Jonah 4:9

KJV1611 – Modern English

And God said to Jonah, Do you do well to be angry for the plant? And he said, I do well to be angry, even unto death.

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  • Gen 4:5-9 : 5 But for Cain and his offering he did not have respect. And Cain was very angry, and his countenance fell. 6 And the LORD said to Cain, Why are you angry? and why has your countenance fallen? 7 If you do well, shall you not be accepted? and if you do not do well, sin lies at the door. And unto you shall be his desire, and you shall rule over him. 8 And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and killed him. 9 And the LORD said to Cain, Where is Abel your brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother's keeper? 10 And he said, What have you done? the voice of your brother's blood cries to me from the ground. 11 And now you are cursed from the earth, which has opened her mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand; 12 When you till the ground, it shall no longer yield to you its strength; a fugitive and a wanderer you shall be on the earth. 13 And Cain said to the LORD, My punishment is greater than I can bear. 14 Behold, you have driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from your face shall I be hidden; and I shall be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth; and it shall come to pass, that anyone who finds me shall slay me.
  • Judg 16:16 : 16 And it came to pass, when she pestered him daily with her words and pressed him, that his soul was vexed to death,
  • Job 5:2 : 2 For anger kills the foolish man, and envy slays the simple one.
  • Job 18:4 : 4 He tears himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for you? and shall the rock be removed out of its place?
  • Job 40:4-5 : 4 Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer you? I will lay my hand upon my mouth. 5 Once have I spoken, but I will not answer; yea, twice, but I will proceed no further.
  • Matt 26:38 : 38 Then he said to them, My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even unto death: stay here, and watch with me.
  • 2 Cor 7:10 : 10 For godly sorrow produces repentance leading to salvation, not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world produces death.
  • Rev 9:6 : 6 And in those days men will seek death and will not find it, and will desire to die, and death will flee from them.

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  • Jonah 4:1-8
    8 verses
    90%

    1But it displeased Jonah greatly, and he was very angry.

    2And he prayed to the LORD, and said, I pray you, O LORD, was not this my saying, when I was still in my country? Therefore I fled before to Tarshish; for I knew that you are a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and relent from doing harm.

    3Therefore now, O LORD, take, I beg you, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.

    4Then the LORD said, Do you do well to be angry?

    5So Jonah went out of the city, and sat on the east side of the city, and there made himself a booth, and sat under it in the shade, until he might see what would become of the city.

    6And the LORD God prepared a plant, and made it come up over Jonah, that it might be a shade over his head, to relieve him from his grief. So Jonah was exceedingly glad for the plant.

    7But God prepared a worm when the morning arose the next day, and it attacked the plant so that it withered.

    8And it happened, when the sun arose, that God prepared a scorching east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, so that he fainted and wished to die, and said, It is better for me to die than to live.

  • Jonah 4:10-11
    2 verses
    84%

    10Then the LORD said, You have had pity on the plant, for which you have not labored, nor made it grow; which came up in a night, and perished in a night:

    11And should I not spare Nineveh, that great city, where there are more than one hundred twenty thousand persons who cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle?

  • Jonah 1:14-15
    2 verses
    72%

    14Therefore they cried to the LORD, and said, We beseech you, O LORD, we beseech you, let us not perish for this man's life, and lay not upon us innocent blood: for you, O LORD, have done as it pleased you.

    15So they took up Jonah, and threw him into the sea: and the sea ceased from its raging.

  • Jonah 1:1-8
    8 verses
    70%

    1Now the word of the LORD came to Jonah the son of Amittai, saying,

    2Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness has come up before me.

    3But Jonah rose to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the LORD, and went down to Joppa; and he found a ship going to Tarshish: so he paid the fare and went down into it, to go with them to Tarshish from the presence of the LORD.

    4But the LORD sent out a great wind into the sea, and there was a mighty storm in the sea, so that the ship was about to be broken.

    5Then the mariners were afraid, and every man cried to his god, and they threw the cargo that was in the ship into the sea, to lighten it. But Jonah had gone down into the sides of the ship; and he lay, and was fast asleep.

