8 Bible Verses about Life Despised

Zebulun is a people who risked their lives to the death; Naphtali, too, on the heights of the field.

I hated all my toil in which I toil under the sun, seeing that I must leave it to the man who will come after me,

I loathe my life; I would not live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are a breath.

"I loathe my life; I will give free utterance to my complaint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

When the sun rose, God appointed a scorching east wind, and the sun beat down on the head of Jonah so that he was faint. And he asked that he might die and said, "It is better for me to die than to live."

A man is commended according to his good sense, but one of twisted mind is despised.

For we do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, of the affliction we experienced in Asia. For we were so utterly burdened beyond our strength that we despaired of life itself.

What has a man from all the toil and striving of heart with which he toils beneath the sun? For all his days are full of sorrow, and his work is a vexation. Even in the night his heart does not rest. This also is vanity.