Jonah 4:3

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

Therefore now, O Lord, take my life from me, I beseech thee, 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 asked that he might die, saying, “It is enough; now, O Lord, take away 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 birth.

Numbers 11:15

If thou wilt deal thus with me, kill me at once, if I find favor in thy sight, that I may not see my wretchedness.”

Jonah 4:8

When the sun rose, God appointed a sultry east wind, and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah so that he was faint; and he asked that he might die, and said, “It is better for me to die than to live.”

Numbers 20:3

And the people contended with Moses, and said, “Would that we had died when our brethren died before the Lord!

1 Corinthians 9:15

But I have made no use of any of these rights, nor am I writing this to secure any such provision. For I would rather die than have any one deprive me of my ground for boasting.

Jeremiah 8:3

Death shall be preferred to life by all the remnant that remains of this evil family in all the places where I have driven them, says the Lord of hosts.

Jonah 4:4

And the Lord said, “Do you do well to be angry?”

Ecclesiastes 7:9

Be not quick to anger, for anger lodges in the bosom of fools.