Luke 8:24
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24 They went to him and woke him up, shouting, “Master, Master, we are perishing!” And waking up, he rebuked the wind and the raging waves; they ceased, and there was a calm.(A)
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Luke 4:39
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39 Then he stood over her and rebuked the fever, and it left her. Immediately she got up and began to serve them.(A)
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2 Corinthians 1:9-10
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9 Indeed, we felt that we had received the sentence of death so that we would rely not on ourselves but on God, who raises the dead. 10 He who rescued us from so deadly a peril will continue to rescue us;[a] on him we have set our hope that he will rescue us again,(A)
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- 1.10 Other ancient authorities read is rescuing us or lack the phrase
Luke 5:5
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5 Simon answered, “Master, we have worked all night long but have caught nothing. Yet if you say so, I will let down the nets.”(A)
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Psalm 107:25-29
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25 For he commanded and raised the stormy wind,
which lifted up the waves of the sea.(A)
26 They mounted up to heaven; they went down to the depths;
their courage melted away in their calamity;(B)
27 they reeled and staggered like drunkards
and were at their wits’ end.(C)
28 Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble,
and he brought them out from their distress;
29 he made the storm be still,
and the waves of the sea were hushed.(D)
Nahum 1:4
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4 He rebukes the sea and makes it dry,
and he dries up all the rivers;
Bashan and Carmel wither,
and the bloom of Lebanon fades.
Psalm 104:6-9
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6 You cover it with the deep as with a garment;
the waters stood above the mountains.(A)
7 At your rebuke they flee;
at the sound of your thunder they take to flight.
8 They rose up to the mountains, ran down to the valleys,
to the place that you appointed for them.(B)
9 You set a boundary that they may not pass,
so that they might not again cover the earth.(C)
Psalm 65:7
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7 You silence the roaring of the seas,
the roaring of their waves,
the tumult of the peoples.(A)
John 2:2-6
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2 Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding. 3 When the wine gave out, the mother of Jesus said to him, “They have no wine.” 4 And Jesus said to her, “Woman, what concern is that to me and to you?[a] My hour has not yet come.”(A) 5 His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.” 6 Now standing there were six stone water jars for the Jewish rites of purification, each holding twenty or thirty gallons.(B)
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- 2.4 Or What have you to do with me, woman?
Matthew 14:30
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30 But when he noticed the strong wind,[a] he became frightened, and, beginning to sink, he cried out, “Lord, save me!”
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- 14.30 Other ancient authorities read the wind
Jeremiah 5:22
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22 Do you not fear me? says the Lord;
Do you not tremble before me?
I placed the sand as a boundary for the sea,
a perpetual barrier that it cannot pass;
though the waves toss, they cannot prevail;
though they roar, they cannot pass over it.(A)
Psalm 116:3-4
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3 The snares of death encompassed me;
the pangs of Sheol laid hold on me;
I suffered distress and anguish.(A)
4 Then I called on the name of the Lord,
“O Lord, I pray, save my life!”
Psalm 69:1-2
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Psalm 69
Prayer for Deliverance from Persecution
To the leader: according to Lilies. Of David.
1 Save me, O God,
for the waters have come up to my neck.(A)
2 I sink in deep mire,
where there is no foothold;
I have come into deep waters,
and the flood sweeps over me.(B)
Lamentations 3:54-56
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54 water closed over my head;
I said, “I am lost.”(A)
55 I called on your name, O Lord,
from the depths of the pit;(B)
56 you heard my plea, “Do not close your ear
to my cry for help, but give me relief!”(C)
Isaiah 50:2
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2 Why was no one there when I came?
Why did no one answer when I called?
Is my arm powerless to redeem?
Or have I no strength to deliver?
By my rebuke I dry up the sea;
I make the rivers a desert,
so that their fish stink for lack of water
and die of thirst.[a](A)
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- 50.2 Or die on the thirsty ground
Psalm 142:4-5
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4 Look on my right hand and see:
there is no one who takes notice of me;
no refuge remains to me;
no one cares for me.(A)
5 I cry to you, O Lord;
I say, “You are my refuge,
my portion in the land of the living.”(B)
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