Job 6:9
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9 That it would please God to crush me,
That He would loose His hand and (A)cut me off!
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 4:3
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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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Revelation 9:6
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6 In those days (A)men will seek death and will not find it; they will desire to die, and death will flee from them.
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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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Isaiah 48:10-13
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10 Behold, (A)I have refined you, but not as silver;
I have tested you in the (B)furnace of affliction.
11 For My own sake, for My own sake, I will do it;
For (C)how should My name be profaned?
And (D)I will not give My glory to another.
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12 “Listen to Me, O Jacob,
And Israel, My called:
I am He, (E)I am the (F)First,
I am also the Last.
13 Indeed (G)My hand has laid the foundation of the earth,
And My right hand has stretched out the heavens;
When (H)I call to them,
They stand up together.
Psalm 32:4
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4 For day and night Your (A)hand was heavy upon me;
My vitality was turned into the drought of summer. Selah
Job 19:21
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21 “Have pity on me, have pity on me, O you my friends,
For the hand of God has struck me!
Job 14:13
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13 “Oh, that You would hide me in the grave,
That You would conceal me until Your wrath is past,
That You would appoint me a set time, and remember me!
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
Numbers 11:14-15
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14 (A)I am not able to bear all these people alone, because the burden is too heavy for me. 15 If You treat me like this, please kill me here and now—if I have found favor in Your sight—and (B)do not let me see my wretchedness!”
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