    6So the shipmaster came to him, and said to him, What do you mean, O sleeper? arise, call upon your God, perhaps that God will consider us, that we do not perish.

    7And they said every one to his fellow, Come, and let us cast lots, that we may know for whose cause this evil is upon us. So they cast lots, and the lot fell on Jonah.

    8Then they said to him, Tell us, we pray you, for whose cause this evil is upon us; What is your occupation? and from where do you come? what is your country? and of what people are you?

  • Jonah 3:4
    69%

    4And Jonah began to enter into the city, a day's journey, and he cried out, saying, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown.

  • Jonah 2:10
    68%

    10And the LORD spoke to the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto the dry land.

  • Gen 4:6
    68%

    6And the LORD said to Cain, Why are you angry? and why has your countenance fallen?

  • Jonah 2:1
    68%

    1Then Jonah prayed to the LORD his God from the fish's belly,

  • Jonah 3:1-2
    2 verses
    67%

    1And the word of the LORD came to Jonah a second time, saying,

    2Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and preach to it the message that I give you.

  • Jonah 1:11
    67%

    11Then they said to him, What shall we do to you, that the sea may be calm for us? for the sea was rough, and was tempestuous.

  • Jonah 1:17
    67%

    17Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.

  • Jonah 3:9
    67%

    9Who can tell if God will turn and relent, and turn away from His fierce anger, so that we do not perish?

  • Job 18:4
    67%

    4He tears himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for you? and shall the rock be removed out of its place?

  • Job 42:7
    67%

    7And it was so, after the LORD had spoken these words to Job, the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My anger is aroused against you and your two friends, for you have not spoken of Me what is right, as My servant Job has.

  • Jer 4:8
    66%

    8For this gird yourselves with sackcloth, lament and howl: for the fierce anger of the LORD is not turned back from us.

  • 1 Sam 14:44
    66%

    44Saul said, "God do so and more also, for you shall surely die, Jonathan."

  • Ps 85:5
    66%

    5Will You be angry with us forever? Will You draw out Your anger to all generations?

  • Eph 4:26
    65%

    26Be angry, and do not sin: do not let the sun go down on your wrath,

  • Jer 3:5
    65%

    5Will he hold onto his anger forever? Will he keep it to the end? Behold, you have spoken and done evil things as you could.

  • Ps 58:9
    65%

    9Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath.

  • Ezek 17:9-10
    2 verses
    65%

    9Say thus says the Lord GOD; Shall it prosper? Shall he not pull up its roots and cut off its fruit, that it withers? It shall wither in all the leaves of her spring, even without great power or many people to pluck it up by its roots.

    10Yes, behold, being planted, shall it prosper? Shall it not utterly wither when the east wind touches it? It shall wither in the furrows where it grew.

  • Ps 37:8
    65%

    8Cease from anger and forsake wrath; do not fret—it only leads to evil.

  • Isa 57:17
    65%

    17For the iniquity of his covetousness I was angry and struck him; I hid myself and was angry, and he went on stubbornly in the way of his heart.

  • 2 Sam 12:5
    65%

    5David's anger was greatly kindled against the man; and he said to Nathan, As the LORD lives, the man who has done this shall surely die.

  • Isa 27:4
    65%

    4Fury is not in Me: who would set briers and thorns against Me in battle? I would go through them, I would burn them together.

  • Amos 7:3
    65%

    3The LORD repented for this: It shall not be, says the LORD.

  • Judg 9:11
    65%

    11But the fig tree said to them, Should I forsake my sweetness and my good fruit, and go to be promoted over the trees?

  • Ps 7:11
    65%

    11God judges the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day.

  • Job 21:4
    65%

    4As for me, is my complaint to a man? And if it were, why should my spirit not be troubled?

  • Prov 24:18
    65%

    18Lest the LORD see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.

  • Deut 9:8
    65%

    8Also in Horeb you provoked the LORD to wrath, so that the LORD was angry with you to destroy you.

  • Gen 6:6
    65%

    6And the LORD was sorry that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart.