Job 3:21

They long for death that does not come. They search for it more than for hidden treasure.

Proverbs 2:4

Search for wisdom as if it were silver. Hunt for it as if it were hidden treasure!

Revelation 9:6

Men will seek death in those days and will not find it. They will desire to die and death will elude them.

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.

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!

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

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Bible References

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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.
Jonah 4:3
Now, O Jehovah, please take my life from me for it is better for me to die than to live.
Revelation 9:6
Men will seek death in those days and will not find it. They will desire to die and death will elude them.

Dig

Proverbs 2:4
Search for wisdom as if it were silver. Hunt for it as if it were hidden treasure!

General references

Ecclesiastes 4:2
I praised the dead who are already dead more than the living who are yet alive.