Bible Quotes About Taking in refugees

He said to them,“Pick me up and throw me into the sea so that the sea will calm down for you, because I know it’s my fault you are in this severe storm.”

Jonah 1:12

They said to him,“Tell us, whose fault is it that this disaster has overtaken us? What’s your occupation? Where do you come from? What’s your country? And who are your people?”

Jonah 1:8

The sailors said to one another,“Come on, let’s cast lots to find out whose fault it is that this disaster has overtaken us.” So they cast lots, and Jonah was singled out.

Jonah 1:7

Instead, they tried to row back to land, but they were not able to do so because the storm kept growing worse and worse.

Jonah 1:13

Because the storm was growing worse and worse, they said to him,“What should we do to you so that the sea will calm down for us?”

Jonah 1:11

The sailors were so afraid that each cried out to his own god and they flung the ship’s cargo overboard to make the ship lighter. Jonah, meanwhile, had gone down into the hold below deck, had lain down, and was sound asleep.

Jonah 1:5

So they picked Jonah up and threw him into the sea, and the sea stopped raging.

Jonah 1:15

Every person and animal must put on sackcloth and must cry earnestly to God, and everyone must turn from their evil way of living and from the violence that they do.

Jonah 3:8

and said,“I called out to the LORD from my distress, and he answered me; from the belly of Sheol I cried out for help, and you heard my prayer.

Jonah 2:2

The people of Nineveh believed in God, and they declared a fast and put on sackcloth, from the greatest to the least of them.

Jonah 3:5