Jonah 1:12
And he said to them, Take me up and put me into the sea, and the sea will become calm for you: for I am certain that because of me this great storm has come on you.
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Jonah 1:12
And he said to them, Take me up and put me into the sea, and the sea will become calm for you: for I am certain that because of me this great storm has come on you.
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Jonah 1:3
And Jonah got up to go in flight to Tarshish, away from the Lord; and he went down to Joppa, and saw there a ship going to Tarshish: so he gave them the price of the journey and went down into it to go with them to Tarshish, away from the Lord.
Jonah 1:4
And the Lord sent out a great wind on to the sea and there was a violent storm in the sea, so that the ship seemed in danger of being broken.
Jonah 1:5
Then the sailors were full of fear, every man crying to his god; and the goods in the ship were dropped out into the sea to make the weight less. But Jonah had gone down into the inmost part of the ship where he was stretched out in a deep sleep.
Jonah 1:8
Then they said to him, Now make clear to us what is your work, and where you come from? what is your country, and who are your people?
Jonah 1:10
And the men were in great fear, and they said to him, What is this you have done? For the men had knowledge of his flight from the Lord because he had not kept it from them.
Jonah 1:11
And they said to him, What are we to do to you so that the sea may become calm for us? For the sea was getting rougher and rougher.
Jonah 1:12
And he said to them, Take me up and put me into the sea, and the sea will become calm for you: for I am certain that because of me this great storm has come on you.
Jonah 1:13
And the men were working hard to get back to the land, but they were not able to do so: for the sea got rougher and rougher against them.
Jonah 1:14
So, crying to the Lord, they said, Give ear to our prayer, O Lord, give ear, and do not let destruction overtake us because of this man's life; do not put on us the sin of taking life without cause: for you, O Lord, have done what seemed good to you.
Jonah 1:15
So they took Jonah up and put him into the sea: and the sea was no longer angry.
Jonah 1:16
Then great was the men's fear of the Lord; and they made an offering to the Lord and took oaths to him.
Jonah 1:17
And the Lord made ready a great fish to take Jonah into its mouth; and Jonah was inside the fish for three days and three nights.
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Ecclesiastes 9:18
Wisdom is better than instruments of war, but one sinner is the destruction of much good.
Joshua 7:12
For this reason the children of Israel have given way, turning their backs in flight before their attackers, because they are cursed: I will no longer be with you, if you do not put the cursed thing away from among you.
Joshua 6:18
And as for you, keep yourselves from the cursed thing, for fear that you may get a desire for it and take some of it for yourselves, and so be the cause of a curse and great trouble on the tents of Israel.
Joshua 22:20
Did not Achan, the son of Zerah, do wrong about the cursed thing, causing wrath to come on all the people of Israel? And not on him only came the punishment of death.
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Psalms 69:1
To the chief music-maker; put to Shoshannim. Of David. Be my saviour, O God; because the waters have come in, even to my neck.
Psalms 69:2
My feet are deep in the soft earth, where there is no support; I have come into deep waters, the waves are flowing over me.
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John 11:50
You do not see that it is in your interest for one man to be put to death for the people, so that all the nation may not come to destruction.
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