Jonah 4:3 Cross References

Jonah 4:3

3: Just kill me now, LORD! I'd rather be dead than alive because nothing I predicted is going to happen."

1 Kings 19:4

  1. Then he went on alone into the desert, 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."

Ecclesiastes 7:1

  1. A good reputation is more valuable than the most expensive perfume. In the same way, the day you die is better than the day you are born.

Job 7:15

  1. I would rather die of strangulation than go on and on like this.
  2. I hate my life. I do not want to go on living. Oh, leave me alone for these few remaining days.

Jonah 4:8

  1. And as the sun grew hot, God sent 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 this!" he exclaimed.

Jeremiah 20:14

  1. Yet I curse the day I was born! May the day of my birth not be blessed.
  2. I curse the messenger who told my father, "Good news--you have a son!"
  3. Let him be destroyed like the cities of old that the LORD overthrew without mercy. Terrify him all day long with battle shouts,
  4. for he did not kill me at birth. Oh, that I had died in my mother's womb, that her body had been my grave!
  5. Why was I ever born? My entire life has been filled with trouble, sorrow, and shame.

Job 3:20

  1. "Oh, why should light be given to the weary, and life to those in misery?
  2. They long for death, and it won't come. They search for death more eagerly than for hidden treasure.

Job 6:8

  1. "Oh, that I might have my request, that God would grant my hope.
  2. I wish he would crush me. I wish he would reach out his hand and kill me.

1 Corinthians 9:15

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

Numbers 20:3

  1. The people blamed Moses and said, "We wish we had died in the LORD's presence with our brothers!

Numbers 11:15

  1. I'd rather you killed me than treat me like this. Please spare me this misery!"

Philippians 1:21

  1. For to me, living is for Christ, and dying is even better.
  2. Yet if I live, that means fruitful service for Christ. I really don't know which is better.
  3. I'm torn between two desires: Sometimes I want to live, and sometimes I long to go and be with Christ. That would be far better for me,
  4. but it is better for you that I live.
  5. I am convinced of this, so I will continue with you so that you will grow and experience the joy of your faith.
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