Job 3:21

Job Wishes He Might Die

²⁰ Why is light given to one burdened with grief,
and life to those whose existence is bitter,
²¹ who wait for death, but it does not come,
and search for it more than for hidden treasure,
²² who are filled with much joy
and are glad when they reach the grave?

Job

Proverbs 2:4

if you seek it like silver
and search for it like hidden treasure,

Revelation 9:6

In those days people will seek death and will not find it; they will long to die, but death will flee from them.

Numbers 11:15

If You are going to treat me like this, please kill me right now. If You are pleased with me, don’t let me see my misery anymore.”

1 Kings 19:4

but he went on a day’s journey into the wilderness. He sat down under a broom tree and prayed that he might die. He said, “I have had enough! Lord, take my life, for I’m no better than my fathers.”

Jonah 4:3

And now, Lord, please take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.”

Jonah 4:8

As the sun was rising, God appointed a scorching east wind. The sun beat down so much on Jonah’s head that he almost fainted, and he wanted to die. He said, “It’s better for me to die than to live.”