Jonah 1:6
So the shipmaster came to him, and said unto him, What meanest thou, O sleeper? arise, call upon thy God, if so be that God will think upon us, that we perish not.
Cross-reference
In Jonah 3:9, the king of Nineveh uses the same 'Who knows' expression of uncertain hope for God's mercy, echoing the captain's plea.
In Jonah 3:8, the Ninevites are urged to call urgently on God — echoing the captain's same exhortation to Jonah to pray for deliverance.
In 2 Samuel 12:22, David says 'Who knows whether the LORD will be gracious' — same idiom of uncertain hope for mercy, mirroring the captain's words.
Psalm 107:29 specifically describes God calming a storm — exactly the deliverance needed here.
In Amos 5:15, 'it may be that the LORD will be gracious' parallels the captain's 'Perhaps the god will give a thought' — same formula of hopeful repentance.
Mark 4:37-41 shows Jesus calming a storm while sleeping — a typological fulfillment of Jonah's storm scene.
Ephesians 5:14 directly quotes 'Awake, O sleeper' from Jonah 1:6 (LXX), applying it to spiritual resurrection.
Joel 2:14 'Who knows whether he will turn and relent' is almost identical to the captain's 'Perhaps the god will give a thought' — clear verbal and thematic parallel.
In Matthew 8:25, the disciples wake Jesus in a storm, crying 'save us, we perish!' — directly mirroring the captain's urgent call to Jonah to pray lest they perish.
In Mark 14:37, Jesus rebukes Peter for sleeping instead of watching — paralleling the captain's rebuke of Jonah sleeping during the storm.
In Luke 22:46, Jesus says 'Why are you sleeping? Get up and pray' — nearly identical to the captain's words to Jonah, urging prayer in crisis.
Romans 13:11 calls believers to 'wake from sleep' spiritually — echoing the captain's literal command to awake.
Jeremiah 2:28 mocks idols that cannot save, contrasting with Jonah's God who can deliver from the storm.
In 1 Thessalonians 5:6, Paul similarly calls believers to awake from spiritual slumber, echoing the captain's rebuke to the sleeping Jonah.