Jonah 4:8

New Century Version

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.”

Cross References

Genesis 41:6

After that, seven more heads of grain sprang up, but they were thin and burned by the hot east wind.

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.”

1 Kings 21:4

Ahab went home angry and upset, because he did not like what Naboth from Jezreel had said. (Naboth had said, “I will not give you my family’s land.”) Ahab lay down on his bed, turned his face to the wall, and refused to eat.

Job 2:10

Job answered, “You are talking like a foolish woman. Should we take only good things from God and not trouble?” In spite of all this Job did not sin in what he said.

Job 7:15

My throat prefers to be choked; my bones welcome death.

Psalm 121:6

The sun cannot hurt you during the day, and the moon cannot hurt you at night.

Psalm 39:9

I am quiet; I do not open my mouth, because you are the one who has done this.

Ecclesiastes 7:9

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

Song of Solomon 1:6

Don’t look at how dark I am, at how dark the sun has made me. My brothers were angry with me and made me tend the vineyards, so I haven’t tended my own vineyard!

Isaiah 49:10

They will not be hungry or thirsty. Neither the hot sun nor the desert wind will hurt them. The God who comforts them will lead them and guide them by springs of water.

Ezekiel 19:12

But it was pulled up by its roots in anger and thrown down to the ground. The east wind dried it up. Its fruit was torn off. Its strong branches were broken off and burned up.

Hosea 13:15

Israel is doing well among the nations, but the Lord will send a wind from the east, coming from the desert, that will dry up his springs and wells of water. He will destroy from their treasure houses everything of value.

Leviticus 10:3

Then Moses said to Aaron, “This is what the Lord was speaking about when he said, ‘I must be respected as holy by those who come near me; before all the people I must be given honor.’ ” So Aaron did not say anything about the death of his sons.

Jonah 1:17

The Lord caused a big fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was inside the fish three days and three nights.

Jonah 1:4

But the Lord sent a great wind on the sea, which made the sea so stormy that the ship was in danger of breaking apart.

Jonah 4:3

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

Jonah 4:9

But God said to Jonah, “Do you think it is right for you to be angry about the plant?” Jonah answered, “It is right for me to be angry! I am so angry I could die!”

Matthew 20:12

They said, ‘Those people were hired last and worked only one hour. But you paid them the same as you paid us who worked hard all day in the hot sun.’

Revelation 3:19

“I correct and punish those whom I love. So be eager to do right, and change your hearts and lives.

Revelation 7:16

Those people will never be hungry again, and they will never be thirsty again. The sun will not hurt them, and no heat will burn them,

1 Samuel 3:18

So Samuel told Eli everything and did not hide anything from him. Then Eli said, “He is the Lord. Let him do what he thinks is best.”