8 Bible Verses about Death Desired

for I am pressed by the two, having the desire to depart, and to be with Christ, for it is far better,

Therefore, we also having so great a cloud of witnesses set around us, every weight having put off, and the closely besetting sin, through endurance may we run the contest that is set before us,

and in those days shall men seek the death, and they shall not find it, and they shall desire to die, and the death shall flee from them.

for also in this we groan, with our dwelling that is from heaven earnestly desiring to clothe ourselves, if so be that, having clothed ourselves, we shall not be found naked, for we also who are in the tabernacle do groan, being burdened, seeing we wish not to unclothe ourselves, but to clothe ourselves, that the mortal may be swallowed up of the life.read more.
And He who did work us to this self-same thing is God, who also did give to us the earnest of the Spirit; having courage, then, at all times, and knowing that being at home in the body, we are away from home from the Lord, -- for through faith we walk, not through sight -- we have courage, and are well pleased rather to be away from the home of the body, and to be at home with the Lord.

And my soul chooseth strangling, Death rather than my bones. I have wasted away -- not to the age do I live. Cease from me, for my days are vanity.

My soul hath been weary of my life, I leave off my talking to myself, I speak in the bitterness of my soul.

And now, O Jehovah, take, I pray Thee, my soul from me, for better is my death than my life.' And Jehovah saith, 'Is doing good displeasing to thee?' And Jonah goeth forth from the city, and sitteth on the east of the city, and maketh to himself there a booth, and sitteth under it in the shade, till that he seeth what is in the city.read more.
And Jehovah God appointeth a gourd, and causeth it to come up over Jonah, to be a shade over his head, to give deliverance to him from his affliction, and Jonah rejoiceth because of the gourd with great joy. And God appointeth a worm at the going up of the dawn on the morrow, and it smiteth the gourd, and it drieth up. And it cometh to pass, about the rising of the sun, that God appointeth a cutting east wind, and the sun smiteth on the head of Jonah, and he wrappeth himself up, and asketh his soul to die, and saith, 'Better is my death than my life.'

'Now Thou dost send away Thy servant, Lord, according to Thy word, in peace,