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Jonah 2:8–9

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They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.
But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that that I have vowed. Salvation is of the Lord.
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From verse 8

  1. Psalms 31:6Rank 1 from verse 8
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    6I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in the Lord.

  2. 2 Kings 17:15Rank 2 from verse 8
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    15And they rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified against them; and they followed vanity, and became vain, and went after the heathen that were round about them, concerning whom the Lord had charged them, that they should not do like them.

  3. Jeremiah 2:13Rank 3 from verse 8
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    13For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.

  4. 1 Samuel 12:21Rank 4 from verse 8
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    21And turn ye not aside: for then should ye go after vain things, which cannot profit nor deliver; for they are vain.

  5. Jeremiah 10:8Rank 5 from verse 8
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    8But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is a doctrine of vanities.

  6. Habakkuk 2:18–20Rank 6 from verse 8
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    18¶ What profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, and a teacher of lies, that the maker of his work trusteth therein, to make dumb idols?

    19Woe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise, it shall teach! Behold, it is laid over with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in the midst of it.

    20But the Lord is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him.

  7. Jeremiah 10:14–15Rank 7 from verse 8
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    14Every man is brutish in his knowledge: every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.

    15They are vanity, and the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.

  8. Jeremiah 16:19Rank 8 from verse 8
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    19O Lord, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and things wherein there is no profit.

From verse 9

  1. Psalms 3:8Rank 1 from verse 9
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    8Salvation belongeth unto the Lord: thy blessing is upon thy people. Selah.

  2. Psalms 50:14Rank 2 from verse 9
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    14Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High:

  3. Ecclesiastes 5:4–5Rank 3 from verse 9
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    4When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed.

    5Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.

  4. Hebrews 13:15Rank 4 from verse 9
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    15By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.

  5. Psalms 50:23Rank 5 from verse 9
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    23Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me: and to him that ordereth his conversation aright will I shew the salvation of God.

  6. Hosea 14:2Rank 6 from verse 9
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    2Take with you words, and turn to the Lord: say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously: so will we render the calves of our lips.

  7. Psalms 116:17–18Rank 7 from verse 9
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    17I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call upon the name of the Lord.

    18I will pay my vows unto the Lord now in the presence of all his people,

  8. Psalms 68:20Rank 8 from verse 9
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    20He that is our God is the God of salvation; and unto God the Lord belong the issues from death.

  9. Isaiah 45:17Rank 9 from verse 9
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    17But Israel shall be saved in the Lord with an everlasting salvation: ye shall not be ashamed nor confounded world without end.

  10. Psalms 37:39–40Rank 10 from verse 9
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    39But the salvation of the righteous is of the Lord: he is their strength in the time of trouble.

    40And the Lord shall help them, and deliver them: he shall deliver them from the wicked, and save them, because they trust in him.

  11. Romans 12:1Rank 11 from verse 9
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    1I BESEECH you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.

  12. Genesis 35:3Rank 12 from verse 9
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    3And let us arise, and go up to Beth-el; and I will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went.

  13. Jeremiah 33:11Rank 13 from verse 9
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    11The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the voice of them that shall say, Praise the Lord of hosts: for the Lord is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: and of them that shall bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of the Lord. For I will cause to return the captivity of the land, as at the first, saith the Lord.

  14. Job 22:27Rank 14 from verse 9
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    27Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows.

  15. John 4:22Rank 15 from verse 9
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    22Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews.

  16. Revelation 7:10Rank 16 from verse 9
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    10And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb.

  17. Acts 4:12Rank 17 from verse 9
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    12Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.

  18. Psalms 107:22Rank 18 from verse 9
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    22And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his works with rejoicing.

  19. Psalms 66:13–15Rank 19 from verse 9
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    13I will go into thy house with burnt offerings: I will pay thee my vows,

    14Which my lips have uttered, and my mouth hath spoken, when I was in trouble.

    15I will offer unto thee burnt sacrifices of fatlings, with the incense of rams; I will offer bullocks with goats. Selah.

  20. 2 Samuel 15:7Rank 20 from verse 9
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    7¶ And it came to pass after forty years, that Absalom said unto the king, I pray thee, let me go and pay my vow, which I have vowed unto the Lord, in Hebron.

  21. Deuteronomy 23:18Rank 21 from verse 9
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    18Thou shalt not bring the hire of a whore, or the price of a dog, into the house of the Lord thy God for any vow: for even both these are abomination unto the Lord thy God.

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Jonah 2:8

COMBINED MEANING

observe

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Sense 1: To watch, notice, behold, or take heed of. Sense 2: To keep, carefully perform, or comply with.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

lying

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1. Reclining, resting, remaining, or being situated in a place. 2. Speaking or representing what is false or deceptive. 3. Lying with a person; having sexual intercourse.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

forsake

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To leave, abandon, desert, reject, renounce, cease following, or withdraw from a person, place, way, command, duty, affection, or former course.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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mercy

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Compassion or pity shown to the distressed or guilty; kindness that withholds deserved harm.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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Jonah 2:9

COMBINED MEANING

but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

sacrifice

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Sense 1: An offering presented to God or to a false god, or the thing so offered. Sense 2: To present, slay, or consume something as such an offering.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Cawdrey 1604 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

thanksgiving

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1. The act or expression of giving thanks to God. 2. A sacrifice or offering made to God as an expression of thanks.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

pay

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To discharge a debt or obligation; to render what is due, fulfill a promise, reward, or recompense.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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2:7When my soul fainted within me I remembered the Lord: and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple.

2:8They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.

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2:9But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that that I have vowed. Salvation is of the Lord.

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2:10¶ And the Lord spake unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land.

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