Jonah 1:6
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6 The captain came and said to him, “What are you doing sound asleep? Get up; call on your god! Perhaps the god will spare us a thought so that we do not perish.”(A)
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Jonah 3:9
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9 Who knows? God may relent and change his mind; he may turn from his fierce anger, so that we do not perish.”(A)
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2 Samuel 12:22
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22 He said, “While the child was still alive, I fasted and wept, for I said, ‘Who knows? The Lord may be gracious to me, and the child may live.’(A)
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Psalm 107:28-29
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28 Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble,
and he brought them out from their distress;
29 he made the storm be still,
and the waves of the sea were hushed.(A)
Psalm 107:12-13
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12 Their hearts were bowed down with hard labor;
they fell down, with no one to help.(A)
13 Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble,
and he saved them from their distress;(B)
Amos 5:15
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15 Hate evil and love good,
and establish justice in the gate;
it may be that the Lord, the God of hosts,
will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.(A)
Ephesians 5:14
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14 for everything that becomes visible is light. Therefore it says,
“Sleeper, awake!
Rise from the dead,
and Christ will shine on you.”(A)
Acts 21:13
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13 Then Paul answered, “What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound but even to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”(A)
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Mark 4:37-41
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37 A great windstorm arose, and the waves beat into the boat, so that the boat was already being swamped. 38 But he was in the stern, asleep on the cushion, and they woke him up and said to him, “Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing?” 39 And waking up, he rebuked the wind and said to the sea, “Be silent! Be still!” Then the wind ceased, and there was a dead calm. 40 He said to them, “Why are you afraid? Have you still no faith?”(A) 41 And they were filled with great fear and said to one another, “Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?”
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Joel 2:11
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11 The Lord utters his voice
at the head of his army;
how vast is his host!
Numberless are those who obey his command.
Truly the day of the Lord is great,
terrible indeed—who can endure it?(A)
Ezekiel 18:2
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2 What do you mean by repeating this proverb concerning the land of Israel, “The parents have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge”?(A)
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Jeremiah 2:27-28
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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 say,
“Come and save us!”(A)
28 But where are your gods
that you made for yourself?
Let them come, if they can save you,
in your time of trouble,
for you have as many gods
as you have towns, O Judah.(B)
Isaiah 3:15
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15 What do you mean by crushing my people,
by grinding the face of the poor? says the Lord God of hosts.(A)
Psalm 107:18-20
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18 they loathed any kind of food,
and they drew near to the gates of death.(A)
19 Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble,
and he saved them from their distress;
20 he sent out his word and healed them
and delivered them from destruction.(B)
Psalm 107:6
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6 Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble,
and he delivered them from their distress;(A)
Psalm 78:34
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34 When he killed them, they searched for him;
they repented and sought God earnestly.(A)
Esther 4:16
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16 “Go, gather all the Jews to be found in Susa, and hold a fast on my behalf, and neither eat nor drink for three days, night or day. I and my maids will also fast as you do. After that I will go to the king, though it is against the law, and if I perish, I perish.”(A)
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Romans 13:11
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An Urgent Appeal
11 Besides this, you know what time it is, how it is already the moment for you to wake from sleep. For salvation is nearer to us now than when we became believers;(A)
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