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Job 6:8
If only I might have an answer to my prayer, and God would give me my desire!

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Job 6:9
If only he would be pleased to put an end to me; and would let loose his hand, so that I might be cut off!

Numbers 11:15
If this is to be my fate, put me to death now in answer to my prayer, if I have grace in your eyes; and let me not see my shame.

1 Kings 19:4
While he himself went a day's journey into the waste land, and took a seat under a broom-plant, desiring for himself only death; for he said, It is enough: now, O Lord, take away my life, for I am no better than my fathers.

Jonah 4:3
So now, O Lord, give ear to my prayer and take my life from me; for death is better for me than life.

Job 3:20
Why does he give light to him who is in trouble, and life to the bitter in soul;

Job 3:21
To those whose desire is for death, but it comes not; who are searching for it more than for secret wealth;

Job 3:22
Who are glad with great joy, and full of delight when they come to their last resting-place;

Job 7:15
So that a hard death seems better to my soul than my pains.

Job 10:1
My soul is tired of life; I will let my sad thoughts go free in words; my soul will make a bitter outcry.

Job 14:13
If only you would keep me safe in the underworld, putting me in a secret place till your wrath is past, giving me a fixed time when I might come to your memory again!

Job 10:20
Are not the days of my life small in number? Let your eyes be turned away from me, so that I may have a little pleasure,

Jonah 4:8
Then when the sun came up, God sent a burning east wind: and so great was the heat of the sun on his head that Jonah was overcome, and, requesting death for himself, said, Death is better for me than life.

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Job 13:5
If only you would keep quiet, it would be a sign of wisdom!

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Genesis 17:18
And Abraham said to God, If only Ishmael's life might be your care!

Deuteronomy 5:29
If only they had such a heart in them at all times, so that they might go in fear of me and keep my orders and that it might be well for them and for their children for ever!

2 Samuel 23:15
And David, moved by a strong desire, said, If only someone would give me a drink of water from the water-hole of Beth-lehem, by the doorway into the town!

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Job 11:5
But if only God would take up the word, opening his lips in argument with you;

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Proverbs 22:8
By planting the seed of evil a man will get in the grain of sorrow, and the rod of his wrath will be broken.

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Philippians 1:21
For to me life is Christ and death is profit.

Philippians 1:22
But if I go on living in the flesh--if this is the fruit of my work--then I do not see what decision to make.

Philippians 1:23
I am in a hard position between the two, having a desire to go away and be with Christ, which is very much better:

Philippians 1:24
Still, to go on in the flesh is more necessary because of you.

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