Job 3:21

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

Proverbs 2:4

if you seek it like silver and search for it as for hidden treasures,

Revelation 9:6

And in those days people will seek death and will not find it. They will long to die, but death will flee from them.

Numbers 11:15

If you will treat me like this, kill me at once, if I find favor in your sight, that I may not see my wretchedness."

1 Kings 19:4

But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness and came and sat down under a broom tree. And he asked that he might die, saying, "It is enough; now, O LORD, take away my life, for I am no better than my fathers."

Jonah 4:3

Therefore now, O LORD, 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 appointed a scorching east wind, and the sun beat down on the head of Jonah so that he was faint. And he asked that he might die and said, "It is better for me to die than to live."

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Which long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures;

General references

Bible References

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Numbers 11:15
If you will treat me like this, kill me at once, if I find favor in your sight, that I may not see my wretchedness."
1 Kings 19:4
But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness and came and sat down under a broom tree. And he asked that he might die, saying, "It is enough; now, O LORD, take away my life, for I am no better than my fathers."
Jonah 4:3
Therefore now, O LORD, please take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live."
Revelation 9:6
And in those days people will seek death and will not find it. They will long to die, but death will flee from them.

Dig

Proverbs 2:4
if you seek it like silver and search for it as for hidden treasures,

General references

Ecclesiastes 4:2
And I thought the dead who are already dead more fortunate than the living who are still alive.

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