Jonah 1:4

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Jonah 1:2–6 · Berean Standard Bible

2 “Get up! Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before Me.”

3 Jonah, however, got up to flee to Tarshish, away from the presence of the LORD. He went down to Joppa and found a ship bound for Tarshish. So he paid the fare and went aboard to sail for Tarshish, away from the presence of the LORD.

4 Then the LORD hurled a great wind upon the sea, and such a violent storm arose that the ship was in danger of breaking apart.

5 The sailors were afraid, and each cried out to his own god. And they threw the ship’s cargo into the sea to lighten the load. But Jonah had gone down to the lowest part of the vessel, where he lay down and fell into a deep sleep.

6 The captain approached him and said, “How can you sleep? Get up and call upon your God. Perhaps this God will consider us, so that we may not perish.”

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Exodus 10:13

So Moses stretched out his staff over the land of Egypt, and throughout that day and night the LORD sent an east wind across the land. By morning the east wind had brought the locusts.

Exodus 10:19

And the LORD changed the wind to a very strong west wind that carried off the locusts and blew them into the Red Sea. Not a single locust remained anywhere in Egypt.

Exodus 14:21

Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and all that night the LORD drove back the sea with a strong east wind that turned it into dry land. So the waters were divided,

Exodus 15:10

But You blew with Your breath, and the sea covered them. They sank like lead in the mighty waters.

Numbers 11:31

Now a wind sent by the LORD came up, drove in quail from the sea, and brought them near the camp, about two cubits above the surface of the ground, for a day’s journey in every direction around the camp.

Psalms 107:24

They saw the works of the LORD, and His wonders in the deep.

Psalms 107:25

For He spoke and raised a tempest that lifted the waves of the sea.

Psalms 107:26

They mounted up to the heavens, then sunk to the depths; their courage melted in their anguish.

Psalms 107:27

They reeled and staggered like drunkards, and all their skill was useless.

Psalms 107:28

Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He brought them out of their distress.

Psalms 107:29

He calmed the storm to a whisper, and the waves of the sea were hushed.

Psalms 107:30

They rejoiced in the silence, and He guided them to the harbor they desired.

Psalms 107:31

Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men.

Psalms 135:7

He causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth. He generates the lightning with the rain and brings forth the wind from His storehouses.

Amos 4:13

For behold, He who forms the mountains, who creates the wind and reveals His thoughts to man, who turns the dawn to darkness and strides on the heights of the earth— the LORD, the God of Hosts, is His name.”

Matthew 8:24

Suddenly a violent storm came up on the sea, so that the boat was engulfed by the waves; but Jesus was sleeping.

Matthew 8:25

The disciples went and woke Him, saying, “Lord, save us! We are perishing!”

Matthew 8:26

“You of little faith,” Jesus replied, “why are you so afraid?” Then He got up and rebuked the winds and the sea, and it was perfectly calm.

Matthew 8:27

The men were amazed and asked, “What kind of man is this? Even the winds and the sea obey Him!”

Acts 27:13

When a gentle south wind began to blow, they thought they had their opportunity. So they weighed anchor and sailed along, hugging the coast of Crete.

Acts 27:14

But it was not long before a cyclone called the Northeaster swept down across the island.

Acts 27:15

Unable to head into the wind, the ship was caught up. So we gave way and let ourselves be driven along.

Acts 27:16

Passing to the lee of a small island called Cauda, we barely managed to secure the lifeboat.

Acts 27:17

After hoisting it up, the crew used ropes to undergird the ship. And fearing that they would run aground on the sandbars of Syrtis, they lowered the sea anchor and were driven along.

Acts 27:18

We were tossed so violently that the next day the men began to jettison the cargo.

Acts 27:19

On the third day, they threw the ship’s tackle overboard with their own hands.

Acts 27:20

When neither sun nor stars appeared for many days and the great storm continued to batter us, we abandoned all hope of being saved.