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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.”
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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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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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Revelation 9:6
In those days people will seek death and will not find it; they will long to die, but death will flee from them.
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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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Job 19:21
Have mercy on me, my friends, have mercy, for God’s hand has struck me.
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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 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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Psalms 32:4
For day and night Your hand was heavy on me; my strength was drained as in the summer’s heat. Selah
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Isaiah 48:10-13
Look, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.I will act for My own sake, indeed, My own, for how can I be defiled? I will not give My glory to another.“ Listen to Me, Jacob, and Israel, the one called by Me: I am He; I am the first, I am also the last.My own hand founded the earth, and My right hand spread out the heavens; when I summoned them, they stood up together.
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Numbers 11:14-15
I can’t carry all these people by myself. They are too much for me.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.”