Jonah 4:9

New International Version

But God said to Jonah, “Is it right for you to be angry about the plant?” “It is,” he said. “And I’m so angry I wish I were dead.”

Cross References

1 Kings 21:4

So Ahab went home, sullen and angry because Naboth the Jezreelite had said, “I will not give you the inheritance of my ancestors.” He lay on his bed sulking and refused to eat.

Job 18:4

You who tear yourself to pieces in your anger, is the earth to be abandoned for your sake? Or must the rocks be moved from their place?

Job 36:18

Be careful that no one entices you by riches; do not let a large bribe turn you aside.

Job 5:2

Resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple.

Jonah 4:1

But to Jonah this seemed very wrong, and he became angry.

Jonah 4:10

But the Lord said, “You have been concerned about this plant, though you did not tend it or make it grow. It sprang up overnight and died overnight.

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.”

Matthew 26:38

Then he said to them, “My soul is overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch with me.”

2 Corinthians 7:10

Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regret, but worldly sorrow brings death.

Revelation 9:6

During those days people will seek death but will not find it; they will long to die, but death will elude them.

Judges 16:16

With such nagging she prodded him day after day until he was sick to death of it.