Happen?jonah

Then they said to him, “Tell us, now! On whose account has this calamity struck us? What is your occupation? And where do you come from? What is your country? From what people are you?”

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Verse ConceptsPropellingRowingjonah

However, the men rowed desperately to return to land but they could not, for the sea was becoming even stormier against them.

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Verse ConceptsChaosHeart, HumanMonotonySevere AfflictionsThrowing PeopleSinkingIn The Heart Of The SeaSwampedDeep Seaswaterfalls

“For You had cast me into the deep,
Into the heart of the seas,
And the current engulfed me.
All Your breakers and billows passed over me.

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Verse ConceptsCoveringAshesRobesThroneOuter GarmentsPeople Stripping OffAshes Of Humiliationjonah

When the word reached the king of Nineveh, he arose from his throne, laid aside his robe from him, covered himself with sackcloth and sat on the ashes.

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Verse ConceptsWaitingBoothsPeople Sitting Downjonah

Then Jonah went out from the city and sat east of it. There he made a shelter for himself and sat under it in the shade until he could see what would happen in the city.

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Verse ConceptsBanishmentDriven From God's Presence

“So I said, ‘I have been expelled from Your sight.
Nevertheless I will look again toward Your holy temple.’

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Verse ConceptsHappinessExcitementGod Appointing OthersRejoicing In Reliefprovidingbugsjonah

So the Lord God appointed a plant and it grew up over Jonah to be a shade over his head to deliver him from his discomfort. And Jonah was extremely happy about the plant.

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Verse ConceptsHeraldNoblesTasteBoth Men And Animals AffectedEating And DrinkingThe King's OrdersFasting

He issued a proclamation and it said, “In Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles: Do not let man, beast, herd, or flock taste a thing. Do not let them eat or drink water.

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Verse ConceptsHeadsWaters Of AfflictionSwampedWeedjonah

Water encompassed me to the point of death.
The great deep engulfed me,
Weeds were wrapped around my head.

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Verse ConceptsPitsRootsSaved From The PitMan Going DownGod Lifting PeopleNot DyingBase Of ThingsDeath PreventedPits As A Term For Graves

“I descended to the roots of the mountains.
The earth with its bars was around me forever,
But You have brought up my life from the pit, O Lord my God.

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Verse ConceptsImportunity, Towards GodAvoiding ViolenceBoth Men And Animals Affectedjonah

But both man and beast must be covered with sackcloth; and let men call on God earnestly that each may turn from his wicked way and from the violence which is in his hands.

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Verse ConceptsFutilityFalse ReligionGod, Uniqueness OfWasteVanityUseless IdolsIdolatry

“Those who regard vain idols
Forsake their faithfulness,

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Verse ConceptsNot DyingGod Changing His MindDeath AvertedLet Not God Be AngryAnger And Forgivenessjonah

Who knows, God may turn and relent and withdraw His burning anger so that we will not perish.”

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Verse ConceptsCommands, in OTRescueVomittingIndigestionGod's OrdersFishjonah

Then the Lord commanded the fish, and it vomited Jonah up onto the dry land.

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Verse ConceptsFaintingeastDespondency, Examples OfHeatHopelessnessThe SunWeather, God's Sovereignty OverWindCynicismWanting To DieAdvantagesOut Of The EastGod Dispensing WindDesire For DeathHot WeatherGod Appointing OthersLife DespisedrelaxingjonahThe East Wind

When the sun came up God appointed a scorching east wind, and the sun beat down on Jonah’s head so that he became faint and begged with all his soul to die, saying, “Death is better to me than life.”

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Verse ConceptsDaybreakMaggotsAt DaybreakGod Appointing Othersbugswormsjonah

But God appointed a worm when dawn came the next day and it attacked the plant and it withered.

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Verse ConceptsResigned To DeathAngry With God

Then God said to Jonah, “Do you have good reason to be angry about the plant?” And he said, “I have good reason to be angry, even to death.”

