Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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Which long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures;
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Numbers 11:15
But if you are going to deal with me like this, then kill me immediately. If I have found favor in your sight then do not let me see my trouble."
1 Kings 19:4
while he went a day's journey into the desert. He went and sat down under a shrub and asked the Lord to take his life: "I've had enough! Now, O Lord, take my life. After all, I'm no better than my ancestors."
Jonah 4:3
So now, Lord, kill me instead, because I would rather die than live!"
Revelation 9:6
In those days people will seek death, but will not be able to find it; they will long to die, but death will flee from them.
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Proverbs 2:4
if you seek it like silver, and search for it like hidden treasure,
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Ecclesiastes 4:2
So I considered those who are dead and gone more fortunate than those who are still alive.