Jonah 4:3

So now, Lord, kill me instead, because I would rather die than live!"

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."

Ecclesiastes 7:1

A good reputation is better than precious perfume; likewise, the day of one's death is better than the day of one's birth.

Job 6:8-9

"Oh that my request would be realized, and that God would grant me what I long for!

Job 7:15-16

so that I would prefer strangling, and death more than life.

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."

Numbers 20:3

The people contended with Moses, saying, "If only we had died when our brothers died before the Lord!

Job 3:20-21

"Why does God give light to one who is in misery, and life to those whose soul is bitter,

Jeremiah 20:14-18

Cursed be the day I was born! May that day not be blessed when my mother gave birth to me.

Jonah 4:8

When the sun began to shine, God sent a hot east wind. So the sun beat down on Jonah's head, and he grew faint. So he despaired of life, and said, "I would rather die than live!"

1 Corinthians 9:15

But I have not used any of these rights. And I am not writing these things so that something will be done for me. In fact, it would be better for me to die than -- no one will deprive me of my reason for boasting!

Philippians 1:21-25

For to me, living is Christ and dying is gain.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Therefore now, O LORD, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.

Bible References

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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."
Numbers 20:3
The people contended with Moses, saying, "If only we had died when our brothers died before the Lord!
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."
Job 3:20
"Why does God give light to one who is in misery, and life to those whose soul is bitter,
Job 6:8
"Oh that my request would be realized, and that God would grant me what I long for!
Jeremiah 20:14
Cursed be the day I was born! May that day not be blessed when my mother gave birth to me.
Philippians 1:21
For to me, living is Christ and dying is gain.

For

Jonah 4:8
When the sun began to shine, God sent a hot east wind. So the sun beat down on Jonah's head, and he grew faint. So he despaired of life, and said, "I would rather die than live!"
Job 7:15
so that I would prefer strangling, and death more than life.
Ecclesiastes 7:1
A good reputation is better than precious perfume; likewise, the day of one's death is better than the day of one's birth.
1 Corinthians 9:15
But I have not used any of these rights. And I am not writing these things so that something will be done for me. In fact, it would be better for me to die than -- no one will deprive me of my reason for boasting!

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