Jonah 4 cross-references
Jonah 4 has 11 verses, which point to 99 other passages and are cited by 119. Below is the King James text of each verse with its strongest cross-references, ranked by OpenBible.info reader votes.
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But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry.
Points to (7)
- Luke 15:28 — And he was angry, and would not go in: therefore came his father out, and intreated him. 6 votes
- Jonah 4:9 — And God said to Jonah, Doest thou well to be angry for the gourd? And he said, I do well to be angry, even… 6 votes
- Matthew 20:15 — Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good? 5 votes
- Jonah 4:4 — Then said the LORD, Doest thou well to be angry? 4 votes
- James 4:5–6 — Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy? 2 votes
- Luke 7:39 — Now when the Pharisee which had bidden him saw it, he spake within himself, saying, This man, if he were a… 2 votes
Pointed to from (7)
- Matthew 20:15 — Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good? 5 votes
- Psalms 37:8 — Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil. 5 votes
- Luke 15:28 — And he was angry, and would not go in: therefore came his father out, and intreated him. 3 votes
- Luke 10:40 — But Martha was cumbered about much serving, and came to him, and said, Lord, dost thou not care that my… 3 votes
Jonah 4:2
And he prayed unto the LORD, and said, I pray thee, O LORD, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fled before unto Tarshish: for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repentest thee of the evil.
Points to (18)
- Psalms 86:15 — But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth. 31 votes
- Exodus 34:6–7 — And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious,… 30 votes
- Numbers 14:18–19 — The LORD is longsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing… 22 votes
- Joel 2:13–14 — And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the LORD your God: for he is gracious and merciful,… 21 votes
- Psalms 145:8 — The LORD is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy. 19 votes
- Micah 7:18 — Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his… 15 votes
Pointed to from (32)
- Exodus 34:6 — And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious,… 78 votes
- Psalms 103:8 — The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy. 21 votes
- Numbers 14:18 — The LORD is longsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing… 12 votes
- Deuteronomy 4:31 — (For the LORD thy God is a merciful God;) he will not forsake thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the… 10 votes
Jonah 4:3
Therefore now, O LORD, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.
Points to (11)
- 1 Kings 19:4 — But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he… 12 votes
- Ecclesiastes 7:1 — A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one's birth. 8 votes
- Jeremiah 20:14–18 — Cursed be the day wherein I was born: let not the day wherein my mother bare me be blessed. 7 votes
- Numbers 11:15 — And if thou deal thus with me, kill me, I pray thee, out of hand, if I have found favour in thy sight; and… 7 votes
- Jonah 4:8 — And it came to pass, when the sun did arise, that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat upon… 6 votes
- Numbers 20:3 — And the people chode with Moses, and spake, saying, Would God that we had died when our brethren died before… 6 votes
Pointed to from (14)
- 1 Kings 19:4 — But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he… 12 votes
- Exodus 14:12 — Is not this the word that we did tell thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians?… 6 votes
- Jonah 4:8 — And it came to pass, when the sun did arise, that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat upon… 5 votes
- Job 6:9 — Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off! 5 votes
Jonah 4:4
Then said the LORD, Doest thou well to be angry?
Points to (7)
- Matthew 20:15 — Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good? 10 votes
- Jonah 4:9 — And God said to Jonah, Doest thou well to be angry for the gourd? And he said, I do well to be angry, even… 6 votes
- Psalms 106:32–33 — They angered him also at the waters of strife, so that it went ill with Moses for their sakes: 4 votes
- James 1:19–20 — Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: 3 votes
- Micah 6:3 — O my people, what have I done unto thee? and wherein have I wearied thee? testify against me. 3 votes
- Numbers 20:11–12 — And Moses lifted up his hand, and with his rod he smote the rock twice: and the water came out abundantly,… 1 votes
Pointed to from (5)
- James 2:8 — If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well: 6 votes
- Jonah 4:1 — But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry. 4 votes
- 1 Chronicles 13:11 — And David was displeased, because the LORD had made a breach upon Uzza: wherefore that place is called… 2 votes
- 3 John 1:6 — Which have borne witness of thy charity before the church: whom if thou bring forward on their journey after… 1 votes
Jonah 4:5
So Jonah went out of the city, and sat on the east side of the city, and there made him a booth, and sat under it in the shadow, till he might see what would become of the city.
Points to (8)
- 1 Kings 19:9 — And he came thither unto a cave, and lodged there; and, behold, the word of the LORD came to him, and he said… 3 votes
- Jeremiah 17:15–16 — Behold, they say unto me, Where is the word of the LORD? let it come now. 2 votes
- Isaiah 57:17 — For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him: I hid me, and was wroth, and he went on… 2 votes
- 1 Kings 19:13 — And it was so, when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face in his mantle, and went out, and stood in the… 2 votes
- Genesis 19:27–28 — And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he stood before the LORD: 2 votes
- Luke 19:41–44 — And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it, 1 votes
Pointed to from (2)
- Isaiah 16:3 — Take counsel, execute judgment; make thy shadow as the night in the midst of the noonday; hide the outcasts;… 2 votes
- Isaiah 25:5 — Thou shalt bring down the noise of strangers, as the heat in a dry place; even the heat with the shadow of a… 1 votes
Jonah 4:6
And the LORD God prepared a gourd, and made it to come up over Jonah, that it might be a shadow over his head, to deliver him from his grief. So Jonah was exceeding glad of the gourd.
