Jonah 4:7
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Jonah 4:7 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Jonah 4:7 is a verse from the book of Jonah in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Jonah 4:7 — KJV
“But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered.”
— Jonah 4:7 (KJV)
Jonah 4:7 in Context — About the Book of Jonah
Jonah is the prophet who ran — away from Nineveh, into a storm, and into the belly of a great fish, where he finally prayed. God's question closes the book: shouldn't I have compassion on a city of 120,000? It exposes our reluctance and God's relentless mercy to outsiders.
Cross-References for Jonah 4:7
“And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all: for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually. continually: Heb. all the days”
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“And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day. And the evening...: Heb. And the evening was, and the morning was etc.”
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“And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day. And the evening...: Heb. And the evening was, and the morning was etc.”
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“And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day. And the evening...: Heb. And the evening was, and the morning was etc.”
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“And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him.”
Shares key themes with Jonah 4:7: god, morning, rose
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