Jonah Bible — KJV Bible Study Guide
A free 10-lesson Bible study guide on jonah bible, drawn entirely from the King James Version. Each lesson opens with a study question, gives the verse reference, and offers a short teaching note. Use it for personal devotions, a small group, or a Sunday school class.
The 10 lessons
Lesson 1 · Jonah 1:2 (KJV)
Where was Jonah sent to preach?
Answer: Nineveh
Study note. Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me.
Lesson 2 · Jonah 1:3 (KJV)
Where did Jonah try to flee to?
Answer: Tarshish
Study note. But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD.
Lesson 3 · Jonah 1:3 (KJV)
From what port did Jonah set sail?
Answer: Joppa
Study note. And he went down to Joppa; and he found a ship going to Tarshish.
Lesson 4 · Jonah 1:4 (KJV)
What did the LORD send upon the sea?
Answer: A great wind
Study note. But the LORD sent out a great wind into the sea, and there was a mighty tempest in the sea.
Lesson 5 · Jonah 1:7 (KJV)
How was Jonah cast lots upon?
Answer: The lot fell upon him to know for whose cause the evil was upon them
Study note. And they said every one to his fellow, Come, and let us cast lots, that we may know for whose cause this evil is upon us. So they cast lots, and the lot fell upon Jonah.
Lesson 6 · Jonah 1:17 (KJV)
What did God prepare to swallow Jonah?
Answer: A great fish
Study note. Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.
Lesson 7 · Jonah 1:17 (KJV)
How long was Jonah in the fish?
Answer: Three days and three nights
Study note. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.
Lesson 8 · Jonah 3:4 (KJV)
What did Jonah preach in Nineveh?
Answer: Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown
Study note. And Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey, and he cried, and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown.
Lesson 9 · Jonah 4:6 (KJV)
What did God prepare to shade Jonah?
Answer: A gourd
Study note. And the LORD God prepared a gourd, and made it to come up over Jonah, that it might be a shadow over his head.
Lesson 10 · Jonah 4:7 (KJV)
What did God prepare to smite the gourd?
Answer: A worm
Study note. But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered.
Key verses to memorize
The passages this study returns to most often — pick one or two and commit them to memory this week.
Discussion questions
- Which lesson in this study surprised you the most, and why?
- How does jonah bible point us to Jesus Christ and the gospel?
- Pick one verse from the key passages above. How does it shape the way you will pray, read, or live this week?
- Who in your life could you share one of these truths with in the next seven days?