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 must deal thus with me, kill me, I pray thee, out of hand, if I have found grace in thy sight; and let me 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 juniper tree; and desiring to die, he said, It is enough; now, O LORD, take away my life, for I am not better than my fathers.
Jonah 4:3
Therefore now, O LORD, take, I beseech thee, my life from me, for I would rather die than live.
Revelation 9:6
And in those days men shall seek death and shall not find it and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.
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Proverbs 2:4
if thou seekest her as silver and searchest for her as for hid treasures,
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Ecclesiastes 4:2
Therefore I praised the dead who are already dead more than the living who are yet alive.