Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
death » Sought as a relief from trouble sought » Despair lead men to
If you treat me this way, please kill me right now, if I have found favor in your sight; and don't let me see my wretchedness."
But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that he might die, and said, "It is enough. Now, O Yahweh, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers."
Who long for death, but it doesn't come; and dig for it more than for hidden treasures,
so that my soul chooses strangling, death rather than my bones.
Death shall be chosen rather than life by all the residue that remain of this evil family, that remain in all the places where I have driven them, says Yahweh of Armies.
Therefore now, Yahweh, take, I beg you, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live."
In those days people will seek death, and will in no way find it. They will desire to die, and death will flee from them.
death » Desired » Job
"My soul is weary of my life. I will give free course to my complaint. I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
"Oh that you would hide me in Sheol, that you would keep me secret, until your wrath is past, that you would appoint me a set time, and remember me!
"Oh that I might have my request, that God would grant the thing that I long for, even that it would please God to crush me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off! Be it still my consolation, yes, let me exult in pain that doesn't spare, that I have not denied the words of the Holy One. read more.
What is my strength, that I should wait? What is my end, that I should be patient?
What is my strength, that I should wait? What is my end, that I should be patient?
"Isn't a man forced to labor on earth? Aren't his days like the days of a hired hand? As a servant who earnestly desires the shadow, as a hireling who looks for his wages, so am I made to possess months of misery, wearisome nights are appointed to me.
so that my soul chooses strangling, death rather than my bones. I loathe my life. I don't want to live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are but a breath.
Despair » Leads men to desire death
If you treat me this way, please kill me right now, if I have found favor in your sight; and don't let me see my wretchedness."
But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that he might die, and said, "It is enough. Now, O Yahweh, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers."
Who long for death, but it doesn't come; and dig for it more than for hidden treasures,
so that my soul chooses strangling, death rather than my bones.
Death shall be chosen rather than life by all the residue that remain of this evil family, that remain in all the places where I have driven them, says Yahweh of Armies.
Therefore now, Yahweh, take, I beg you, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live."
In those days people will seek death, and will in no way find it. They will desire to die, and death will flee from them.