Jonah 4:3

New Living Translation

Just kill me now, Lord! I’d rather be dead than alive if what I predicted will not happen.”

Cross References

1 Kings 19:4

Then he went on alone into the wilderness, traveling all day. He sat down under a solitary broom tree and prayed that he might die. “I have had enough, Lord,” he said. “Take my life, for I am no better than my ancestors who have already died.”

Ecclesiastes 7:1

A good reputation is more valuable than costly perfume. And the day you die is better than the day you are born.

Ecclesiastes 7:9

Control your temper, for anger labels you a fool.

Jeremiah 8:3

And the people of this evil nation who survive will wish to die rather than live where I will send them. I, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, have spoken!

Jonah 4:4

The Lord replied, “Is it right for you to be angry about this?”

Jonah 4:8

And as the sun grew hot, God arranged for a scorching east wind to blow on Jonah. The sun beat down on his head until he grew faint and wished to die. “Death is certainly better than living like this!” he exclaimed.

Numbers 11:15

If this is how you intend to treat me, just go ahead and kill me. Do me a favor and spare me this misery!”

Numbers 20:3

The people blamed Moses and said, “If only we had died in the Lord’s presence with our brothers!

1 Corinthians 9:15

Yet I have never used any of these rights. And I am not writing this to suggest that I want to start now. In fact, I would rather die than lose my right to boast about preaching without charge.