What Does the Bible Say About Jonah And The Whale?

Matthew 12:40 ESV / 37 helpful votes

For just as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

Jonah 2:1-10 ESV / 21 helpful votes

Then Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from the belly of the fish, saying, “I called out to the Lord, out of my distress, and he answered me; out of the belly of Sheol I cried, and you heard my voice. For you cast me into the deep, into the heart of the seas, and the flood surrounded me; all your waves and your billows passed over me. Then I said, ‘I am driven away from your sight; yet I shall again look upon your holy temple.’ The waters closed in over me to take my life; the deep surrounded me; weeds were wrapped about my head ...

Jonah 4:1-11 ESV / 18 helpful votes

But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was angry. And he prayed to the Lord and said, “O Lord, is not this what I said when I was yet in my country? That is why I made haste to flee to Tarshish; for I knew that you are a gracious God and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, and relenting from disaster. Therefore now, O Lord, please take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.” And the Lord said, “Do you do well to be angry?” Jonah went out of the city and sat to the east of the city and made a booth for himself there. He sat under it in the shade, till he should see what would become of the city. ...

2 Kings 14:25 ESV / 16 helpful votes

He restored the border of Israel from Lebo-hamath as far as the Sea of the Arabah, according to the word of the Lord, the God of Israel, which he spoke by his servant Jonah the son of Amittai, the prophet, who was from Gath-hepher.

Jonah 2:1 ESV / 15 helpful votes

Then Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from the belly of the fish,

Luke 11:30 ESV / 14 helpful votes

For as Jonah became a sign to the people of Nineveh, so will the Son of Man be to this generation.

Matthew 12:41 ESV / 10 helpful votes

The men of Nineveh will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and behold, something greater than Jonah is here.

Jonah 1:3 ESV / 10 helpful votes

But Jonah rose to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the Lord. He went down to Joppa and found a ship going to Tarshish. So he paid the fare and went down into it, to go with them to Tarshish, away from the presence of the Lord.

Jonah 1:17 ESV / 8 helpful votes

And the Lord appointed a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.

Genesis 18:14 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Is anything too hard for the Lord? At the appointed time I will return to you, about this time next year, and Sarah shall have a son.”

Romans 3:23 ESV / 6 helpful votes

For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

Nahum 1:7 ESV / 6 helpful votes

The Lord is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; he knows those who take refuge in him.

Jonah 1:1 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah the son of Amittai, saying,

2 Kings 14:26 ESV / 6 helpful votes

For the Lord saw that the affliction of Israel was very bitter, for there was none left, bond or free, and there was none to help Israel.

2 Peter 1:21 ESV / 5 helpful votes

For no prophecy was ever produced by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.

Nahum 1:3 ESV / 5 helpful votes

The Lord is slow to anger and great in power, and the Lord will by no means clear the guilty. His way is in whirlwind and storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.

Jonah 4:2 ESV / 5 helpful votes

And he prayed to the Lord and said, “O Lord, is not this what I said when I was yet in my country? That is why I made haste to flee to Tarshish; for I knew that you are a gracious God and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, and relenting from disaster.

Jonah 4:1 ESV / 5 helpful votes

But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was angry.

Jonah 3:3 ESV / 5 helpful votes

So Jonah arose and went to Nineveh, according to the word of the Lord. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, three days' journey in breadth.

Jonah 1:2 ESV / 5 helpful votes

“Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and call out against it, for their evil has come up before me.”

Jonah 1:1-4:11 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, “Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and call out against it, for their evil has come up before me.” But Jonah rose to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the Lord. He went down to Joppa and found a ship going to Tarshish. So he paid the fare and went down into it, to go with them to Tarshish, away from the presence of the Lord. But the Lord hurled a great wind upon the sea, and there was a mighty tempest on the sea, so that the ship threatened to break up. Then the mariners were afraid, and each cried out to his god. And they hurled the cargo that was in the ship into the sea to lighten it for them. But Jonah had gone down into the inner part of the ship and had lain down and was fast asleep. ...

John 17:17 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth.

Matthew 12:39-40 ESV / 4 helpful votes

But he answered them, “An evil and adulterous generation seeks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. For just as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

Joel 1:1-20 ESV / 4 helpful votes

The word of the Lord that came to Joel, the son of Pethuel: Hear this, you elders; give ear, all inhabitants of the land! Has such a thing happened in your days, or in the days of your fathers? Tell your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children to another generation. What the cutting locust left, the swarming locust has eaten. What the swarming locust left, the hopping locust has eaten, and what the hopping locust left, the destroying locust has eaten. Awake, you drunkards, and weep, and wail, all you drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine, for it is cut off from your mouth. ...

John 3:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

Luke 24:27 ESV / 3 helpful votes

And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he interpreted to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself.

Matthew 24:15 ESV / 3 helpful votes

“So when you see the abomination of desolation spoken of by the prophet Daniel, standing in the holy place (let the reader understand),

Matthew 19:4-5 ESV / 3 helpful votes

He answered, “Have you not read that he who created them from the beginning made them male and female, and said, ‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’?

Jonah 4:10 ESV / 3 helpful votes

And the Lord said, “You pity the plant, for which you did not labor, nor did you make it grow, which came into being in a night and perished in a night.

Isaiah 19:14 ESV / 3 helpful votes

The Lord has mingled within her a spirit of confusion, and they will make Egypt stagger in all its deeds, as a drunken man staggers in his vomit.

Isaiah 7:14 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.

Psalm 91:1-16 ESV / 3 helpful votes

He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say to the Lord, “My refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.” For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler and from the deadly pestilence. He will cover you with his pinions, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness is a shield and buckler. You will not fear the terror of the night, nor the arrow that flies by day, ...

John 3:16-17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.

Nahum 3:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

There will the fire devour you; the sword will cut you off. It will devour you like the locust. Multiply yourselves like the locust; multiply like the grasshopper!

Jonah 4:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But when dawn came up the next day, God appointed a worm that attacked the plant, so that it withered.

Jonah 3:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Jonah began to go into the city, going a day's journey. And he called out, “Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown!”

Jonah 2:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But I with the voice of thanksgiving will sacrifice to you; what I have vowed I will pay. Salvation belongs to the Lord!”

Jonah 1:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And he said to them, “I am a Hebrew, and I fear the Lord, the God of heaven, who made the sea and the dry land.”

38 Bible Verses about Jonah And The Whale

Matthew 12:40 ESV / 37 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Jonah 2:1-10 ESV / 21 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Jonah 4:1-11 ESV / 18 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Kings 14:25 ESV / 16 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Jonah 2:1 ESV / 15 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Luke 11:30 ESV / 14 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 12:41 ESV / 10 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Jonah 1:3 ESV / 10 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Jonah 1:17 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Genesis 18:14 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 3:23 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Nahum 1:7 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Jonah 1:1 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Kings 14:26 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Peter 1:21 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Nahum 1:3 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Jonah 4:2 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Jonah 4:1 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Jonah 3:3 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Jonah 1:2 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Jonah 1:1-4:11 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 17:17 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 12:39-40 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Joel 1:1-20 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 3:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Luke 24:27 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 24:15 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 19:4-5 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Jonah 4:10 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Isaiah 19:14 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Isaiah 7:14 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 91:1-16 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 3:16-17 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Nahum 3:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Jonah 4:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Jonah 3:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Jonah 2:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Jonah 1:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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