Jonah 4:8

New American Bible - revised edition

And when the sun arose, God provided a scorching east wind; and the sun beat upon Jonah’s head till he became faint. Then he wished for death, saying, “It is better for me to die than to live.”

Cross References

Genesis 41:6

Behind them sprouted seven ears of grain, thin and scorched by the east wind;

1 Kings 19:4

and went a day’s journey into the wilderness, until he came to a solitary broom tree and sat beneath it. He prayed for death: “Enough, Lord! Take my life, for I am no better than my ancestors.”

1 Kings 21:4

Ahab went home disturbed and angry at the answer Naboth the Jezreelite had given him: “I will not give you my ancestral heritage.” Lying down on his bed, he turned away and would not eat.

Job 2:10

But he said to her, “You speak as foolish women do. We accept good things from God; should we not accept evil?” Through all this, Job did not sin in what he said. Job’s Three Friends.

Job 7:15

So that I should prefer strangulation and death rather than my existence.

Psalm 121:6

By day the sun will not strike you, nor the moon by night.

Psalm 39:9

From all my sins deliver me; let me not be the taunt of fools.

Ecclesiastes 7:9

Do not let anger upset your spirit, for anger lodges in the bosom of a fool.

Song of Solomon 1:6

Do not stare at me because I am so black, because the sun has burned me. The sons of my mother were angry with me; they charged me with the care of the vineyards: my own vineyard I did not take care of.

Isaiah 49:10

They shall not hunger or thirst; nor shall scorching wind or sun strike them; For he who pities them leads them and guides them beside springs of water.

Ezekiel 19:12

But she was torn out in fury and flung to the ground; The east wind withered her up, her fruit was plucked away; Her strongest branch dried up, fire devoured it.

Hosea 13:15

Though Ephraim may flourish among his brothers, an east wind will come, a wind from the Lord, rising from the wilderness, That will dry up his spring, and leave his fountain dry. It will loot his treasury of every precious thing.

Leviticus 10:3

Moses then said to Aaron, “This is as the Lord said: Through those near to me I will be sanctified; in the sight of all the people I will obtain glory.” But Aaron said nothing.

Jonah 1:4

The Lord, however, hurled a great wind upon the sea, and the storm was so great that the ship was about to break up.

Jonah 4:3

So now, Lord, please take my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.”

Jonah 4:9

But God said to Jonah, “Do you have a right to be angry over the gourd plant?” Jonah answered, “I have a right to be angry—angry enough to die.”

Matthew 20:12

saying, ‘These last ones worked only one hour, and you have made them equal to us, who bore the day’s burden and the heat.’

Revelation 3:19

Those whom I love, I reprove and chastise. Be earnest, therefore, and repent.

Revelation 7:16

They will not hunger or thirst anymore, nor will the sun or any heat strike them.

1 Samuel 3:18

So Samuel told him everything, and held nothing back. Eli answered, “It is the Lord. What is pleasing in the Lord’s sight, the Lord will do.” Samuel Acknowledged as Prophet.