Jonah 4:9

Geneva Bible (1560)

And God said vnto Ionah, Doest thou wel to be angrie for the gourde? And he said, I doe well to be angrie vnto the death.

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  • Gen 4:5-9 : 5 But vnto Kain and to his offering he had no regarde: wherefore Kain was exceeding wroth, and his countenance fell downe. 6 Then ye Lord said vnto Kain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance cast downe? 7 If thou do well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sinne lieth at the doore: also vnto thee his desire shalbe subiect, and thou shalt rule ouer him. 8 Then Kain spake to Habel his brother; when they were in the fielde, Kain rose vp against Habel his brother, and slewe him. 9 Then the Lorde said vnto Kain, Where is Habel thy brother? Who answered, I cannot tell. Am I my brothers keeper? 10 Againe he said, What hast thou done? the voyce of thy brothers blood cryeth vnto me from the earth. 11 Now therefore thou art cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receiue thy brothers blood from thine hand. 12 When thou shalt till the grounde, it shall not henceforth yeelde vnto thee her strength: a vagabond and a runnagate shalt thou be in the earth. 13 Then Kain said to the Lorde, My punishment is greater, then I can beare. 14 Behold, thou hast cast me out this day fro the earth, and from thy face shall I be hid, and shalbe a vagabond, and a runnagate in the earth, and whosoeuer findeth me, shall slay me.
  • Judg 16:16 : 16 And because shee was importunate vpon him with her wordes continually, and vexed him, his soule was pained vnto the death.
  • Job 5:2 : 2 Doubtlesse anger killeth the foolish, and enuie slayeth the idiote.
  • Job 18:4 : 4 Thou art as one that teareth his soule in his anger. Shall the earth bee forsaken for thy sake? or the rocke remoued out of his place?
  • Job 40:4-5 : 4 (39:37) Beholde, I am vile: what shall I answere thee? I will lay mine hand vpon my mouth. 5 (39:38) Once haue I spoken, but I will answere no more, yea twise, but I will proceede no further.
  • Matt 26:38 : 38 Then sayde Iesus vnto them, My soule is very heauie, euen vnto the death: tarie yee here, and watch with me.
  • 2 Cor 7:10 : 10 For godly sorowe causeth repentance vnto saluation, not to be repented of: but the worldly sorowe causeth death.
  • Rev 9:6 : 6 Therefore in those dayes shall men seeke death, and shall not finde it, and shall desire to die, and death shall flie from them.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Jonah 4:1-8
    8 verses
    90%

    1Therefore it displeased Ionah exceedingly, and he was angry.

    2And he prayed vnto the Lord, and saide, I pray thee, O Lord, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my countrey? therefore I preuented it to flee vnto Tarshish: for I knewe that thou art a gratious God, & merciful, slow to anger, & of great kindnes, and repentest thee of the euill.

    3Therefore nowe O Lorde, take, I beseech thee, my life from me: for it is better for me to die then to liue.

    4Then saide the Lorde, Doest thou well to be angry?

    5So Ionah went out of the citie and sate on the East side of the citie, and there made him a boothe, and sate vnder it in the shadowe till he might see what should be done in the citie.

    6And the Lorde God prepared a gourde, and made it to come vp ouer Ionah, that it might be a shadowe ouer his head and deliuer him from his griefe. So Ionah was exceeding glad of the gourde.

    7But God prepared a worme when the morning rose the next day, & it smote the gourd, that it withered.

    8And when the sunne did arise, God prepared also a feruent East winde: and the sunne beat vpon the head of Ionah, that he fainted, and wished in his heart to die, and said, It is better for me to dye, then to liue.

  • Jonah 4:10-11
    2 verses
    84%

    10Then said the Lorde, Thou hast had pitie on the gourde for the which thou hast not laboured, neither madest it growe, which came vp in a night, and perished in a night,

    11And shoulde not I spare Nineueh that great citie, wherein are sixe score thousande persons, that cannot discerne betweene their right hand, and their left hand, and also much cattell?

  • Jonah 1:14-15
    2 verses
    72%

    14Wherefore they cryed vnto the Lord, and said, We beseech thee, O Lord, we beseech thee, let vs not perish for this mans life, and lay not vpon vs innocent blood: for thou, O Lord, hast done, as it pleased thee.

    15So they tooke vp Ionah, and cast him into the sea, and the sea ceased from her raging.

  • Jonah 1:1-8
    8 verses
    70%

    1The worde of the Lorde came also vnto Ionah the sonne of Amittai, saying,

    2Arise, and goe to Nineueh, that great citie, and crye against it: for their wickednesse is come vp before mee.

    3But Ionah rose vp to flee into Tarshish fro the presence of the Lord, and went downe to Iapho: and he founde a ship going to Tarshish: so he payed the fare thereof, and went downe into it, that he might go with them vnto Tarshish, from the presence of the Lord.

    4But the Lorde sent out a great winde into the sea, and there was a mightie tempest in the sea, so that the ship was like to be broken.

