25 Bible Verses about Desire For Death

And in those days men will seek death, and will, no, not find it. And they will long to die, and death will flee from them.

Why did I not die from the womb? Why did I not give up the spirit when my mother bore me?

Why then have thou brought me forth out of the womb? I would have given up the spirit, and no eye had seen me.

Cursed be the day in which I was born. Let not the day in which my mother bore me be blessed. Cursed be the man who brought news to my father, saying, A man-child is born to thee, making him very glad. And let that man be as the cities which LORD overthrew, and did not relent. And let him hear a cry in the morning, and shouting at noontime,read more.
because he did not kill me from the womb, and so my mother would have been my grave, and her womb always great. Why did I come forth out of the womb to see labor and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?

And he said to me, Stand, I pray thee, beside me, and kill me, for anguish has taken hold of me, because my life is yet whole in me.

O that I might have my request, and that God would grant [me] 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!

O that thou would hide me in Sheol, that thou would keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou would appoint for me a set time, and remember me!

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 LORD, take away my life, for I am no better than my

Therefore now, O LORD, I beseech thee, take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.

And it came to pass, when the sun arose, that God prepared a sultry east wind, and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and requested for himself that he might die, and said, It is better for me to die than to live

Then they will begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us, and to the hills, Cover us.

And 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 LORD of hosts.

who long for death, but it comes not, and dig for it more than for hid treasures,

And the sons of Israel said to them, Would that we had died by the hand of LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh-pots, when we ate bread to the full, for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this who

And all the sons of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron. And the whole congregation said to them, Would that we had died in the land of Egypt, or would that we had died in this wilderness!

And the people strove with Moses, and spoke, saying, Would that we had died when our brothers died before LORD!

And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept. And as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! Would I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son!

who rejoice exceedingly, and are glad when they can find the grave?

But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall have no way to flee. And their hope shall be the giving up of the spirit.

The high places also of Aven, the sin of Israel, shall be destroyed. The thorn and the thistle shall come up on their altars, and they shall say to the mountains, Cover us, and to the hills, Fall on us.

Though they dig into Sheol, from there my hand shall take them, and though they climb up to heaven, from there I will bring them down.

My enemies speak evil against me, [saying], When will he die, and his name perish?

For my enemies speak concerning me, and those who watch for my soul take counsel together,

in that thou love those who hate thee, and hate those who love thee. For thou have declared this day that rulers and servants are nothing to thee. For this day I perceive, that if Absalom had lived, and all we had died this day, th