Jonah 4:9

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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.

but to Cain and to his offering he did not look with favor. And Cain became very angry, and his face fell.

"[You who] are tearing {yourself} in your anger, will [the] earth be forsaken because of you? Or will [the] rock be removed from its place?

"Look, I am insignificant. What shall I answer you? I lay my hand on my mouth.

And because she nagged him day after day with her words, and pestered him, {his soul grew impatient to the point of death}.

For vexation will slay the fool, and jealousy will kill [the] simple.

Then he said to them, "My soul is deeply grieved, to the point of death. Remain here and stay awake with me."

For grief according to [the will of] God brings about a repentance [leading] to salvation, not to be regretted, but worldly grief brings about death.

And in those days people will seek death and will never find it, and they will long to die, and death will flee from them.

And this {was greatly displeasing} to Jonah, and {he became furious}.