1 Kings 19:4

God's Word

Then he traveled through the wilderness for a day. He sat down under a broom plant and wanted to die. “I’ve had enough now, Lord,” he said. “Take my life! I’m no better than my ancestors.”

Cross References

1 Kings 13:14

He went after the man of God and found him sitting under an oak tree. The old prophet asked him, “Are you the man of God who came from Judah?” “Yes,” he answered.

1 Kings 19:3

Frightened, Elijah fled to save his life. He came to Beersheba in Judah and left his servant there.

1 Kings 19:5

Then he lay down and slept under the broom plant. An angel touched him and said, “Get up and eat.”

2 Kings 2:11

As they continued walking and talking, a fiery chariot with fiery horses separated the two of them, and Elijah went to heaven in a windstorm.

Job 6:8

“How I wish that my prayer would be answered— that God would give me what I’m hoping for,

Job 6:9

that God would ⌞finally⌟ be willing to crush me, that he would reach out to cut me off.

Jeremiah 20:9

I think to myself, “I can forget the Lord and no longer speak his name.” But ⌞his word⌟ is inside me like a burning fire shut up in my bones. I wear myself out holding it in, but I can’t do it any longer.

Amos 6:2

Go to Calneh and look. Go from there to the great city of Hamath. Then go to Gath, the city of the Philistines. Are you better than these kingdoms? Is their territory larger than yours?

Jonah 4:3

So now, Lord, take my life. I’d rather be dead than alive.”

Jonah 4:8

When the sun rose, God made a hot east wind blow. The sun beat down on Jonah’s head so that he was about to faint. He wanted to die. So he said, “I’d rather be dead than alive.”

Nahum 3:8

Are you better than No-amon, which sits by the streams of the Nile with water surrounding her? The sea was ⌞her⌟ defense. The water was her wall.

Numbers 11:15

If this is how you’re going to treat me, why don’t you just kill me? I can’t face this trouble anymore.”

Matthew 6:26

“Look at the birds. They don’t plant, harvest, or gather the harvest into barns. Yet, your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren’t you worth more than they?

John 4:6

Jacob’s Well was there. Jesus sat down by the well because he was tired from traveling. The time was about noon.

Romans 3:9

What, then, is the situation? Do we have any advantage? Not at all. We have already accused everyone (both Jews and Greeks) of being under the power of sin,