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Ecclesiastes 2:11
When I considered all that I had accomplished and what I had labored to achieve, I found everything to be futile and a pursuit of the wind. There was nothing to be gained under the sun.
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Jonah 4:3
And now, Lord, please take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.”
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Jonah 4:8
As the sun was rising, God appointed a scorching east wind. The sun beat down so much on Jonah’s head that he almost fainted, and he wanted to die. He said,“ It’s better for me to die than to live.”
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Job 7:15-16
so that I prefer strangling— death rather than life in this body.I give up! I will not live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are a breath.
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Ecclesiastes 1:14
I have seen all the things that are done under the sun and have found everything to be futile, a pursuit of the wind.
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Job 14:13
If only You would hide me in Sheol and conceal me until Your anger passes. If only You would appoint a time for me and then remember me.
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Ecclesiastes 4:2
So I admired the dead, who have already died, more than the living, who are still alive.
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Ecclesiastes 6:9
Better what the eyes see than wandering desire. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
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Habakkuk 1:3
Why do You force me to look at injustice? Why do You tolerate wrongdoing? Oppression and violence are right in front of me. Strife is ongoing, and conflict escalates.
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Ecclesiastes 2:22
For what does a man get with all his work and all his efforts that he labors at under the sun?
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Philippians 1:23-25
I am pressured by both. I have the desire to depart and be with Christ— which is far better—but to remain in the flesh is more necessary for you.Since I am persuaded of this, I know that I will remain and continue with all of you for your progress and joy in the faith,
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Numbers 11:15
If You are going to treat me like this, please kill me right now. If You are pleased with me, don’t let me see my misery anymore.”
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Jeremiah 20:14-18
May the day I was born be cursed. May the day my mother bore me never be blessed.May the man be cursed who brought the news to my father, saying,“ A male child is born to you,” bringing him great joy.Let that man be like the cities the Lord demolished without compassion. Let him hear an outcry in the morning and a war cry at noontimebecause he didn’t kill me in the womb so that my mother might have been my grave, her womb eternally pregnant.Why did I come out of the womb to see only struggle and sorrow, to end my life in shame?
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Ezekiel 3:14
So the Spirit lifted me up and took me away. I left in bitterness and in an angry spirit, and the Lord’s hand was on me powerfully.
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Ecclesiastes 3:16
I also observed under the sun: there is wickedness at the place of judgment and there is wickedness at the place of righteousness.
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Psalms 89:47
Remember how short my life is. Have You created everyone for nothing?
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Job 3:20-22
Why is light given to one burdened with grief, and life to those whose existence is bitter,who wait for death, but it does not come, and search for it more than for hidden treasure,who are filled with much joy and are glad when they reach the grave?
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1 Kings 19 4
but he went on a day’s journey into the wilderness. He sat down under a broom tree and prayed that he might die. He said,“ I have had enough! Lord, take my life, for I’m no better than my fathers.”