Job 3:21


Who wait for death, but it does not come,
And dig (search) for death more [diligently] than for hidden treasures,

Proverbs 2:4


If you seek skillful and godly wisdom as you would silver
And search for her as you would hidden treasures;

Revelation 9:6

And in those days people will seek death and will not find it; and they will long to die [to escape the pain], but [will discover that] death evades them.

Numbers 11:15

So if this is the way You are going to deal with me, please kill me at once, if I have found favor in your sight, and do not let me see my wretchedness.”

1 Kings 19:4

But he himself traveled a day’s journey into the wilderness, and he came and sat down under a juniper tree and asked [God] that he might die. He said, “It is enough; now, O Lord, take my life, for I am no better than my fathers.”

Jonah 4:3

Therefore now, O Lord, just take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.”

Jonah 4:8

When the sun came up God prepared a scorching east wind, and the sun beat down on Jonah’s head so that he fainted and he wished to die, and said, “It is better for me to die than to live.”

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Which long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures;

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Bible References

Long

Numbers 11:15
So if this is the way You are going to deal with me, please kill me at once, if I have found favor in your sight, and do not let me see my wretchedness.”
1 Kings 19:4
But he himself traveled a day’s journey into the wilderness, and he came and sat down under a juniper tree and asked [God] that he might die. He said, “It is enough; now, O Lord, take my life, for I am no better than my fathers.”
Jonah 4:3
Therefore now, O Lord, just take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.”
Revelation 9:6
And in those days people will seek death and will not find it; and they will long to die [to escape the pain], but [will discover that] death evades them.

Dig

Proverbs 2:4

If you seek skillful and godly wisdom as you would silver
And search for her as you would hidden treasures;

General references

Ecclesiastes 4:2
So I congratulated and thought more fortunate are those who are already dead than the living who are still living.