Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
death » Sought as a relief from trouble sought » Despair lead men to
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.”
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.”
and search for it more than for hidden treasure,
death rather than life in this body.
Death will be chosen over life by all the survivors of this evil family, those who remain wherever I have banished them.” This is the declaration of the Lord of Hosts.
And now, Lord, please take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.”
In those days people will seek death and will not find it; they will long to die, but death will flee from them.
death » Desired » Job
I will express my complaint
and speak in the bitterness of my soul.
and conceal me until Your anger
If only You would appoint a time for me
and then remember me.
If only my request would be granted and God would provide what I hope for: that He would decide to crush me, to unleash His power and cut me off! It would still bring me comfort, and I would leap for joy in unrelenting pain that I have not denied the words of the Holy One. read more.
What strength do I have that I should continue to hope? What is my future, that I should be patient?
What strength do I have that I should continue to hope? What is my future, that I should be patient?
Isn't mankind consigned to forced labor on earth? Are not his days like those of a hired hand? Like a slave he longs for shade; like a hired man he waits for his pay. So I have been made to inherit months of futility, and troubled nights have been assigned to me.
so that I prefer strangling, death rather than life in this body. I give up! I will not live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are a breath.
Despair » Leads men to desire death
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.”
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.”
and search for it more than for hidden treasure,
death rather than life in this body.
Death will be chosen over life by all the survivors of this evil family, those who remain wherever I have banished them.” This is the declaration of the Lord of Hosts.
And now, Lord, please take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.”
In those days people will seek death and will not find it; they will long to die, but death will flee from them.