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
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.
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Proverbs 2:4
Search for wisdom as if it were silver. Hunt for it as if it were hidden treasure!
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Ecclesiastes 4:2
I praised the dead who are already dead more than the living who are yet alive.