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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Numbers 11:15
And if thou deal thus with me, slay me, I pray thee, if I have found favour in thine eyes, that I may not behold my wretchedness.
1 Kings 19:4
And he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a certain broom-bush, and requested for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough: now, Jehovah, take my life; for I am not better than my fathers.
Jonah 4:3
And now, Jehovah, take, I beseech thee, my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.
Revelation 9:6
And in those days shall men seek death, and shall in no way find it; and shall desire to die, and death flees from them.
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Proverbs 2:4
if thou seekest her as silver and searchest for her as for hidden treasures:
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Ecclesiastes 4:2
Then I praised the dead who are already dead more than the living who are yet alive;