Jonah 4:8
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8 When the sun rose, God prepared a sultry east wind, and the sun beat down on the head of Jonah so that he was faint and asked that he might die. He said, “It is better for me to die than to live.”
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Jonah 4:3
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3 And now, O Lord, please take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.”(A)
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Psalm 121:6
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6 The sun shall not strike you by day
nor the moon by night.(A)
Revelation 3:19
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19 I reprove and discipline those whom I love. Be earnest, therefore, and repent.(A)
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Ezekiel 19:12
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12 But it was plucked up in fury,
cast down to the ground;
the east wind dried it up;
its fruit was stripped off;
its strong stem was withered;
the fire consumed it.(A)
Isaiah 49:10
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10 they shall not hunger or thirst,
neither scorching wind nor sun shall strike them down,
for he who has pity on them will lead them
and by springs of water will guide them.(A)
Revelation 7:16
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16 They will hunger no more and thirst no more;
the sun will not strike them,
nor any scorching heat,(A)
Jonah 4:6-7
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6 The Lord God appointed a bush and made it come up over Jonah, to give shade over his head, to save him from his discomfort, so Jonah was very happy about the bush. 7 But when dawn came up the next day, God appointed a worm that attacked the bush, so that it withered.
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Jonah 1:17
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17 [a]But the Lord provided a large fish to swallow up Jonah, and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.(A)
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Jonah 1:4
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4 But the Lord hurled a great wind upon the sea, and such a mighty storm came upon the sea that the ship threatened to break up.(A)
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Psalm 39:9
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9 I am silent; I do not open my mouth,
for it is you who have done it.(A)
Job 2:10
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10 But he said to her, “You speak as any foolish woman would speak. Shall we receive good from God and not receive evil?” In all this Job did not sin with his lips.(A)
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2 Samuel 15:25-26
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25 Then the king said to Zadok, “Carry the ark of God back into the city. If I find favor in the eyes of the Lord, he will bring me back and let me see both it and the place where it stays.(A) 26 But if he says, ‘I take no pleasure in you,’ here I am, let him do to me what seems good to him.”(B)
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1 Samuel 3:18
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18 So Samuel told him everything and hid nothing from him. Then he said, “It is the Lord; let him do what seems good to him.”(A)
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Leviticus 10:3
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3 Then Moses said to Aaron, “This is what the Lord meant when he said,
‘Through those who are near me
I will show myself holy,
and before all the people
I will be glorified.’ ”
And Aaron was silent.(A)
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