Jonah 4:9
God said to Jonah,“Are you really so very angry about the little plant?” And he said,“I am as angry as I could possibly be!”
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Referenced Verses
- Gen 4:5-9 : 5 but with Cain and his offering he was not pleased. So Cain became very angry, and his expression was downcast. 6 Then the LORD said to Cain,“Why are you angry, and why is your expression downcast? 7 Is it not true that if you do what is right, you will be fine? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at the door. It desires to dominate you, but you must subdue it.” 8 Cain said to his brother Abel,“Let’s go out to the field.” While they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him. 9 Then the LORD said to Cain,“Where is your brother Abel?” And he replied,“I don’t know! Am I my brother’s guardian?” 10 But the LORD said,“What have you done? The voice of your brother’s blood is crying out to me from the ground! 11 So now, you are banished from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand. 12 When you try to cultivate the ground it will no longer yield its best for you. You will be a homeless wanderer on the earth.” 13 Then Cain said to the LORD,“My punishment is too great to endure! 14 Look! You are driving me off the land today, and I must hide from your presence. I will be a homeless wanderer on the earth; whoever finds me will kill me.”
- Judg 16:16 : 16 She nagged him every day and pressured him until he was sick to death of it.
- Job 5:2 : 2 For wrath kills the foolish person, and anger slays the silly one.
- Job 18:4 : 4 You who tear yourself to pieces in your anger, will the earth be abandoned for your sake? Or will a rock be moved from its place?
- Job 40:4-5 : 4 “Indeed, I am completely unworthy– how could I reply to you? I put my hand over my mouth to silence myself. 5 I have spoken once, but I cannot answer; twice, but I will say no more.”
- Matt 26:38 : 38 Then he said to them,“My soul is deeply grieved, even to the point of death. Remain here and stay awake with me.”
- 2 Cor 7:10 : 10 For sadness as intended by God produces a repentance that leads to salvation, leaving no regret, but worldly sadness brings about death.
- Rev 9:6 : 6 In those days people will seek death, but will not be able to find it; they will long to die, but death will flee from them.
Similar Verses (AI)
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- Jonah 4:1-88 verses90%
1 Jonah Responds to God’s Kindness This displeased Jonah terribly and he became very angry.
2 He prayed to the LORD and said,“Oh, LORD, this is just what I thought would happen when I was in my own country. This is what I tried to prevent by attempting to escape to Tarshish!– because I knew that you are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger and abounding in mercy, and one who relents concerning threatened judgment.
3 So now, LORD, kill me instead, because I would rather die than live!”
4 The LORD said,“Are you really so very angry?”
5 Jonah left the city and sat down east of it. He made a shelter for himself there and sat down under it in the shade to see what would happen to the city.
6 The LORD God appointed a little plant and caused it to grow up over Jonah to be a shade over his head to rescue him from his misery. Now Jonah was very delighted about the little plant.
7 So God sent a worm at dawn the next day, and it attacked the little plant so that it dried up.
8 When the sun began to shine, God sent a hot east wind. So the sun beat down on Jonah’s head, and he grew faint. So he despaired of life, and said,“I would rather die than live!”
- Jonah 4:10-112 verses84%
10 The LORD said,“You were upset about this little plant, something for which you have not worked nor did you do anything to make it grow. It grew up overnight and died the next day.
11 Should I not be even more concerned about Nineveh, this enormous city? There are more than one hundred twenty thousand people in it who do not know right from wrong, as well as many animals!”
- Jonah 1:14-152 verses72%
14 So they cried out to the LORD,“Oh, please, LORD, don’t let us die on account of this man! Don’t hold us guilty of shedding innocent blood. After all, you, LORD, have done just as you pleased.”
15 So they picked Jonah up and threw him into the sea, and the sea stopped raging.
- Jonah 1:1-88 verses70%
1 ¶ Jonah Tries to Run from the Lord The LORD’s message came to Jonah son of Amittai,
2 “Go immediately to Nineveh, that large capital city, and announce judgment against its people because their wickedness has come to my attention.”