Points to (7)
- Psalms 103:10–14 — He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities. 4 votes
- 1 Corinthians 7:30 — And they that weep, as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and they… 2 votes
- Luke 10:20 — Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your… 2 votes
- Jonah 1:17 — Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days… 2 votes
- Isaiah 39:2 — And Hezekiah was glad of them, and shewed them the house of his precious things, the silver, and the gold,… 2 votes
- Esther 5:9 — Then went Haman forth that day joyful and with a glad heart: but when Haman saw Mordecai in the king's gate,… 2 votes
Pointed to from (3)
- Jonah 4:8 — And it came to pass, when the sun did arise, that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat upon… 2 votes
- Jonah 1:17 — Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days… 2 votes
- Amos 6:13 — Ye which rejoice in a thing of nought, which say, Have we not taken to us horns by our own strength? 2 votes
Jonah 4:7
But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered.
Points to (6)
- Joel 1:12 — The vine is dried up, and the fig tree languisheth; the pomegranate tree, the palm tree also, and the apple… 5 votes
- Psalms 90:5–6 — Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which… 4 votes
- Isaiah 40:6–8 — The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as… 3 votes
- Psalms 102:10 — Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: for thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down. 3 votes
- Psalms 30:6–7 — And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved. 3 votes
- Job 1:21 — And said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD… 3 votes
Pointed to from (3)
- Hosea 5:12 — Therefore will I be unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness. 3 votes
- Deuteronomy 28:39 — Thou shalt plant vineyards, and dress them, but shalt neither drink of the wine, nor gather the grapes; for… 1 votes
- James 1:11 — For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof… 0 votes
Jonah 4:8
And it came to pass, when the sun did arise, that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and wished in himself to die, and said, It is better for me to die than to live.
Points to (15)
- Jonah 4:3 — Therefore now, O LORD, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live. 5 votes
- Psalms 121:6 — The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night. 5 votes
- Ezekiel 19:12 — But she was plucked up in fury, she was cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up her fruit: her… 4 votes
- Revelation 7:16 — They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat. 3 votes
- Revelation 3:19 — As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent. 3 votes
- Isaiah 49:10 — They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun smite them: for he that hath mercy on them… 3 votes
Pointed to from (21)
- Psalms 121:6 — The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night. 10 votes
- 1 Kings 19:4 — But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he… 7 votes
- Revelation 16:8 — And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and power was given unto him to scorch men with fire. 6 votes
- Jonah 4:3 — Therefore now, O LORD, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live. 6 votes
Jonah 4:9
And God said to Jonah, Doest thou well to be angry for the gourd? And he said, I do well to be angry, even unto death.
Points to (8)
- Job 40:4–5 — Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth. 2 votes
- Job 18:4 — He teareth himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of… 2 votes
- Job 5:2 — For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one. 2 votes
- Judges 16:16 — And it came to pass, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, so that his soul was vexed… 2 votes
- Genesis 4:5–14 — But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell. 2 votes
- Revelation 9:6 — And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee… 1 votes
Pointed to from (16)
- Jonah 4:4 — Then said the LORD, Doest thou well to be angry? 6 votes
- Jonah 4:1 — But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry. 6 votes
- James 2:8 — If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well: 5 votes
- 2 Corinthians 7:10 — For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh… 5 votes
Jonah 4:10
Then said the LORD, Thou hast had pity on the gourd, for the which thou hast not laboured, neither madest it grow; which came up in a night, and perished in a night:
Pointed to from (1)
- Luke 15:32 — It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and… 7 votes
Jonah 4:11
And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle?
Points to (12)
- Matthew 18:33 — Shouldest not thou also have had compassion on thy fellowservant, even as I had pity on thee? 12 votes
- Luke 15:28–32 — And he was angry, and would not go in: therefore came his father out, and intreated him. 11 votes
- Jonah 1:2 — Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me. 10 votes
- Psalms 145:8–9 — The LORD is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy. 10 votes
- Psalms 36:6 — Thy righteousness is like the great mountains; thy judgments are a great deep: O LORD, thou preservest man… 10 votes
- Deuteronomy 1:39 — Moreover your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, and your children, which in that day had no… 8 votes
Pointed to from (15)
- Psalms 145:9 — The LORD is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works. 6 votes
- Jonah 1:2 — Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me. 5 votes
- Genesis 8:1 — And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark: and God… 5 votes
- 1 Corinthians 9:9 — For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn.… 4 votes