Jonah 4:6
The Lord God had a plant grow up and provide shade over Jonah's head to ease his discomfort. Jonah was very happy with the plant.
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7The next day at dawn the Lord had a maggot attack the plant and it withered.
Cross References
Esther 5:9When Haman left that day he was very happy and pleased with himself. But when he saw Mordecai at the palace gate and that he didn't stand up or tremble with fear before him, Haman was furious with Mordecai.
Psalms 103:10He does not punish us for our sins as he ought to; he does not pay us back for our wrongdoing as we deserve.
Isaiah 39:2Hezekiah happily welcomed the visitors and showed them what he had in his treasury—all the silver, the gold, the spices, and the expensive oils. He also showed them his whole armory and all that he had in his storehouses. In fact there wasn't anything in his palace or in the whole of his kingdom that Hezekiah didn't show them.
Jonah 1:17The Lord sent a huge fish to swallow Jonah. Jonah spent three days and nights in the belly of the fish.
1 Corinthians 7:30and those who weep as if they did not weep, and those that celebrated as if they had not celebrated, and those that bought as if they did not own,
Matthew Henry on Jonah 4:6-11
The Prophet's Discontent; The Withering of the Prophet's Gourd; God's Remonstrance with Jonah. ( b. c. 840.) 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. 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. 7 But God prepared a worm when the morning… Read the whole commentary →