Cross references

Jonah 4:8

As the sun was rising, God appointed a scorching east wind, and the sun beat down on Jonah’s head so that he grew faint and wished to die, saying, “It is better for me to die than to live.”

Jonah 4:8 BSB

Jonah 4:8 has 15 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 3 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Psalm 121:6 (5 votes) and Jonah 4:3 (5 votes). 23 other verses point back to it. It links with 18 other books, from Exodus 10 to Revelation 16.

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Which verses does Jonah 4:8 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. The sun will not strike you by day, nor the moon by night.

  2. Jonah 4:35 votes

    And now, O LORD, please take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.”

  3. But it was uprooted in fury, cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up its fruit. Its strong branches were stripped off and they withered; the fire consumed them.

  4. They will not hunger or thirst, nor will scorching heat or sun beat down on them. For He who has compassion on them will guide them and lead them beside springs of water.

  5. Those I love I rebuke and discipline. Therefore be earnest and repent.

  6. ‘Never again will they hunger, and never will they thirst; nor will the sun beat down upon them, nor any scorching heat.’

  7. Then Moses said to Aaron, “This is what the LORD meant when He said: ‘To those who come near Me I will show My holiness, and in the sight of all the people I will reveal My glory.’” But Aaron remained silent.

  8. So Samuel told him everything and did not hide a thing from him. “He is the LORD,” replied Eli. “Let Him do what is good in His eyes.”

  9. Then the king said to Zadok, “Return the ark of God to the city. If I find favor in the eyes of the LORD, He will bring me back and let me see both it and His dwelling place again. But if He should say, ‘I do not delight in you,’ then here I am; let Him do to me whatever seems good to Him.”

  10. Job 2:102 votes

    “You speak as a foolish woman speaks,” he told her. “Should we accept from God only good and not adversity?” In all this, Job did not sin in what he said.

  11. Psalm 39:92 votes
  12. Jonah 1:42 votes
  13. Jonah 1:172 votes

    Now the LORD had appointed a great fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah spent three days and three nights in the belly of the fish.

  14. So the LORD God appointed a vine, and it grew up to provide shade over Jonah’s head to ease his discomfort, and Jonah was greatly pleased with the plant. When dawn came the next day, God appointed a worm that attacked the plant so that it withered.

Which verses point to Jonah 4:8?

The 10 strongest of 23.