Jonah 4:3

God's Word

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

Cross References

1 Kings 19:4

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.”

Ecclesiastes 7:1

A good name is better than expensive perfume, and the day you die is better than the day you’re born.

Ecclesiastes 7:9

Don’t be quick to get angry, because anger is typical of fools.

Jeremiah 8:3

“Then the few who remain from these wicked people will want to die rather than live where I will scatter them,” declares the Lord of Armies.

Jonah 4:4

The Lord asked, “What right do you have to be angry?”

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.”

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.”

Numbers 20:3

The people complained to Moses and said, “If only we had died when the other Israelites died in the Lord’s presence!

1 Corinthians 9:15

I haven’t used any of these rights, and I haven’t written this in order to use them now. I would rather die than have anyone turn my bragging into meaningless words.