Job 7:16

Don'T Forget!

¹⁵ I would rather die by strangulation than continue living. ¹⁶ I hate the thought of living forever! Leave me alone, because my days are pointless." ¹⁷ "What is a human being, that you make so much of him; that you set your affections on him,

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Job 10:1

"I am disgusted with living, so I'm going to talk about my complaint freely. I'll speak out from the bitterness of my soul.

Job 6:9

that God would just be willing to crush me; that he would let loose and eliminate me!

Job 9:21

"I'm blameless; I don't know myself; I despise my life.

Job 10:20

My days are so few, aren't they? So leave me alone, then, so I can smile a little

Job 14:6

Look away from him and leave him alone, so he can enjoy his time, like a hired worker."

Psalm 39:13

Stop looking at me with chastisement, so I can smile again, before I depart and am no more. To the Director: A Davidic Psalm.

Genesis 27:46

Rebekah also told herself, "Heth's daughters are making me tired of living. If Jacob marries one of Heth's daughters, and she turns out to be just like these other local women, what kind of life would there be left for me?"

1 Kings 19:4

and ran for a day's journey deep into the wilderness. He found a juniper tree, sat down under it, and prayed that he could die. He asked God, "Enough! LORD! Take my life, because I'm not better than my ancestors!"

Job 3:20-22

"Why does God give light to the sufferer or life to the bitter person:

Psalm 39:10

Stop scourging me, since I have been crushed by your heavy hand.

Psalm 62:9

Human beings are a mere vapor, while people in high positions are not what they appear. When they are placed on the scales, they weigh nothing; even when weighed together, they are less than nothing.

Psalm 78:33

So he made their days end in futility, and their years with sudden terror.

Psalm 144:4

The human person is a mere empty breath; his days are like a fading shadow.

Ecclesiastes 6:11-12

Because many words lead to pointlessness, how do people benefit from this? 12Who knows what is best for people in this life, every day of their pointless lives that they pass through like a shadow? Who informs people on earth what will come along after them?

Jonah 4:3

Therefore, LORD, please kill me, because it's better for me to die than to live!"

Jonah 4:8

When the sun rose, God prepared a harsh east wind. The sun beat down on Jonah's head, he became faint, and he begged to die. "It is better for me to die than to live!" he said.