Ecclesiastes 2:17
I hated life. Everything under the sun was evil to me. All is vanity and grasping for the wind.
Ecclesiastes 2:11
I looked at all the works my hands accomplished. I saw everything I had worked to do. I saw that all was vanity and grasping for the wind. It was to no purpose for there was no profit under the sun.
Numbers 11:15
If you treat me like this have pity on me and kill me. That way I will not have to endure my shame any longer.
1 Kings 19:4
Elijah walked a whole day into the wilderness. He stopped and sat down under a broom plant and wished he would die. It is just too much, Jehovah, he prayed. Take away my life. I could just as well be dead.
Job 3:20-22
Why is light given to those in misery, and life to the bitter in heart?
Job 7:15-16
I would rather die of strangulation than go on and on like this.
Job 14:13
If only you would hide me in the grave (Sheol) and conceal me till your anger has passed! If only you would set a time for me and then remember me!
Psalm 89:47
Remember how short my life span is! Have you created the sons of men for no reason?
Ecclesiastes 1:14
I have seen all the works that are done under the sun. Behold, all is vanity and a striving after wind.
Ecclesiastes 2:22
What does a man get for all his work, and for the desire of his heart with which he has done his work under the sun?
Ecclesiastes 3:16
I saw under the sun the place of judgment and wickedness was there. And wickedness was in the place of righteousness.
Ecclesiastes 4:2
I praised the dead who are already dead more than the living who are yet alive.
Ecclesiastes 6:9
Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering after the desire. This is also vanity and a striving after wind.
Jeremiah 20:14-18
Cursed is the day when I was born. Let the day not be blessed when my mother bore me!
Ezekiel 3:14
The Spirit lifted me and took me away. I went away feeling bitter and angry. The strong power of Jehovah came over me.
Jonah 4:3
Now, O Jehovah, please take my life from me for it is better for me to die than to live.
Jonah 4:8
When the sun rose God prepared a sultry (burning hot) east wind. So the sun beat upon the head of Jonah and he grew faint. He requested for himself that he might die. He said: It is better for me to die than to live!
Habakkuk 1:3
Why do you make me see wickedness and immorality? Destruction and violence are before me. Strife exists and contention arises.
Philippians 1:23-25
I am hard pressed between the two. I have the desire to depart and be with Christ for it is far better.