8 Bible Verses about Life Despised

It was the people of Zebulun who put their lives in danger, even to death, with Naphtali on the high places of the field.

Hate had I for all my work which I had done, because the man who comes after me will have its fruits.

I have no desire for life, I would not be living for ever! Keep away from me, for my days are as a breath.

My soul is tired of life; I will let my sad thoughts go free in words; my soul will make a bitter outcry.

Then when the sun came up, God sent a burning east wind: and so great was the heat of the sun on his head that Jonah was overcome, and, requesting death for himself, said, Death is better for me than life.

A man will be praised in the measure of his wisdom, but a wrong-minded man will be looked down on.

For it is our desire that you may not be without knowledge of our trouble which came on us in Asia, that the weight of it was very great, more than our power, so that it seemed that we had no hope even of life:

What does a man get for all his work, and for the weight of care with which he has done his work under the sun? All his days are sorrow, and his work is full of grief. Even in the night his heart has no rest. This again is to no purpose.