After everyone had gone a long time without food, Paul stood before them and said, "You should have listened to me and not have sailed from Crete; then we would have avoided all this damage and loss.

Some of the king's officials were afraid because of what the LORD had said, and they brought their slaves and animals indoors for shelter.

Others, however, paid no attention to the LORD's warning and left their slaves and animals out in the open.

So the king of Israel warned the people who lived in that place, and they were on guard. This happened several times.

Sensible people will see trouble coming and avoid it, but an unthinking person will walk right into it and regret it later.

"Mortal man," he said, "I am making you a lookout for the nation of Israel. You will pass on to them the warnings I give you.

If I announce that someone evil is going to die but you do not warn him to change his ways so that he can save his life, he will die, still a sinner, but I will hold you responsible for his death.

If someone hears it but pays no attention and the enemy comes and kills him, then he is to blame for his own death.

It was faith that made Noah hear God's warnings about things in the future that he could not see. He obeyed God and built a boat in which he and his family were saved. As a result, the world was condemned, and Noah received from God the righteousness that comes by faith.