Jonah 2:6
I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars was about me for ever: yet hast thou brought up my life from corruption, O Lord my God.
Cross-reference
In Psalm 55:23, God brings the wicked down to the pit, contrasting with God bringing Jonah up from the pit.
Acts 13:34 proclaims God raising Jesus from the dead — the ultimate fulfillment of the deliverance from the pit that Jonah typifies.
Isaiah 38:17 thanks God for delivering life from the pit — a direct parallel to Jonah's prayer of thanksgiving for being brought up.
In Psalm 30:3, David praises God for bringing him up from the pit, directly matching Jonah's deliverance language.
Psalm 16:10 promises no abandonment to the pit — a prophecy of resurrection prefigured by Jonah's deliverance from the pit.
In Job 33:28, the speaker declares God delivered him from the pit to enjoy light, echoing Jonah's testimony of being brought up.
In Job 33:24, God spares a person from the pit through a ransom, paralleling Jonah's rescue from the pit.
In Psalm 18:16, God draws the psalmist from many waters – the same rescue from the deep that Jonah experiences here.
Psalm 40:2 describes being drawn up from a pit and miry bog – a direct parallel to Jonah’s rescue from the pit of the sea.
Psalm 71:20 promises revival and bringing up from the depths of the earth – the same hope Jonah clings to as God raises him.
Psalm 118:18 speaks of severe discipline yet preservation from death – mirroring Jonah’s chastening and God’s mercy in sparing him.
Acts 2:27 quotes Psalm 16:10 about God not abandoning to Hades – Jonah’s rescue from the pit prefigures Christ’s resurrection (typology).
In Job 17:16, Job laments his hope descending to death's gates without rescue, contrasting with Jonah's deliverance from the pit.
Psalm 88:4 laments being counted among those who go down to the pit – echoing Jonah’s descent but without the rescue, highlighting his deliverance.
In Psalm 104:6, the waters covering mountains mirror Jonah's depth — both show God's sovereign control over the deep.
In Psalm 30:9, David questions whether the pit can praise God—contrasting with Jonah's praise from the pit.
In Psalm 143:7, David fears being like those who go down to the pit—a plea that Jonah's rescue demonstrates answered.