Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And if thou deal thus with me, kill me, I pray thee, out of hand, if I have found favour in thy sight; and let me not see my wretchedness.

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Bible References

Kill me

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.”
Job 3:20

“Why is the light given to him who is in misery,
And life to the bitter in soul,
Job 6:8

“Oh that my request would come to pass,
And that God would grant me the thing that I long for!
Job 7:15

So that I would choose suffocation,
Death rather than my pain.
Jonah 4:3
Therefore now, O Lord, just take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.”
Philippians 1:20
It is my own eager expectation and hope, that [looking toward the future] I will not disgrace myself nor be ashamed in anything, but that with courage and the utmost freedom of speech, even now as always, Christ will be magnified and exalted in my body, whether by life or by death.
James 1:4
And let endurance have its perfect result and do a thorough work, so that you may be perfect and completely developed [in your faith], lacking in nothing.

Let me not

Jeremiah 15:18

Why has my pain been perpetual
And my wound incurable, refusing to be healed?
Will you indeed be to me like a deceptive brook
With water that is unreliable?
Jeremiah 20:18

Why did I come out of the womb
To see trouble and sorrow,
So that my days have been filled with shame?
Zephaniah 3:15

The Lord has taken away the judgments against you;
He has cleared away your enemies.
The King of Israel, even the Lord [Himself], is in your midst;
You will no longer fear disaster.

General references

Deuteronomy 1:12
How can I alone bear the weight and pressure and burden of you and your strife (contention) and complaining?