---
title: "Treasury of Scripture Knowledge -  Jonah 4"
description: "Overview  Jonah 4:1, Jonah repining at God’s mercy, Jonah 4:4, is reproved by the type of a gourd. Jonah 4:9, Matthew 20:15, Luke 7:39, Luke 15:28, Acts"
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---

**Overview**
**** [Jonah 4:1](../../../kjv/jonah/4/1), Jonah repining at God’s mercy, [Jonah 4:4](../../../kjv/jonah/4/4), is reproved by the type of a gourd.

[Jonah 4:9](../../../kjv/jonah/4/9), [Matthew 20:15](../../../kjv/matthew/20/15), [Luke 7:39](../../../kjv/luke/7/39), [Luke 15:28](../../../kjv/luke/15/28), [Acts 13:46](../../../kjv/acts/13/46), [James 4:5](../../../kjv/james/4/5), [James 4:6](../../../kjv/james/4/6)
**Reciprocal:** [2 Samuel 6:8](../../../kjv/2-samuel/6/8) - displeased [1 Kings 21:4](../../../kjv/1-kings/21/4) - heavy [Psalms 37:8](../../../kjv/psalms/37/8) - fret [Jonah 4:11](../../../kjv/jonah/4/11) - should [Luke 10:40](../../../kjv/luke/10/40) - my [Luke 11:32](../../../kjv/luke/11/32) - a greater [1 Corinthians 9:17](../../../kjv/1-corinthians/9/17) - against

**he prayed:** [1 Kings 19:4](../../../kjv/1-kings/19/4), [Jeremiah 20:7](../../../kjv/jeremiah/20/7)
**I fled:** [Jonah 1:3](../../../kjv/jonah/1/3), [Luke 10:29](../../../kjv/luke/10/29)
**thou art:** [Exodus 34:6](../../../kjv/exodus/34/6), [Exodus 34:7](../../../kjv/exodus/34/7), [Numbers 14:18](../../../kjv/numbers/14/18), [Numbers 14:19](../../../kjv/numbers/14/19), [Psalms 78:38](../../../kjv/psalms/78/38), [Psalms 86:5](../../../kjv/psalms/86/5), [Psalms 86:15](../../../kjv/psalms/86/15), [Psalms 145:8](../../../kjv/psalms/145/8), [Hosea 11:8](../../../kjv/hosea/11/8), [Hosea 11:9](../../../kjv/hosea/11/9), [Joel 2:13](../../../kjv/joel/2/13), [Joel 2:14](../../../kjv/joel/2/14), [Micah 7:18](../../../kjv/micah/7/18)
**and of:** [Jonah 3:10](../../../kjv/jonah/3/10), [Exodus 32:14](../../../kjv/exodus/32/14), [Psalms 90:13](../../../kjv/psalms/90/13), [Jeremiah 18:8](../../../kjv/jeremiah/18/8), [Amos 7:3](../../../kjv/amos/7/3), [Amos 7:6](../../../kjv/amos/7/6)
**Reciprocal:** [Deuteronomy 4:31](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/4/31) - the Lord [Deuteronomy 18:22](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/18/22) - if the thing [1 Samuel 15:11](../../../kjv/1-samuel/15/11) - repenteth me [2 Samuel 24:14](../../../kjv/2-samuel/24/14) - for his [1 Chronicles 21:13](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/21/13) - great [1 Chronicles 21:15](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/21/15) - repented him [2 Chronicles 30:9](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/30/9) - the Lord [Psalms 103:8](../../../kjv/psalms/103/8) - slow [Psalms 135:14](../../../kjv/psalms/135/14) - he will repent [Jeremiah 20:16](../../../kjv/jeremiah/20/16) - repented [Jeremiah 26:3](../../../kjv/jeremiah/26/3) - so [Jeremiah 26:13](../../../kjv/jeremiah/26/13) - repent [Jeremiah 42:10](../../../kjv/jeremiah/42/10) - for I [Daniel 9:9](../../../kjv/daniel/9/9) - To the Lord [Nahum 1:3](../../../kjv/nahum/1/3) - slow [Romans 2:4](../../../kjv/romans/2/4) - forbearance [Ephesians 1:7](../../../kjv/ephesians/1/7) - the forgiveness [Ephesians 2:4](../../../kjv/ephesians/2/4) - who [James 5:11](../../../kjv/james/5/11) - the Lord is [1 Peter 1:3](../../../kjv/1-peter/1/3) - which

