Revelation 9:6
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6 In those days people will seek death but will not find it. They will long to die, but death will flee from them!
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Jeremiah 8:3
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3 And the people of this evil nation who survive will wish to die rather than live where I will send them. I, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, have spoken!
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Job 7:15-16
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15 I would rather be strangled—
rather die than suffer like this.
16 I hate my life and don’t want to go on living.
Oh, leave me alone for my few remaining days.
Revelation 6:16
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16 And they cried to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of the one who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb.
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Luke 23:30
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30 People will beg the mountains, ‘Fall on us,’ and plead with the hills, ‘Bury us.’[a]
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Isaiah 2:19
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19 When the Lord rises to shake the earth,
his enemies will crawl into holes in the ground.
They will hide in caves in the rocks
from the terror of the Lord
and the glory of his majesty.
Hosea 10:8
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8 And the pagan shrines of Aven,[a] the place of Israel’s sin, will crumble.
Thorns and thistles will grow up around their altars.
They will beg the mountains, “Bury us!”
and plead with the hills, “Fall on us!”
Job 3:20-22
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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.
2 Samuel 1:9
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9 “Then he begged me, ‘Come over here and put me out of my misery, for I am in terrible pain and want to die.’
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John 4:8-9
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8 He was alone at the time because his disciples had gone into the village to buy some food.
9 The woman was surprised, for Jews refuse to have anything to do with Samaritans.[a] She said to Jesus, “You are a Jew, and I am a Samaritan woman. Why are you asking me for a drink?”
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- 4:9 Some manuscripts do not include this sentence.
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