8 Bible Verses about Life Despised

Zebulun [is] a people who scorned death, and Naphtali, on the heights of [the] field.

So I hated all my toil with which I have toiled under the sun, for I must leave it behind to someone who will be after me.

I loathe [my life]; I would not live forever; depart from me, for my days [are] a breath.

"My inner self loathes my life; {I want to give vent to my complaint}; I want to speak out of [the] bitterness of my inner self.

{And when the sun rose}, God appointed a scorching east wind, and the sun beat down on Jonah's head and he grew faint. {And he asked that he could die} and said, "My death [is] better than my life!"

For his mouth of good sense, a man will be recommended, but he who is of perverse {mind} will be despised.

For we do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, concerning our affliction that happened in the [province of] Asia, that we were burdened to an extraordinary degree, beyond [our] strength, so that we were in despair even of living.

For what does a person receive for all his toil and in the longing of his heart with which he toils under the sun? All his days [are] painful, his labor [brings] grief, and his heart cannot rest at night. This also [is] vanity!