Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
death » Sought as a relief from trouble sought » Despair lead men to
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."
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."
to those who wait for death that does not come, and search for it more than for hidden treasures,
so that I would prefer strangling, and death more than life.
However, I will leave some of these wicked people alive and banish them to other places. But wherever these people who survive may go, they will wish they had died rather than lived," says the Lord who rules over all.
So now, Lord, kill me instead, because I would rather die than live!"
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.
death » Desired » Job
"I am weary of my life; I will complain without restraint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
"O that you would hide me in Sheol, and conceal me till your anger has passed! O that you would set me a time and then remember me!
"Oh that my request would be realized, and that God would grant me what I long for! And that God would be willing to crush me, that he would let loose his hand and kill me. Then I would yet have my comfort, then I would rejoice, in spite of pitiless pain, for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One. read more.
What is my strength, that I should wait? and what is my end, that I should prolong my life?
What is my strength, that I should wait? and what is my end, that I should prolong my life?
"Does not humanity have hard service on earth? Are not their days also like the days of a hired man? Like a servant longing for the evening shadow, and like a hired man looking for his wages, thus I have been made to inherit months of futility, and nights of sorrow have been appointed to me.
so that I would prefer strangling, and death more than life. I loathe it; I do not want to live forever; leave me alone, for my days are a vapor!
Despair » Leads men to desire death
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."
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."
to those who wait for death that does not come, and search for it more than for hidden treasures,
so that I would prefer strangling, and death more than life.
However, I will leave some of these wicked people alive and banish them to other places. But wherever these people who survive may go, they will wish they had died rather than lived," says the Lord who rules over all.
So now, Lord, kill me instead, because I would rather die than live!"
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.