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1 Kings 19 4
But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a broom tree. And he prayed that he might die, and said,“ It is enough! Now, Lord, take my life, for I am no better than my fathers!”
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Jonah 4:3
Therefore now, O Lord, please take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live!”
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Job 3:20-22
“ Why is light given to him who is in misery, And life to the bitter of soul,Who long for death, but it does not come, And search for it more than hidden treasures;Who rejoice exceedingly, And are glad when they can find the grave?
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Philippians 1:20-24
according to my earnest expectation and hope that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ will be magnified in my body, whether by life or by death.For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain.But if I live on in the flesh, this will mean fruit from my labor; yet what I shall choose I cannot tell.For I am hard-pressed between the two, having a desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better.Nevertheless to remain in the flesh is more needful for you.
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James 1:4
But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.
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Job 6:8-10
“ Oh, that I might have my request, That God would grant me the thing that I long for!That it would please God to crush me, That He would loose His hand and cut me off!Then I would still have comfort; Though in anguish I would exult, He will not spare; For I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.
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Jeremiah 15:18
Why is my pain perpetual And my wound incurable, Which refuses to be healed? Will You surely be to me like an unreliable stream, As waters that fail?
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Exodus 32:32
Yet now, if You will forgive their sin— but if not, I pray, blot me out of Your book which You have written.”
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Job 7:15
So that my soul chooses strangling And death rather than my body.
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Jeremiah 20:18
Why did I come forth from the womb to see labor and sorrow, That my days should be consumed with shame?
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Jonah 4:8-9
And it happened, when the sun arose, that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat on Jonah’s head, so that he grew faint. Then he wished death for himself, and said,“ It is better for me to die than to live.”Then God said to Jonah,“ Is it right for you to be angry about the plant?” And he said,“ It is right for me to be angry, even to death!”
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Zephaniah 3:15
The Lord has taken away your judgments, He has cast out your enemy. The King of Israel, the Lord, is in your midst; You shall see disaster no more.