Jonah 4:3

New King James Version

Therefore now, O Lord, please take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live!”

Cross References

1 Kings 19:4

But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a broom tree. And he prayed that he might die, and said, “It is enough! Now, Lord, take my life, for I am no better than my fathers!”

Ecclesiastes 7:1

A good name is better than precious ointment, And the day of death than the day of one’s birth;

Ecclesiastes 7:9

Do not hasten in your spirit to be angry, For anger rests in the bosom of fools.

Jeremiah 8:3

Then death shall be chosen rather than life by all the residue of those who remain of this evil family, who remain in all the places where I have driven them,” says the Lord of hosts.

Jonah 4:4

Then the Lord said, “Is it right for you to be angry?”

Jonah 4:8

And it happened, when the sun arose, that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat on Jonah’s head, so that he grew faint. Then he wished death for himself, and said, “It is better for me to die than to live.”

Numbers 11:15

If You treat me like this, please kill me here and now—if I have found favor in Your sight—and do not let me see my wretchedness!”

Numbers 20:3

And the people contended with Moses and spoke, saying: “If only we had died when our brethren died before the Lord!

1 Corinthians 9:15

But I have used none of these things, nor have I written these things that it should be done so to me; for it would be better for me to die than that anyone should make my boasting void.