Numbers 11:15
New Living Translation
15 If this is how you intend to treat me, just go ahead and kill me. Do me a favor and spare me this misery!”
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Philippians 1:20-24
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Paul’s Life for Christ
20 For I fully expect and hope that I will never be ashamed, but that I will continue to be bold for Christ, as I have been in the past. And I trust that my life will bring honor to Christ, whether I live or die. 21 For to me, living means living for Christ, and dying is even better. 22 But if I live, I can do more fruitful work for Christ. So I really don’t know which is better. 23 I’m torn between two desires: I long to go and be with Christ, which would be far better for me. 24 But for your sakes, it is better that I continue to live.
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Jonah 4:8-9
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8 And as the sun grew hot, God arranged for a scorching east wind to blow on Jonah. The sun beat down on his head until he grew faint and wished to die. “Death is certainly better than living like this!” he exclaimed.
9 Then God said to Jonah, “Is it right for you to be angry because the plant died?”
“Yes,” Jonah retorted, “even angry enough to die!”
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Jonah 4:3
New Living Translation
3 Just kill me now, Lord! I’d rather be dead than alive if what I predicted will not happen.”
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Jeremiah 20:18
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18 Why was I ever born?
My entire life has been filled
with trouble, sorrow, and shame.
1 Kings 19:4
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4 Then he went on alone into the wilderness, traveling all day. He sat down under a solitary broom tree and prayed that he might die. “I have had enough, Lord,” he said. “Take my life, for I am no better than my ancestors who have already died.”
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Zephaniah 3:15
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15 For the Lord will remove his hand of judgment
and will disperse the armies of your enemy.
And the Lord himself, the King of Israel,
will live among you!
At last your troubles will be over,
and you will never again fear disaster.
Exodus 32:32
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32 But now, if you will only forgive their sin—but if not, erase my name from the record you have written!”
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James 1:4
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4 So let it grow, for when your endurance is fully developed, you will be perfect and complete, needing nothing.
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Jeremiah 15:18
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18 Why then does my suffering continue?
Why is my wound so incurable?
Your help seems as uncertain as a seasonal brook,
like a spring that has gone dry.”
Job 7:15
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15 I would rather be strangled—
rather die than suffer like this.
Job 6:8-10
New Living Translation
8 “Oh, that I might have my request,
that God would grant my desire.
9 I wish he would crush me.
I wish he would reach out his hand and kill me.
10 At least I can take comfort in this:
Despite the pain,
I have not denied the words of the Holy One.
Job 3:20-22
New Living Translation
20 “Oh, why give light to those in misery,
and life to those who are bitter?
21 They long for death, and it won’t come.
They search for death more eagerly than for hidden treasure.
22 They’re filled with joy when they finally die,
and rejoice when they find the grave.
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