Jonah 4:3

New Century Version

So now I ask you, Lord, please kill me. It is better for me to die than to live.”

Cross References

1 Kings 19:4

Then Elijah walked for a whole day into the desert. He sat down under a bush and asked to die. “I have had enough, Lord,” he prayed. “Let me die. I am no better than my ancestors.”

Ecclesiastes 7:1

It is better to have respect than good perfume. The day of death is better than the day of birth.

Ecclesiastes 7:9

Don’t become angry quickly, because getting angry is foolish.

Jeremiah 8:3

I will force the people of Judah to leave their homes and their land. Those of this evil family who are not dead will wish they were, says the Lord All-Powerful.’

Jonah 4:4

Then the Lord said, “Do you think it is right for you to be angry?”

Jonah 4:8

As the sun rose higher in the sky, God sent a very hot east wind to blow, and the sun became so hot on Jonah’s head that he became very weak and wished he were dead. He said, “It is better for me to die than to live.”

Numbers 11:15

If you are going to continue doing this to me, then kill me now. If you care about me, put me to death, and then I won’t have any more troubles.”

Numbers 20:3

They argued with Moses and said, “We should have died in front of the Lord as our brothers did.

1 Corinthians 9:15

But I have not used any of these rights. And I am not writing this now to get anything from you. I would rather die than to have my reason for bragging taken away.