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Jon 1:10 — Then were the men exceedingly afraid, and said unto him, Why hast thou done this? For the men knew that he fled from the presence of the LORD, because he had told them.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

were		Jhn 19:8
exceedingly afraid		Heb. afraid, with great fear. Dan 5:6-9
Why		Jos 7:25; 2Sa 24:3
he fled		Jon 1:3; Job 27:22

Correlating Passages

were

Jhn 19:8

When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he was the more afraid;

exceedingly afraid

	Dan 5:6	Then the king's countenance was changed, and his thoughts troubled him, so that the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smote one against another.
	Dan 5:7	The king cried aloud to bring in the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. [And] the king spake, and said to the wise [men] of Babylon, Whosoever shall read this writing, and shew me the interpretation thereof, shall be clothed with scarlet, and [have] a chain of gold about his neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.
	Dan 5:8	Then came in all the king's wise [men]: but they could not read the writing, nor make known to the king the interpretation thereof.
	Dan 5:9	Then was king Belshazzar greatly troubled, and his countenance was changed in him, and his lords were astonied.

Why

	Jos 7:25	And Joshua said, Why hast thou troubled us? the LORD shall trouble thee this day. And all Israel stoned him with stones, and burned them with fire, after they had stoned them with stones.
	2Sa 24:3	And Joab said unto the king, Now the LORD thy God add unto the people, how many soever they be, an hundredfold, and that the eyes of my lord the king may see [it]: but why doth my lord the king delight in this thing?

he fled

	Jon 1:3	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.
	Job 27:22	For [God] shall cast upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand.

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Scott, Thomas. "Jonah 1:10," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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