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Verse ConceptsRememberingAfflicted Saints, Examples OfFaintingThe Temple In HeavenGod Answered PrayerBelievers Remembering God

“While I was fainting away,
I remembered the Lord,
And my prayer came to You,
Into Your holy temple.

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Verse ConceptsForbearance Of GodNot ToilingPeople Showing Mercy

Then the Lord said, “You had compassion on the plant for which you did not work and which you did not cause to grow, which came up overnight and perished overnight.

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Verse ConceptsWeights And Measures, DistancesBig Thingsjonah

So Jonah arose and went to Nineveh according to the word of the Lord. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, a three days’ walk.

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Verse ConceptsMission, Of IsraelMissionary Work, Examples OfMissionary Examplesjonah

“Arise, go to Nineveh the great city and proclaim to it the proclamation which I am going to tell you.”

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Verse ConceptsGod, Patience OfGod, Repentance OfKnowing God, Nature OfReceptivenessRestraintGod Is UnchangeableGod Changing His MindHasty ActionSaying The Same ThingsSaying RepeatedlyA Forgiving GodGod Turned Back From Harming ThemKnowing God's CharacterAnger And Forgivenessjonah

He prayed to the Lord and said, “Please Lord, was not this what I said while I was still in my own country? Therefore in order to forestall this I fled to Tarshish, for I knew that You are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness, and one who relents concerning calamity.

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Verse Conceptsevil, victory overPlansReceptivenessRenunciationRepentance, Importance OfThreatsGod Is UnchangeableGod Changing His MindRepentanceGod Turned Back From Harming ThemSigns Of RepentanceOne's Deedsjonah

When God saw their deeds, that they turned from their wicked way, then God relented concerning the calamity which He had declared He would bring upon them. And He did not do it.

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Verse ConceptsAnger, Sinful ExamplesAngry PeopleAngry With Godjonah

The Lord said, “Do you have good reason to be angry?”

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Verse ConceptsGod, Patience OfProphets, Lives OfDoing Things Twicejonah

Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah the second time, saying,

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Verse ConceptsHeraldMissionaries, Task OfProphets, Role OfThe Number FortyForty DaysOne DayMore Than One Month

Then Jonah began to go through the city one day’s walk; and he cried out and said, “Yet forty days and Nineveh will be overthrown.”

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Verse ConceptsCalling upon GodThe DeadBeggarsSheolStressNearness Of DeathGod AnsweredCrying For HelpDeath Looms NearGod Paid Attention To Mejonah

and he said,
“I called out of my distress to the Lord,
And He answered me.
I cried for help from the depth of Sheol;
You heard my voice.

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Verse ConceptsEscapingBoatsdelay, humanSeafaringHarborsShipsThe NavyCommerceSea TravelFleeing From GodDirectionsailingjonah

But Jonah rose up to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the Lord. So he went down to Joppa, found a ship which was going to Tarshish, paid the fare and went down into it to go with them to Tarshish from the presence of the Lord.

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Verse ConceptsMission, Of IsraelWitnessing, Importance Ofjonah

“Arise, go to Nineveh the great city and cry against it, for their wickedness has come up before Me.”

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Verse ConceptsAbstinence as a disciplineReligionRepentance, Examples OfGreat And SmallBelieving In GodOthers Believing In GodFastingFasting And Prayerjonah

Then the people of Nineveh believed in God; and they called a fast and put on sackcloth from the greatest to the least of them.

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Verse ConceptsConversion, God's demands forCityLack Of DiscernmentImmaturityAnimal LifeWorldlinessAnimals, Care ForAnimals, God's Care OfOne Hundred Thousand And MoreGod Will Show MercyIgnorant Of Factsempathyjonah

Should I not have compassion on Nineveh, the great city in which there are more than 120,000 persons who do not know the difference between their right and left hand, as well as many animals?”