Jonah 4:8

Legacy Standard Bible

Then it happened that as the sun rose up, God appointed a scorching east wind, and the sun struck down on Jonah’s head so that he became faint and asked with all his soul to die and said, “Death is better to me than life.”

Cross References

Genesis 41:6

And behold, seven ears, thin and scorched by the east wind, sprouted up after them.

1 Kings 19:4

But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a broom tree; and he asked for himself that he might die, and said, “It is enough; now, O Yahweh, take my life, for I am not better than my fathers.”

1 Kings 21:4

So Ahab came into his house sullen and enraged because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him; for he said, “I will not give you the inheritance of my fathers.” And he lay down on his bed and turned away his face and ate no food.

Job 2:10

But he said to her, “You speak as one of the wickedly foolish women speaks. Shall we indeed accept good from God and not accept calamity?” In all this Job did not sin with his lips.

Job 7:15

So that my soul would choose suffocation, Death rather than my pains.

Psalm 121:6

The sun will not strike you by day, Nor the moon by night.

Psalm 39:9

“I have become mute, I do not open my mouth, Because it is You who have done it.

Ecclesiastes 7:9

Do not be eager in your spirit to be vexed, For vexation rests in the bosom of fools.

Song of Solomon 1:6

“Do not look at me because I am swarthy, For the sun has burned me. My mother’s sons were angry with me; They made me caretaker of the vineyards, But I have not taken care of my own vineyard.

Isaiah 49:10

“They will not hunger or thirst, Nor will the scorching heat or sun strike them down; For He who has compassion on them will guide them And will lead them to springs of water.

Ezekiel 19:12

‘But it was uprooted in wrath; It was cast down to the ground; And the east wind dried up its fruit. Its strong thick branch was torn off So that it dried up; The fire consumed it.

Hosea 13:15

¶Though he is fruitful among the reeds, An east wind will come, The wind of Yahweh coming up from the wilderness; And his fountain will become dry, And his spring will be dried up; It will plunder his treasury of every desirable article.

Leviticus 10:3

Then Moses said to Aaron, “It is what Yahweh spoke, saying, ‘By those who come near Me I will be treated as holy, And before all the people I will be glorified.’ ” So Aaron kept silent.

Jonah 1:17

And Yahweh appointed a great fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was in the stomach of the fish three days and three nights.

Jonah 1:4

But Yahweh hurled a great wind on the sea, and there was a great storm on the sea so that the ship gave thought to breaking apart.

Jonah 4:3

So now, O Yahweh, please take my life from me, for death is better to me than life.”

Jonah 4:9

Then God said to Jonah, “Do you have good reason to be angry about the plant?” And he said, “I have good reason to be angry, even to death.”

Matthew 20:12

saying, ‘These last men have worked only one hour, and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden of the day and the scorching heat.’

Revelation 3:19

Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline. Therefore be zealous and repent.

Revelation 7:16

They will hunger no longer, nor thirst anymore; nor will the sun beat down on them, nor any heat;

1 Samuel 3:18

So Samuel told him everything and hid nothing from him. And he said, “It is Yahweh; let Him do what seems good in His eyes.”