1 Kings 19:4
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4 But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a [a]broom tree. And he (A)prayed that he might die, and said, “It is enough! Now, Lord, take my life, for I am no better than my fathers!”
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- 1 Kings 19:4 juniper
Jonah 4:8
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8 And it happened, when the sun arose, that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat on Jonah’s head, so that he grew faint. Then he wished death for himself, and said, (A)“It is better for me to die than to live.”
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Jonah 4:3
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3 (A)Therefore now, O Lord, please take my life from me, for (B)it is better for me to die than to live!”
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Numbers 11:15
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15 If You treat me like this, please kill me here and now—if I have found favor in Your sight—and (A)do not let me see my wretchedness!”
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Philippians 1:21-24
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21 For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain. 22 But if I live on in the flesh, this will mean fruit from my labor; yet what I shall choose I [a]cannot tell. 23 [b]For I am hard-pressed between the two, having a (A)desire to depart and be with Christ, which is (B)far better. 24 Nevertheless to remain in the flesh is more needful for you.
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- Philippians 1:22 do not know
- Philippians 1:23 NU, M But
Jeremiah 20:14-18
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14 (A)Cursed be the day in which I was born!
Let the day not be blessed in which my mother bore me!
15 Let the man be cursed
Who brought news to my father, saying,
“A male child has been born to you!”
Making him very glad.
16 And let that man be like the cities
Which the Lord (B)overthrew, and did not relent;
Let him (C)hear the cry in the morning
And the shouting at noon,
17 (D)Because he did not kill me from the womb,
That my mother might have been my grave,
And her womb always enlarged with me.
18 (E)Why did I come forth from the womb to (F)see [a]labor and sorrow,
That my days should be consumed with shame?
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- Jeremiah 20:18 toil
Romans 3:9
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All Have Sinned(A)
9 What then? Are we better than they? Not at all. For we have previously charged both Jews and Greeks that (B)they are all under sin.
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John 4:6
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6 Now Jacob’s well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied from His journey, sat thus by the well. It was about the sixth hour.
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Matthew 6:26
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26 (A)Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?
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Nahum 3:8
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8 (A)Are you better than (B)No[a] Amon
That was situated by the [b]River,
That had the waters around her,
Whose rampart was the sea,
Whose wall was the sea?
Amos 6:2
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2 (A)Go over to (B)Calneh and see;
And from there go to (C)Hamath the great;
Then go down to Gath of the Philistines.
(D)Are you better than these kingdoms?
Or is their territory greater than your territory?
Job 3:20-22
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20 “Why(A) is light given to him who is in misery,
And life to the (B)bitter of soul,
21 Who (C)long[a] for death, but it does not come,
And search for it more than (D)hidden treasures;
22 Who rejoice exceedingly,
And are glad when they can find the (E)grave?
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- Job 3:21 Lit. wait
2 Kings 2:11
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11 Then it happened, as they continued on and talked, that suddenly (A)a chariot of fire appeared with horses of fire, and separated the two of them; and Elijah (B)went up by a whirlwind into heaven.
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1 Kings 19:3
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3 And when he saw that, he arose and ran for his life, and went to Beersheba, which belongs to Judah, and left his servant there.
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1 Kings 13:14
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14 and went after the man of God, and found him sitting under an oak. Then he said to him, “Are you the man of God who came from Judah?”
And he said, “I am.”
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Genesis 21:15-16
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15 And the water in the skin was used up, and she placed the boy under one of the shrubs. 16 Then she went and sat down across from him at a distance of about a bowshot; for she said to herself, “Let me not see the death of the boy.” So she sat opposite him, and lifted her voice and wept.
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