Jonah 4:7
But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered.
Cross-reference
Jonah 4:8
Historical context
Jonah 4:8 continues: the withered plant leaves Jonah exposed to sun, intensifying his despair—sequential cause and effect.
Job 1:21
Parallel
Job 1:21 acknowledges God's right to give and take away — the worm destroying the plant in Jonah 4:7 exemplifies that same divine sovereignty.
Deuteronomy 28:39
Parallel
Deuteronomy 28:39 curses with worms eating vineyard fruit—God's worm here similarly destroys Jonah's plant as discipline.