Numbers 11:15
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15 If you will treat me like this, kill me at once, if I find favor in your sight, that I may not see my wretchedness.”
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Jonah 4:3
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3 (A)Therefore now, O Lord, please take my life from me, (B)for it is better for me to die than to live.”
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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 broom tree. (A)And he asked that he might die, saying, “It is enough; now, O Lord, take away my life, for I am no better than my fathers.”
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James 1:4
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4 And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be (A)perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
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Philippians 1:20-24
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20 as it is my eager expectation and hope (A)that I will not be at all ashamed, but that with full (B)courage now as always Christ (C)will be honored in my body, (D)whether by life or by death. 21 For to me (E)to live is Christ, and to die is gain. 22 If I am to live in the flesh, that means fruitful labor for me. Yet which I shall choose I cannot tell. 23 (F)I am hard pressed between the two. My desire is (G)to depart and (H)be with Christ, for that is far better. 24 But to remain in the flesh is more necessary on your account.
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Jonah 4:8-9
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8 When the sun rose, God appointed a scorching (A)east wind, (B)and the sun beat down on the head of Jonah so that he (C)was faint. And he asked that he might die and said, (D)“It is better for me to die than to live.” 9 But God said to Jonah, (E)“Do you do well to be angry for the plant?” And he said, “Yes, I do well to be angry, angry enough to die.”
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Jeremiah 20:18
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Jeremiah 15:18
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18 Why is my pain unceasing,
(A)my wound incurable,
refusing to be healed?
Will you be to me (B)like a deceitful brook,
like waters that fail?
Job 7:15
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15 so that I would choose strangling
and death rather than my (A)bones.
Job 6:8-10
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8 “Oh that I might have my request,
and that God would fulfill my hope,
9 that it would (A)please God to crush me,
that he would let loose his hand and cut me off!
10 This would be my comfort;
I would even exult[a] in pain (B)unsparing,
for I have not denied the words of (C)the Holy One.
Footnotes
- Job 6:10 The meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain
Job 3:20-22
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20 “Why is light given to him who is in misery,
and life to (A)the bitter in soul,
21 who (B)long for death, but it comes not,
and dig for it more than for (C)hidden treasures,
22 who rejoice exceedingly
and are glad when they find the grave?
Exodus 32:32
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32 But now, if (A)you will forgive their sin—but if not, please (B)blot me out of (C)your book that you have written.”
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Zephaniah 3:15
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15 The Lord has taken away the judgments against you;
he has cleared away your enemies.
(A)The King of Israel, (B)the Lord, is in your midst;
you shall never again fear evil.
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