Jonah 4:3

Modern King James Version

And now, O Jehovah, I beseech You, take my life from me. For better is my death than my life.

Cross References

1 Kings 19:4

And he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a broom tree. And he begged for his life, that he might die. And he said, It is enough. O Jehovah, take away my life. For I am no better than my fathers.

Ecclesiastes 7:1

A good name is better than precious ointment, and the day of death than the day of one's birth.

Ecclesiastes 7:9

Do not be hasty in your spirit to be angry; for anger rests in the bosom of fools.

Jeremiah 8:3

And death shall be chosen rather than life by all the rest of those who remain of this evil family, who remain in all the places where I have driven them, says Jehovah of Hosts.

Jonah 4:4

And Jehovah said, Is anger rightly kindled in you?

Jonah 4:8

And it happened when the sun shone, God ordained a scorching east wind. And the sun beat on the head of Jonah, so that he fainted. And he asked for his life to die. And he said, Better is my death than my life.

Numbers 11:15

And if You are going to part this way with me, I beg You to kill me at once, if I have found favor in Your sight, and let me not see my misery.

Numbers 20:3

And the people contended with Moses and spoke, saying, Oh that we had died when our brothers died before Jehovah!

1 Corinthians 9:15

But I have used none of these things, nor have I written these things that it should be done so to me; for it is good for me rather to die than that anyone nullify my glorying.