Jonah 4:3

New International Version

Now, Lord, take away my life, for it is better for me to die than to live.”

Cross References

1 Kings 19:4

while he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness. He came to a broom bush, sat down under it and prayed that he might die. “I have had enough, Lord,” he said. “Take my life; I am no better than my ancestors.”

Ecclesiastes 7:1

A good name is better than fine perfume, and the day of death better than the day of birth.

Ecclesiastes 7:9

Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger resides in the lap of fools.

Jeremiah 8:3

Wherever I banish them, all the survivors of this evil nation will prefer death to life, declares the Lord Almighty.’

Jonah 4:4

But the Lord replied, “Is it right for you to be angry?”

Jonah 4:8

When the sun rose, God provided a scorching east wind, and the sun blazed on Jonah’s head so that he grew faint. He wanted to die, and said, “It would be better for me to die than to live.”

Numbers 11:15

If this is how you are going to treat me, please go ahead and kill me—if I have found favor in your eyes—and do not let me face my own ruin.”

Numbers 20:3

They quarreled with Moses and said, “If only we had died when our brothers fell dead before the Lord!

1 Corinthians 9:15

But I have not used any of these rights. And I am not writing this in the hope that you will do such things for me, for I would rather die than allow anyone to deprive me of this boast.