Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
death » Sought as a relief from trouble sought » Despair lead men to
If you treat me this way, please kill me right now, if I have found favor in your sight; and don't let me see my wretchedness."
But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that he might die, and said, "It is enough. Now, O Yahweh, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers."
Who long for death, but it doesn't come; and dig for it more than for hidden treasures,
so that my soul chooses strangling, death rather than my bones.
Death shall be chosen rather than life by all the residue that remain of this evil family, that remain in all the places where I have driven them, says Yahweh of Armies.
Therefore now, Yahweh, take, I beg you, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live."
In those days people will seek death, and will in no way find it. They will desire to die, and death will flee from them.
Despair » Leads men to desire death
If you treat me this way, please kill me right now, if I have found favor in your sight; and don't let me see my wretchedness."
But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that he might die, and said, "It is enough. Now, O Yahweh, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers."
Who long for death, but it doesn't come; and dig for it more than for hidden treasures,
so that my soul chooses strangling, death rather than my bones.
Death shall be chosen rather than life by all the residue that remain of this evil family, that remain in all the places where I have driven them, says Yahweh of Armies.
Therefore now, Yahweh, take, I beg you, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live."
In those days people will seek death, and will in no way find it. They will desire to die, and death will flee from them.
Despondency » Instances of » Jonah after he had preached to the ninevites
Therefore now, Yahweh, take, I beg you, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live."
It happened, when the sun arose, that God prepared a sultry east wind; and the sun beat on Jonah's head, so that he fainted, and requested for himself that he might die, and said, "It is better for me to die than to live."
Jonah » The reluctant missionary » Reveals his bigotry in lamenting the repentance of the ninevites
But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was angry. He prayed to Yahweh, and said, "Please, Yahweh, wasn't this what I said when I was still in my own country? Therefore I hurried to flee to Tarshish, for I knew that you are a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness, and you relent of doing harm. Therefore now, Yahweh, take, I beg you, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live."
Prayer » Private, of Christ » Unwise prayers, examples of
If you treat me this way, please kill me right now, if I have found favor in your sight; and don't let me see my wretchedness."
But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that he might die, and said, "It is enough. Now, O Yahweh, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers."
He said to her, "What do you want?" She said to him, "Command that these, my two sons, may sit, one on your right hand, and one on your left hand, in your Kingdom."
Therefore now, Yahweh, take, I beg you, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live."
Presumption » Instances of » Jonah
But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was angry. He prayed to Yahweh, and said, "Please, Yahweh, wasn't this what I said when I was still in my own country? Therefore I hurried to flee to Tarshish, for I knew that you are a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness, and you relent of doing harm. Therefore now, Yahweh, take, I beg you, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live." read more.
Yahweh said, "Is it right for you to be angry?" Then Jonah went out of the city, and sat on the east side of the city, and there made himself a booth, and sat under it in the shade, until he might see what would become of the city. Yahweh God prepared a vine, and made it to come up over Jonah, that it might be a shade over his head, to deliver him from his discomfort. So Jonah was exceedingly glad because of the vine. But God prepared a worm at dawn the next day, and it chewed on the vine, so that it withered. It happened, when the sun arose, that God prepared a sultry east wind; and the sun beat on Jonah's head, so that he fainted, and requested for himself that he might die, and said, "It is better for me to die than to live."
Yahweh said, "Is it right for you to be angry?" Then Jonah went out of the city, and sat on the east side of the city, and there made himself a booth, and sat under it in the shade, until he might see what would become of the city. Yahweh God prepared a vine, and made it to come up over Jonah, that it might be a shade over his head, to deliver him from his discomfort. So Jonah was exceedingly glad because of the vine. But God prepared a worm at dawn the next day, and it chewed on the vine, so that it withered. It happened, when the sun arose, that God prepared a sultry east wind; and the sun beat on Jonah's head, so that he fainted, and requested for himself that he might die, and said, "It is better for me to die than to live."
Unwise prayers » Examples of
If you treat me this way, please kill me right now, if I have found favor in your sight; and don't let me see my wretchedness."
But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that he might die, and said, "It is enough. Now, O Yahweh, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers."
He said to her, "What do you want?" She said to him, "Command that these, my two sons, may sit, one on your right hand, and one on your left hand, in your Kingdom."
Therefore now, Yahweh, take, I beg you, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live."