**take:** [Numbers 11:15](../../../kjv/numbers/11/15), [Numbers 20:3](../../../kjv/numbers/20/3), [1 Kings 19:4](../../../kjv/1-kings/19/4), [Job 3:20](../../../kjv/job/3/20), [Job 3:21](../../../kjv/job/3/21), [Job 6:8](../../../kjv/job/6/8), [Job 6:9](../../../kjv/job/6/9), [Jeremiah 20:14-18](../../../kjv/jeremiah/20/14-18), [Philippians 1:21-25](../../../kjv/philippians/1/21-25)
**for:** [Jonah 4:8](../../../kjv/jonah/4/8), [Job 7:15](../../../kjv/job/7/15), [Job 7:16](../../../kjv/job/7/16), [Ecclesiastes 7:1](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/7/1), [1 Corinthians 9:15](../../../kjv/1-corinthians/9/15)
**Reciprocal:** [Genesis 27:46](../../../kjv/genesis/27/46) - I am [Exodus 14:12](../../../kjv/exodus/14/12) - For it had [Numbers 14:2](../../../kjv/numbers/14/2) - Would [Job 10:1](../../../kjv/job/10/1) - My soul [Ecclesiastes 2:17](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/2/17) - I hated [Isaiah 15:4](../../../kjv/isaiah/15/4) - his [Jeremiah 8:3](../../../kjv/jeremiah/8/3) - death [Galatians 2:11](../../../kjv/galatians/2/11) - because

**Doest thou well to be angry:** or, Art thou greatly angry, [Jonah 4:9](../../../kjv/jonah/4/9), [Numbers 20:11](../../../kjv/numbers/20/11), [Numbers 20:12](../../../kjv/numbers/20/12), [Numbers 20:24](../../../kjv/numbers/20/24), [Psalms 106:32](../../../kjv/psalms/106/32), [Psalms 106:33](../../../kjv/psalms/106/33), [Micah 6:3](../../../kjv/micah/6/3), [Matthew 20:15](../../../kjv/matthew/20/15), [James 1:19](../../../kjv/james/1/19), [James 1:20](../../../kjv/james/1/20)
**Reciprocal:** [1 Chronicles 13:11](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/13/11) - displeased [Luke 15:28](../../../kjv/luke/15/28) - therefore [Galatians 2:11](../../../kjv/galatians/2/11) - because [James 2:8](../../../kjv/james/2/8) - ye do [James 2:19](../../../kjv/james/2/19) - thou doest [3 John 1:6](../../../kjv/3-john/1/6) - do well

**Jonah:** [Jonah 1:5](../../../kjv/jonah/1/5), [1 Kings 19:9](../../../kjv/1-kings/19/9), [1 Kings 19:13](../../../kjv/1-kings/19/13), [Isaiah 57:17](../../../kjv/isaiah/57/17), [Jeremiah 20:9](../../../kjv/jeremiah/20/9)
**till:** [Genesis 19:27](../../../kjv/genesis/19/27), [Genesis 19:28](../../../kjv/genesis/19/28), [Jeremiah 17:15](../../../kjv/jeremiah/17/15), [Jeremiah 17:16](../../../kjv/jeremiah/17/16), [Luke 19:41-44](../../../kjv/luke/19/41-44)
**Reciprocal:** [Isaiah 16:3](../../../kjv/isaiah/16/3) - make [Isaiah 25:5](../../../kjv/isaiah/25/5) - as the heat

