Jonah 4:9

Modern English Version

Then God said to Jonah, “Is it right for you to be angry about the plant?” And Jonah replied, “It is right for me to be angry, even to death.”

Cross References

Job 18:4

You who tear yourself in anger, will the earth be forsaken for you? And will the rock be removed from its place?

Job 5:2

For anger slays the foolish man, and jealousy kills the gullible.

Judges 16:16

Every day she nagged him with her words and pleaded with him until he was tired to death.

Revelation 9:6

In those days men will seek death but will not find it. They will desire to die, but death will elude them.

2 Corinthians 7:10

Godly sorrow produces repentance that leads to salvation and brings no regret, but the sorrow of the world produces death.

Matthew 26:38

Then He said to them, “My soul is very sorrowful, even to death. Wait here, and keep watch with Me.”

Job 36:18

Because there is wrath, beware lest He take you away with a blow; even a great ransom cannot deliver you.

Jonah 4:1

Now this greatly displeased Jonah, and he became angry.

Jonah 4:8

When the sun rose, God appointed a scorching east wind, and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah so that he became faint and asked that he might die. He said, “It is better for me to die than to live.”

Jonah 4:10

The Lord said, “You are troubled about the plant for which you did not labor and did not grow. It came up in a night and perished in a night.

1 Kings 21:4

Ahab returned home angry and depressed because of the answer Naboth the Jezreelite had given him, for he had said, “I will not give you the inheritance of my fathers.” He lay down on his bed and sulked and would not eat any bread.