3 Instead, Jonah immediately headed off to Tarshish to escape from the commission of the LORD. He traveled to Joppa and found a merchant ship heading to Tarshish. So he paid the fare and went aboard it to go with them to Tarshish far away from the LORD.
4 But the LORD hurled a powerful wind on the sea. Such a violent tempest arose on the sea that the ship threatened to break up!
5 The sailors were so afraid that each cried out to his own god and they flung the ship’s cargo overboard to make the ship lighter. Jonah, meanwhile, had gone down into the hold below deck, had lain down, and was sound asleep.
6 The ship’s captain approached him and said,“What are you doing asleep? Get up! Cry out to your god! Perhaps your god might take notice of us so that we might not die!”
7 The sailors said to one another,“Come on, let’s cast lots to find out whose fault it is that this disaster has overtaken us.” So they cast lots, and Jonah was singled out.
8 They said to him,“Tell us, whose fault is it that this disaster has overtaken us? What’s your occupation? Where do you come from? What’s your country? And who are your people?”
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4 When Jonah began to enter the city one day’s walk, he announced,“At the end of forty days, Nineveh will be overthrown!”
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10 Then the LORD commanded the fish and it disgorged Jonah on dry land.
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6 Then the LORD said to Cain,“Why are you angry, and why is your expression downcast?
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1 Jonah prayed to the LORD his God from the stomach of the fish
- Jonah 3:1-22 verses67%
1 The People of Nineveh Respond to Jonah’s Warning The LORD’s message came to Jonah a second time,
2 “Go immediately to Nineveh, that large city, and proclaim to it the message that I tell you.”
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11 Because the storm was growing worse and worse, they said to him,“What should we do to you so that the sea will calm down for us?”
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17 Jonah Prays(2:1) The LORD sent a huge fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was in the stomach of the fish three days and three nights.
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9 Who knows? Perhaps God might be willing to change his mind and relent and turn from his fierce anger so that we might not die.”
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4 You who tear yourself to pieces in your anger, will the earth be abandoned for your sake? Or will a rock be moved from its place?
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7 After the LORD had spoken these things to Job, he said to Eliphaz the Temanite,“My anger is stirred up against you and your two friends, because you have not spoken about me what is right, as my servant Job has.
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8 So put on sackcloth! Mourn and wail, saying,‘The fierce anger of the LORD has not turned away from us!’”
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44 Saul said,“God will punish me severely if Jonathan doesn’t die!”
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5 Will you stay mad at us forever? Will you remain angry throughout future generations?
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26 Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on the cause of your anger.
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5 You will not always be angry with me, will you? You will not be mad at me forever, will you?’ That is what you say, but you continually do all the evil that you can.”
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9 Before the kindling is even placed under your pots, he will sweep it away along with both the raw and cooked meat.
- Ezek 17:9-102 verses65%
9 “‘Say to them: This is what the Sovereign LORD says:“‘Will it prosper? Will he not rip out its roots and cause its fruit to rot and wither? All its foliage will wither. No strong arm or large army will be needed to pull it out by its roots.
10 Consider! It is planted, but will it prosper? Will it not wither completely when the east wind blows on it? Will it not wither in the soil where it sprouted?’”
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8 Do not be angry and frustrated! Do not fret! That only leads to trouble!
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17 I was angry because of their sinful greed; I attacked them and angrily rejected them, yet they remained disobedient and stubborn.
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5 Then David became very angry at this man. He said to Nathan,“As surely as the LORD lives, the man who did this deserves to die!
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4 I am not angry. I wish I could confront some thorns and briers! Then I would march against them for battle; I would set them all on fire,
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3 The LORD decided not to do this.“It will not happen,” the LORD said.
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11 But the fig tree said to them,‘I am not going to stop producing my sweet figs, my excellent fruit, just to sway above the other trees!’
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11 God is a just judge; he is angry throughout the day.
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4 Is my complaint against a man? If so, why should I not be impatient?
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18 lest the LORD see it, and be displeased, and turn his wrath away from him.
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8 At Horeb you provoked him and he was angry enough with you to destroy you.
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6 The LORD regretted that he had made humankind on the earth, and he was highly offended.