Jonah 4:9

God's Word

Then God asked Jonah, “What right do you have to be angry over this plant?” Jonah answered, “I have every right to be angry—so angry that I want to die.”

Cross References

1 Kings 21:4

Resentful and upset, Ahab went home because of what Naboth from Jezreel had told him. (⌞Naboth had said,⌟ “I will not give you what I inherited from my ancestors.”) So Ahab lay on the couch, turned his face ⌞from everyone⌟, and refused to eat.

Job 18:4

Why do you rip yourself apart in anger? Should the earth be abandoned for your sake or a boulder be dislodged?

Job 36:18

Be careful that you are not led astray with riches. Don’t let a large bribe turn you ⌞to evil ways⌟.

Job 5:2

Certainly, anger kills a stubborn fool, and jealousy murders a gullible person.

Jonah 4:1

Jonah was very upset about this, and he became angry.

Jonah 4:10

The Lord replied, “This plant grew up overnight and died overnight. You didn’t plant it or make it grow. Yet, you feel sorry for this plant.

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.”

Matthew 26:38

Then he said to them, “My anguish is so great that I feel as if I’m dying. Wait here, and stay awake with me.”

2 Corinthians 7:10

In fact, to be distressed in a godly way causes people to change the way they think and act and leads them to be saved. No one can regret that. But the distress that the world causes brings only death.

Revelation 9:6

At that time people will look for death and never find it. They will long to die, but death will escape them.

Judges 16:16

Every day she made his life miserable with her questions. She pestered him until he wished he were dead.