So Ahab went home. He was angry and upset at Naboth. He did not like the things that man from Jezreel said. (Naboth had said, “I will not give you my family’s land.”) Ahab lay down on his bed. He turned his face away and refused to eat.
Jonah 4:9 - Easy To Read Version But God said to Jonah, “Do you think it is right for you to be angry just because this plant died?” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And God said to Jonah, Doest thou well to be angry for the gourd? And he said, I do well to be angry, even unto death. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And God said to Jonah, Do you do well to be angry for the loss of the gourd? And he said, I do well to be angry, angry enough to die! American Standard Version (1901) And God said to Jonah, Doest thou well to be angry for the gourd? And he said, I do well to be angry, even unto death. Common English Bible God said to Jonah, “Is your anger about the shrub a good thing?” Jonah said, “Yes, my anger is good—even to the point of death!” Catholic Public Domain Version And the Lord said to Jonah, "Do you really think that you are right to be angry because of the ivy?" And he said, "I am right to be angry even unto death." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the Lord said to Jonas: Dost thou think thou hast reason to be angry, for the ivy? And he said: I am angry with reason even unto death. |
So Ahab went home. He was angry and upset at Naboth. He did not like the things that man from Jezreel said. (Naboth had said, “I will not give you my family’s land.”) Ahab lay down on his bed. He turned his face away and refused to eat.
Job, your anger is only hurting yourself.\par Should people leave the earth\par just for you?\par Do you think God will move mountains\par just to satisfy you?\par
Job, don’t let riches fool you.\par Don’t let money change your mind.\par
A foolish person’s anger will kill him.\par A fool’s strong emotions will kill him.\par
And the Lord said, “You did nothing for that plant! You did not make it grow. It grew up in the night, and the next day it died. And now you are sad about that plant.
After the sun was high in the sky, God caused a hot east wind to blow. The sun became very hot on Jonah’s head and Jonah became very, very weak. Jonah asked God to let him die. Jonah said, “It is better for me to die than to live.”
Jesus said to Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, “My soul is full of sorrow. My heart is breaking with sadness. Stay awake here with me and wait.”
Being sorry like God wants makes a person change his heart and life. This leads a person to salvation, and we cannot be sorry for that. But the kind of sorrow the world has will bring death.
During those days people will look for a way to die, but they will not find it. They will want to die, but death will hide from them.
She kept bothering Samson day after day. He got so tired of her asking him about his secret that he felt like he was going to die.