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Jon 2:2 — 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.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

I cried		Gen 32:7-12,24-28; 1Sa 30:6; Psa 4:1; Psa 18:4-6; Psa 22:24; Psa 34:6; Psa 65:2; Psa 120:1; Psa 142:1-3; Luk 22:44; Hbr 5:7
by reason of mine		or, out of mine. 1Sa 1:16
out		Psa 18:5,6; Psa 61:2; Psa 86:13; Psa 88:1-7; Psa 116:3
hell		or, the grave. Psa 16:10; Isa 14:9; Mat 12:40; Act 2:27
and thou		Psa 34:6; Psa 65:2

Correlating Passages

I cried

	Gen 32:7	Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed: and he divided the people that [was] with him, and the flocks, and herds, and the camels, into two bands;
	Gen 32:8	And said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the other company which is left shall escape.
	Gen 32:9	And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the LORD which saidst unto me, Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will deal well with thee:
	Gen 32:10	I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two bands.
	Gen 32:11	Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he will come and smite me, [and] the mother with the children.
	Gen 32:12	And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.
	Gen 32:24	And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.
	Gen 32:25	And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him.
	Gen 32:26	And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.
	Gen 32:27	And he said unto him, What [is] thy name? And he said, Jacob.
	Gen 32:28	And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.
	1Sa 30:6	And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the LORD his God.
	Psa 4:1	[[To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A Psalm of David.]] Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged me [when I was] in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.
	Psa 18:4	The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.
	Psa 18:5	The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.
	Psa 18:6	In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, [even] into his ears.
	Psa 22:24	For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him; but when he cried unto him, he heard.
	Psa 34:6	This poor man cried, and the LORD heard [him], and saved him out of all his troubles.
	Psa 65:2	O thou that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come.
	Psa 120:1	[[A Song of degrees.]] In my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he heard me.
	Psa 142:1	[[Maschil of David; A Prayer when he was in the cave.]] I cried unto the LORD with my voice; with my voice unto the LORD did I make my supplication.
	Psa 142:2	I poured out my complaint before him; I shewed before him my trouble.
	Psa 142:3	When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou knewest my path. In the way wherein I walked have they privily laid a snare for me.
	Luk 22:44	And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.
	Hbr 5:7	Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared;

by reason of mine

1Sa 1:16

Count not thine handmaid for a daughter of Belial: for out of the abundance of my complaint and grief have I spoken hitherto.

out

	Psa 18:5	The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.
	Psa 18:6	In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, [even] into his ears.
	Psa 61:2	From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock [that] is higher than I.
	Psa 86:13	For great [is] thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell.
	Psa 88:1	[[A Song [or] Psalm for the sons of Korah, to the chief Musician upon Mahalath Leannoth, Maschil of Heman the Ezrahite.]] O LORD God of my salvation, I have cried day [and] night before thee:
	Psa 88:2	Let my prayer come before thee: incline thine ear unto my cry;
	Psa 88:3	For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.
	Psa 88:4	I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man [that hath] no strength:
	Psa 88:5	Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou rememberest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand.
	Psa 88:6	Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps.
	Psa 88:7	Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted [me] with all thy waves. Selah.
	Psa 116:3	The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.

hell

	Psa 16:10	For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
	Isa 14:9	Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet [thee] at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for thee, [even] all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.
	Mat 12:40	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.
	Act 2:27	Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.

and thou

	Psa 34:6	This poor man cried, and the LORD heard [him], and saved him out of all his troubles.
	Psa 65:2	O thou that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come.

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Scott, Thomas. "Jonah 2:2," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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