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
And if so thou doest to me, killing, kill me now, if I found grace in thine eyes; and I shall not look upon my evil
1 Kings 19:4
And he went into the desert the way of a day, and he will come and sit under one broom-tree: and he will ask for his soul to die: and he will say, Much now, O Jehovah, Take my soul, for I am not good above my fathers.
Jonah 4:3
And now, O Jehovah, take now my soul from me, for it is good for me to die rather than for me to live.
Revelation 9:6
And in those days shall men seek death, and not find it; and shall eagerly desire to die, and death shall flee from them.
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Proverbs 2:4
If thou wilt seek her as silver, and dig for her as hidden treasure;
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Ecclesiastes 4:2
And I praise the dead already dead more than the living they yet living.