**the Lord:** [Jonah 1:17](../../../kjv/jonah/1/17), [Psalms 103:10-14](../../../kjv/psalms/103/10-14)
**gourd:** or, palmcrist, Heb. Kikajon, קיקיון [Strong's [H7021](#sH7021)], probably the palma Christi, called kiki or kouki by the Egyptians, and Elkherod by the Arabs, from which caster oil is extracted. It is as large as the olive tree, has leaves like those of a vine, sometimes as broad as the brim of a hat, and is of very quick growth.
**So:** [Esther 5:9](../../../kjv/esther/5/9), [Proverbs 23:5](../../../kjv/proverbs/23/5), [Isaiah 39:2](../../../kjv/isaiah/39/2), [Amos 6:13](../../../kjv/amos/6/13), [Luke 10:20](../../../kjv/luke/10/20), [1 Corinthians 7:30](../../../kjv/1-corinthians/7/30)
**was exceeding glad:** Heb. rejoiced with great joy
**Reciprocal:** [Isaiah 25:5](../../../kjv/isaiah/25/5) - as the heat [Jonah 4:8](../../../kjv/jonah/4/8) - that God

**prepared:** [Job 1:21](../../../kjv/job/1/21), [Psalms 30:6](../../../kjv/psalms/30/6), [Psalms 30:7](../../../kjv/psalms/30/7), [Psalms 102:10](../../../kjv/psalms/102/10)
**it withered:** [Psalms 90:5](../../../kjv/psalms/90/5), [Psalms 90:6](../../../kjv/psalms/90/6), [Isaiah 40:6-8](../../../kjv/isaiah/40/6-8), [Joel 1:12](../../../kjv/joel/1/12)
**Reciprocal:** [Deuteronomy 28:39](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/28/39) - for the worms [Hosea 5:12](../../../kjv/hosea/5/12) - rottenness [Jonah 4:8](../../../kjv/jonah/4/8) - that God [James 1:11](../../../kjv/james/1/11) - risen

**that God:** [Jonah 4:6](../../../kjv/jonah/4/6), [Jonah 4:7](../../../kjv/jonah/4/7), [Jonah 1:4](../../../kjv/jonah/1/4), [Jonah 1:17](../../../kjv/jonah/1/17), [Ezekiel 19:12](../../../kjv/ezekiel/19/12), [Revelation 3:19](../../../kjv/revelation/3/19)
**vehement:** or, silent
**and the sun:** [Psalms 121:6](../../../kjv/psalms/121/6), [Song of Solomon 1:6](../../../kjv/song-of-solomon/1/6), [Isaiah 49:10](../../../kjv/isaiah/49/10), [Revelation 7:16](../../../kjv/revelation/7/16)
**and wished:** [Jonah 4:3](../../../kjv/jonah/4/3), [Leviticus 10:3](../../../kjv/leviticus/10/3), [1 Samuel 3:18](../../../kjv/1-samuel/3/18), [2 Samuel 15:25](../../../kjv/2-samuel/15/25), [2 Samuel 15:26](../../../kjv/2-samuel/15/26), [Job 2:10](../../../kjv/job/2/10), [Psalms 39:9](../../../kjv/psalms/39/9)
**Reciprocal:** [Exodus 10:13](../../../kjv/exodus/10/13) - east wind [Exodus 14:12](../../../kjv/exodus/14/12) - For it had [Exodus 16:3](../../../kjv/exodus/16/3) - we had [Numbers 11:15](../../../kjv/numbers/11/15) - kill me [Numbers 14:2](../../../kjv/numbers/14/2) - Would [1 Kings 19:4](../../../kjv/1-kings/19/4) - he requested [Job 3:21](../../../kjv/job/3/21) - long [Job 6:9](../../../kjv/job/6/9) - that it would [Job 7:16](../../../kjv/job/7/16) - I loathe it [Job 10:1](../../../kjv/job/10/1) - My soul [Job 38:24](../../../kjv/job/38/24) - *General* [Ecclesiastes 2:17](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/2/17) - I hated [Isaiah 15:4](../../../kjv/isaiah/15/4) - his [Jeremiah 51:16](../../../kjv/jeremiah/51/16) - bringeth [Lamentations 3:39](../../../kjv/lamentations/3/39) - a man [Mark 4:6](../../../kjv/mark/4/6) - the sun [James 1:11](../../../kjv/james/1/11) - risen [Revelation 16:8](../../../kjv/revelation/16/8) - and power