    5Then the mariners were afraide, and cryed euery man vnto his God, and cast the wares that were in the ship, into the sea to lighten it of the: but Ionah was gone downe into the sides of the ship, and he lay downe, and was fast a sleepe.

    6So the shipmaster came to him, and saide vnto him, What meanest thou, O sleeper? Arise, call vpon thy God, if so be that God wil thinke vpon vs, that we perish not.

    7And they saide euery one to his fellowe, Come, and let vs cast lottes, that we may know, for whose cause this euill is vpon vs. So they cast lottes, and the lot fell vpon Ionah.

    8Then said they vnto him, Tell vs for whose cause this euill is vpon vs? what is thine occupation? and whence commest thou? which is thy countrey? and of what people art thou?

  • Jonah 3:4
    69%

    4And Ionah began to enter into the citie a dayes iourney, and he cryed, and said, Yet fourtie dayes, and Nineueh shalbe ouerthrowen.

  • Jonah 2:10
    68%

    10And the Lorde spake vnto the fish, and it cast out Ionah vpon the dry lande.

  • Gen 4:6
    68%

    6Then ye Lord said vnto Kain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance cast downe?

  • Jonah 2:1
    68%

    1Then Ionah prayed vnto the Lorde his God out of the fishes belly,

  • Jonah 3:1-2
    2 verses
    67%

    1And the worde of the Lorde came vnto Ionah the seconde time, saying,

    2Arise, goe vnto Nineueh that great citie, & preach vnto it the preaching, which I bid thee.

  • Jonah 1:11
    67%

    11Then saide they vnto him, What shall we doe vnto thee, that the sea may be calme vnto vs? (for the sea wrought and was troublous)

  • Jonah 1:17
    67%

    17Nowe the Lorde had prepared a great fish to swallowe vp Ionah: and Ionah was in the belly of the fish three dayes, and three nightes.

  • Jonah 3:9
    67%

    9Who can tell if God will turne, and repent and turne away from his fierce wrath, that we perish not?

  • Job 18:4
    67%

    4Thou art as one that teareth his soule in his anger. Shall the earth bee forsaken for thy sake? or the rocke remoued out of his place?

  • Job 42:7
    67%

    7Now after that the Lord had spoken these wordes vnto Iob, ye Lord also said vnto Eliphaz ye Temanite, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends: for yee haue not spoken of me the thing that is right, like my seruant Iob.

  • Jer 4:8
    66%

    8Wherefore girde you with sackecloth: lament, and howle, for the fierce wrath of the Lord is not turned backe from vs.

  • 1 Sam 14:44
    66%

    44Againe Saul answered, God doe so & more also, vnlesse thou die the death, Ionathan.

  • Ps 85:5
    66%

    5Wilt thou be angry with vs for euer? and wilt thou prolong thy wrath from one generation to another?

  • Eph 4:26
    65%

    26Bee angrie, but sinne not: let not the sunne goe downe vpon your wrath,

  • Jer 3:5
    65%

    5Wil he keepe his anger for euer? Will he reserue it to the ende? Thus hast thou spoken, but thou doest euill, euen more and more.

  • Ps 58:9
    65%

    9As raw flesh before your pots feele the fire of thornes: so let him cary them away as with a whirlewinde in his wrath.

  • Ezek 17:9-10
    2 verses
    65%

    9Say thou, Thus saith the Lord God, Shall it prosper? shall he not pull vp the rootes thereof, and destroy the fruite thereof, and cause them to drie? all the leaues of her bud shall wither without great power, or many people, to plucke it vp by the rootes thereof.

    10Beholde, it was planted: but shal it prosper? shall it not be dried vp, and wither? when the East winde shall touch it, it shall wither in the trenches, where it grewe.

  • Ps 37:8
    65%

    8Cease from anger, and leaue off wrath: fret not thy selfe also to doe euill.

  • Isa 57:17
    65%

    17For his wicked couetousnesse I am angry with him, and haue smitten him: I hid mee and was angry, yet he went away, and turned after the way of his owne heart.

  • 2 Sam 12:5
    65%

    5Then Dauid was exceeding wroth with the man, and sayde to Nathan, As the Lorde liueth, the man that hath done this thing, shall surely dye,

  • Isa 27:4
    65%

    4Anger is not in mee: who would set the briers & the thornes against me in battel? I would go through them, I would burne them together.

  • Amos 7:3
    65%

    3So the Lord repented for this. It shal not be, saith the Lord.

  • Judg 9:11
    65%

    11But the fig tree answered them, Should I forsake my sweetenesse, and my good fruite, and goe to aduance me aboue the trees?

  • Ps 7:11
    65%

    11God iudgeth the righteous, and him that contemneth God euery day.

  • Job 21:4
    65%

    4Doe I direct my talke to man? If it were so, how should not my spirit be troubled?

  • Prov 24:18
    65%

    18Least the Lorde see it, and it displease him, and he turne his wrath from him.

  • Deut 9:8
    65%

    8Also in Horeb ye prouoked the Lorde to anger so that the Lord was wroth with you, euen to destroy you.

  • Gen 6:6
    65%

    6Then it repented ye Lord, that he had made man in the earth, and he was sorie in his heart.