Whales

And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale’s belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

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

Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me?

There go the ships: there is that leviathan, whom thou hast made to play therein.

For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:

Now the word of the Lord came unto Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, — read the full passage →

Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say unto him, Thou art like a young lion of the nations, and thou art as a whale in the seas: and thou camest forth with thy rivers, and troubledst the waters with thy feet, and fouledst their rivers.

Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet.

Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?

He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing.

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

Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters.

In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind.

Then Jonah prayed unto the Lord his God out of the fish’s belly, — read the full passage →

Then Jonah prayed unto the Lord his God out of the fish’s belly,

He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:

For as Jonas was a sign unto the Ninevites, so shall also the Son of man be to this generation.

For thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas; and the floods compassed me about: all thy billows and thy waves passed over me.

Speak, and say, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon that lieth in the midst of his rivers, which hath said, My river is mine own, and I have made it for myself.

Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel, he hath swallowed me up like a dragon, he hath filled his belly with my delicates, he hath cast me out.

Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.

Lying lips are abomination to the Lord: but they that deal truly are his delight.

Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed for ever.

Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail,

Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are!

And Joab gave up the sum of the number of the people unto the king: and there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men that drew the sword; and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand men.

Their wine is the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom of asps.

For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. — read the full passage →

And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the Lord, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my voice.

If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.

Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me.

I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?

Behold even to the moon, and it shineth not; yea, the stars are not pure in his sight.

He restored the coast of Israel from the entering of Hamath unto the sea of the plain, according to the word of the Lord God of Israel, which he spake by the hand of his servant Jonah, the son of Amittai, the prophet, which was of Gath–hepher.

His glory is like the firstling of his bullock, and his horns are like the horns of unicorns: with them he shall push the people together to the ends of the earth: and they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they are the thousands of Manasseh.

And they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, Come up hither. And they ascended up to heaven in a cloud; and their enemies beheld them.

And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints,

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.

Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. — read the full passage →

A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas. And he left them, and departed.

Therefore now, O Lord, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.

But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the Lord, and went down to Joppa; and he found a ship going to Tarshish: so he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with them unto Tarshish from the presence of the Lord.

And Joab gave the sum of the number of the people unto David. And all they of Israel were a thousand thousand and an hundred thousand men that drew sword: and Judah was four hundred threescore and ten thousand men that drew sword.