Jonah 4:7

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But at dawn the next day, God appointed a worm, which attacked the plant so that it withered.

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  • Joel 1:12 : 12 The vine is dried up, and the fig tree withers; the pomegranate, the palm, and the apple tree—all the trees of the field are dried up. Indeed, joy has withered away from the people.
  • Job 1:21 : 21 He said, 'Naked I came from my mother's womb, and naked I will depart. The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away; may the name of the LORD be blessed.'
  • Ps 30:6-7 : 6 For His anger lasts only a moment, but His favor lasts a lifetime; weeping may stay for the night, but joy comes in the morning. 7 As for me, I said in my prosperity, 'I will never be shaken.'
  • Ps 90:5-6 : 5 You sweep them away like a flood; they are like a dream, like grass that springs up in the morning— 6 In the morning it flourishes and grows, but by evening it withers and dries up.
  • Ps 102:10 : 10 For I eat ashes as my food and mix my drink with tears.
  • Isa 40:6-8 : 6 A voice says, 'Cry out.' And I said, 'What shall I cry?' All people are like grass, and all their faithfulness is like the flowers of the field. 7 The grass withers and the flowers fall, because the breath of the Lord blows on them. Surely the people are like grass. 8 The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God endures forever.

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    4 But the LORD said, 'Is it right for you to be angry?'

    5 Jonah then went out of the city and sat east of it. There he made himself a shelter and sat under its shade, waiting to see what would happen to the city.

    6 Then the LORD God appointed a plant, and it grew up over Jonah to provide shade for his head to ease his discomfort, and Jonah was very happy about the plant.

  • Jonah 4:8-10
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    8 When the sun rose, God appointed a scorching east wind, and the sun beat down on Jonah’s head so that he grew faint. He wished to die and said, 'It is better for me to die than to live.'

    9 But God said to Jonah, 'Is it right for you to be angry about the plant?' And Jonah replied, 'It is right for me to be angry, even to the point of death.'

    10 But the LORD said, 'You cared about the plant, which you did not labor for or make grow; it appeared in the night and perished in the night.

  • Jonah 4:1-2
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    1 But Jonah was greatly displeased and became angry.

    2 And he prayed to the LORD, saying, 'O LORD, isn’t this what I said while I was still in my own land? That is why I tried to flee to Tarshish, for I knew that you are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger, abounding in steadfast love, and relenting from sending calamity.

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    1 The word of the Lord came to Jonah son of Amittai, saying,

    2 Arise, go to the great city of Nineveh, and proclaim against it, because their wickedness has come up before me.

    3 But Jonah rose to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the Lord. He went down to Joppa, found a ship going to Tarshish, paid the fare, and boarded it to go with them to Tarshish, away from the Lord.

    4 But the Lord hurled a great wind upon the sea, and there was a mighty storm on the sea, so that the ship was about to break apart.

    5 The sailors were afraid, and each cried out to his own god. They threw the cargo that was in the ship into the sea to lighten it for them. But Jonah had gone down to the inner part of the ship and had lain down and was fast asleep.

    6 The captain came to him and said, "What are you doing, sound asleep? Get up, call on your god! Perhaps your god will consider us, so that we will not perish."

  • Mark 4:6-7
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    6 But when the sun came up, it was scorched, and because it had no root, it withered away.

    7 Other seed fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it, so it didn’t produce any grain.

  • Acts 12:23
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    23 Immediately, an angel of the Lord struck him down because he did not give glory to God. He was eaten by worms and died.

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    6 In the morning it flourishes and grows, but by evening it withers and dries up.

  • Jonah 2:10
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    10 But I, with shouts of thanksgiving, will sacrifice to You. What I have vowed I will fulfill. Salvation comes from the LORD.

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    20 Early in the morning, as they were passing by, they saw the fig tree withered from its roots.

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    9 I struck you with blight and mildew; the locust devoured your many gardens, vineyards, fig trees, and olive trees, yet you did not return to Me,' declares the LORD.

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    1 This is what the Lord God showed me: He was forming a swarm of locusts at the beginning of the late crop, after the royal harvest.

    2 When they had finished eating the vegetation of the land, I said, 'Lord God, please forgive! How can Jacob survive? He is so small!'

    3 So the Lord relented concerning this: 'It will not happen,' said the Lord.

  • Joel 1:4
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    4 What the cutting locust left, the swarming locust has eaten; what the swarming locust left, the hopping locust has eaten; and what the hopping locust left, the destroying locust has eaten.

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    9 Say, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says: Will it thrive? Will it not be uprooted and its fruit stripped so that it withers? All its new growth will wither. It will not take a great effort or many people to pull it out by its roots.

    10 Even if transplanted, will it thrive? Will it not completely wither when the east wind strikes it, drying up in the very garden bed where it grew?’

    11 Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

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    12 While still in their greenness and not cut down, they wither more quickly than any grass.

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    14 Then they cried out to the Lord, saying, "Please, Lord, do not let us perish for taking this man's life, and do not hold us accountable for innocent blood. For you, Lord, have done as you pleased."

    15 They picked up Jonah and threw him into the sea, and the sea stopped its raging.

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    1 The LORD appointed a great fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was in the belly of the fish for three days and three nights.

  • Isa 17:11
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    11 Though on the day you plant them you make them grow, and in the morning you make your seed blossom, yet the harvest will be a heap on the day of grief and incurable pain.

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    46 He gave their crops to the caterpillar and the fruit of their labor to the locust.

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    6 But when the sun rose, they were scorched, and since they had no roots, they withered away.

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    39 You will plant vineyards and cultivate them, but you will not drink their wine or gather their grapes, for worms will eat them.

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    40 That night, God did so. Only the fleece was dry, and the ground around it was covered with dew.

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    8 For this, put on sackcloth, lament and wail, for the fierce anger of the LORD has not turned away from us.

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    17 The seeds shrivel beneath their clods, the storehouses are desolate, the granaries are broken down, for the grain has dried up.

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    12 But it was uprooted in fury, cast to the ground. The east wind dried out its fruit. Its strong branches were broken off and dried up, consumed by fire.

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