Jonah 4:3

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Jonah 4:3

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

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Philippians 1:21

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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."

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

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."

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

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

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

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

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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!"

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

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

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!