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!
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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!
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Job 6:8
If only I might have an answer to my prayer, and God would give me my desire!
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!
Job 6:10
So I would still have comfort, and I would have joy in the pains of death, for I have not been false to the words of the Holy One.
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Job 7:15
So that a hard death seems better to my soul than my pains.
Job 7:16
I have no desire for life, I would not be living for ever! Keep away from me, for my days are as a breath.
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;
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.
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.
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 10:1
My soul is tired of life; I will let my sad thoughts go free in words; my soul will make a bitter outcry.
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.
Jeremiah 20:18
Why did I come from my mother's body to see pain and sorrow, so that my days might be wasted with shame?
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Isaiah 38:12
My resting-place is pulled up and taken away from me like a herdsman's tent: my life is rolled up like a linen-worker's thread; I am cut off from the cloth on the frame: from day even to night you give me up to pain.
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Job 6:11
Have I strength to go on waiting, or have I any end to be looking forward to?
Job 6:12
Is my strength the strength of stones, or is my flesh brass?
Job 10:18
Why then did you make me come out of my mother's body? It would have been better for me to have taken my last breath, and for no eye to have seen me,
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,
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Job 27:8
For what is the hope of the sinner when he is cut off, when God takes back his soul?
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Job 6:4
For the arrows of the Ruler of all are present with me, and their poison goes deep into my spirit: his army of fears is put in order against me.
Job 6:26
My words may seem wrong to you, but the words of him who has no hope are for the wind.
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Job 23:17
For I am overcome by the dark, and by the black night which is covering my face.
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Psalms 72:4
May he be a judge of the poor among the people, may he give salvation to the children of those who are in need; by him let the violent be crushed.
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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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