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Jon 4:11 — And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and [also] much cattle?

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

should		Jon 4:1; Isa 1:18; Mat 18:33; Luk 15:28-32
Nineveh		Jon 1:2; Jon 3:2,3
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		Deu 1:39
and also		Psa 36:6; Psa 104:14,27,28; Psa 145:8,9,15,16

Correlating Passages

should

	Jon 4:1	But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry.
	Isa 1:18	Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
	Mat 18:33	Shouldest not thou also have had compassion on thy fellowservant, even as I had pity on thee?
	Luk 15:28	And he was angry, and would not go in: therefore came his father out, and intreated him.
	Luk 15:29	And he answering said to [his] father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment: and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends:
	Luk 15:30	But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.
	Luk 15:31	And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I have is thine.
	Luk 15:32	It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.

Nineveh

	Jon 1:2	Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me.
	Jon 3:2	Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee.
	Jon 3:3	So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city of three days' journey.

that cannot

Deu 1:39

Moreover your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, and your children, which in that day had no knowledge between good and evil, they shall go in thither, and unto them will I give it, and they shall possess it.

and also

	Psa 36:6	Thy righteousness [is] like the great mountains; thy judgments [are] a great deep: O LORD, thou preservest man and beast.
	Psa 104:14	He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth;
	Psa 104:27	These wait all upon thee; that thou mayest give [them] their meat in due season.
	Psa 104:28	[That] thou givest them they gather: thou openest thine hand, they are filled with good.
	Psa 145:8	The LORD [is] gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy.
	Psa 145:9	The LORD [is] good to all: and his tender mercies [are] over all his works.
	Psa 145:15	The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat in due season.
	Psa 145:16	Thou openest thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living thing.

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Scott, Thomas. "Jonah 4:11," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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