**Doest thou well to be angry:** or, Art thou greatly angry, [Jonah 4:4](../../../kjv/jonah/4/4)
**I do well to be angry:** or, I am greatly angry, [Genesis 4:5-14](../../../kjv/genesis/4/5-14), [Job 18:4](../../../kjv/job/18/4), [Job 40:4](../../../kjv/job/40/4), [Job 40:5](../../../kjv/job/40/5)
**even:** [Judges 16:16](../../../kjv/judges/16/16), [Job 5:2](../../../kjv/job/5/2), [Matthew 26:38](../../../kjv/matthew/26/38), [2 Corinthians 7:10](../../../kjv/2-corinthians/7/10), [Revelation 9:6](../../../kjv/revelation/9/6)
**Reciprocal:** [Genesis 27:46](../../../kjv/genesis/27/46) - I am [Exodus 16:3](../../../kjv/exodus/16/3) - we had [Numbers 11:15](../../../kjv/numbers/11/15) - kill me [2 Samuel 6:8](../../../kjv/2-samuel/6/8) - displeased [1 Kings 21:4](../../../kjv/1-kings/21/4) - heavy [1 Chronicles 13:11](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/13/11) - displeased [Psalms 37:8](../../../kjv/psalms/37/8) - fret [Ecclesiastes 7:9](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/7/9) - hasty [Lamentations 3:39](../../../kjv/lamentations/3/39) - a man [Jonah 4:1](../../../kjv/jonah/4/1) - *General* [Luke 11:32](../../../kjv/luke/11/32) - a greater [Luke 15:28](../../../kjv/luke/15/28) - therefore [Galatians 2:11](../../../kjv/galatians/2/11) - because [James 2:8](../../../kjv/james/2/8) - ye do [James 2:19](../../../kjv/james/2/19) - thou doest

**had pity on:** or, spared
**came up in a night:** Heb. was the son of the night, [1 Samuel 20:31](../../../kjv/1-samuel/20/31), [Genesis 17:12](../../../kjv/genesis/17/12), *marg.
**Reciprocal:** [Luke 15:32](../../../kjv/luke/15/32) - was meet

**should:** [Jonah 4:1](../../../kjv/jonah/4/1), [Isaiah 1:18](../../../kjv/isaiah/1/18), [Matthew 18:33](../../../kjv/matthew/18/33), [Luke 15:28-32](../../../kjv/luke/15/28-32)
**Nineveh:** [Jonah 1:2](../../../kjv/jonah/1/2), [Jonah 3:2](../../../kjv/jonah/3/2), [Jonah 3:3](../../../kjv/jonah/3/3)
**sixscore:** It is generally calculated that the young children of any place are a fifth of the inhabitants, and consequently the whole population of Nineveh would amount to about 600,000; which is very inferior to that of London and Paris, though they occupy not one quarter of the ground. In eastern cities there are large vacant spaces for gardens and pasturages, so that there might be very "much cattle."
**that cannot:** [Deuteronomy 1:39](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/1/39)
**and also:** [Psalms 36:6](../../../kjv/psalms/36/6), [Psalms 104:14](../../../kjv/psalms/104/14), [Psalms 104:27](../../../kjv/psalms/104/27), [Psalms 104:28](../../../kjv/psalms/104/28), [Psalms 145:8](../../../kjv/psalms/145/8), [Psalms 145:9](../../../kjv/psalms/145/9), [Psalms 145:15](../../../kjv/psalms/145/15), [Psalms 145:16](../../../kjv/psalms/145/16)
**Reciprocal:** [Genesis 8:1](../../../kjv/genesis/8/1) - the cattle [Genesis 9:10](../../../kjv/genesis/9/10) - *General* [Numbers 22:32](../../../kjv/numbers/22/32) - Wherefore [Psalms 50:10](../../../kjv/psalms/50/10) - cattle [Isaiah 7:16](../../../kjv/isaiah/7/16) - before [Isaiah 8:4](../../../kjv/isaiah/8/4) - before [Jeremiah 49:11](../../../kjv/jeremiah/49/11) - thy fatherless [Joel 2:22](../../../kjv/joel/2/22) - afraid [Luke 15:32](../../../kjv/luke/15/32) - was meet [Romans 5:14](../../../kjv/romans/5/14) - even [1 Corinthians 9:9](../../../kjv/1-corinthians/9/9) - Doth

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