4 occurrences

'Trouble' in the Bible

Meanwhile, each crewman told another, "Come on! Let's cast lots to find out whose fault it is that we're in this trouble." So they cast lots, and the lot indicated Jonah!

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

So they interrogated him: "Tell us, why has this trouble come upon us? What's your occupation? Where'd you come from? What's your home country? What's your nationality?"

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

God took note of what they did that they turned from their evil ways. Because God relented concerning the trouble about which he had warned them, he did not carry it out.

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

So he prayed to the LORD, "LORD, isn't this what I said while I was still in my home country? That's why I fled previously to Tarshish, because I knew you're a compassionate God, slow to anger, overflowing with gracious love, and reluctant to send trouble.

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

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