Jonah 1

Treated in 5 passages across the library.

The verses these writers stop at

  • 1:3 But Jonah got up to run away to Tarshish, out of the presence of the LORD. He went down to Joppa, and there he found a ship bound for Tarshish. He paid the fare and went down into the ship to sail with them to Tarshish, away from the presence of the LORD. 2
  • 1:1 The word of the LORD came to Jonah son of Amittai: 1
  • 1:2 "Get up, go to Nineveh, that great city, and call out against it, because their wickedness has come up before me." 1
  • 1:5 The sailors were terrified, and each of them cried out to his own god. They hurled the cargo into the sea to lighten their load. But Jonah had gone down into the hold of the ship, where he had lain down and fallen into a deep sleep. 1
  • 1:6 The captain came to him and said, "How can you sleep? Get up, call out to your god! Perhaps that god will take notice of us, and we will not perish." 1
  • 1:11 So they asked him, "What should we do to you to make the sea calm down for us?" For the sea was getting rougher and rougher. 1

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Where it is preached

  1. Evening by Evening · Charles H. Spurgeon

    February cites Jonah 1:3

    …rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the Lord, and went down to Joppa.” (Jonah 1:3) Instead of going to Nineveh to preach the Word, as God bade him, Jonah disliked the…

  2. Practical Religion · J. C. Ryle

    Sickness cites Jonah i. 5

    …heathen sailors, when death was in sight, were afraid, and "cried every man to his god." (Jonah i. 5.) Surely anything that helps to make men think is a good. (c) Sickness helps to soften…

  3. Practical Religion · J. C. Ryle

    Self-Inquiry cites Jonah i. 6

    …thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light!" (Jonah i. 6; Eph v. 14.) (b) Is any reader of this paper feeling self-condemned, and afraid that…

  4. Thoughts for the Quiet Hour · Dwight L. Moody

    December cites Jonah i. 11

    …to be worldly to-day.—William Arnot. December 21 The sea wrought, and was tempestuous. Jonah i. 11. Sin in the soul is like Jonah in the ship. It turns the smoothest water into a…

  5. Portraits of Courage – C. S. Lewis · Ochorus Originals

    Appendix B: Chapter-by-Chapter Study and Reflection Guide cites Jonah 1:1-3

    …came before a reluctant surrender to belief in God. Scriptures to revisit Psalm 139:1-12; Jonah 1:1-3; Luke 15:17-20. Reflection 1. Have you ever felt pursued by God? 2. Is there anyone you…