Jonah 2:8
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Jonah 2:8 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Jonah 2:8 is a verse from the book of Jonah in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Jonah 2:8 — KJV
“They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.”
— Jonah 2:8 (KJV)
Jonah 2:8 in Context — About the Book of Jonah
Jonah is the prophet who ran — away from Nineveh, into a storm, and into the belly of a great fish, where he finally prayed. God's question closes the book: shouldn't I have compassion on a city of 120,000? It exposes our reluctance and God's relentless mercy to outsiders.
Cross-References for Jonah 2:8
“The LORD will perfect that which concerneth me: thy mercy, O LORD, endureth for ever: forsake not the works of thine own hands.”
Shares key themes with Jonah 2:8: forsake, own, mercy
“Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him. him: Heb. a male”
Shares key themes with Jonah 2:8: lying, own
“But all the women children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.”
Shares key themes with Jonah 2:8: lying, own
“And thirty and two thousand persons in all, of women that had not known man by lying with him.”
Shares key themes with Jonah 2:8: lying, own
“If one be found slain in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it, lying in the field, and it be not known who hath slain him:”
Shares key themes with Jonah 2:8: lying, own
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