And now, O LORD, please take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live." Cross References 1 Kings 19:4 while he himself traveled on a day's journey into the wilderness. He sat down under a broom tree and prayed that he might die. "I have had enough, LORD," he said. "Take my life, for I am no better than my fathers." Job 6:8 If only my request were granted and God would fulfill my hope: Job 6:9 that God would be willing to crush me, to unleash His hand and cut me off! Job 7:15 so that I would prefer strangling and death over my life in this body. Job 7:16 I loathe my life! I would not live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are but a breath. Ecclesiastes 7:1 A good name is better than fine perfume, and one's day of death is better than his day of birth. Jeremiah 8:3 And wherever I have banished them, the remnant of this evil family will choose death over life," declares the LORD of Hosts. Jonah 4:4 But the LORD replied, "Have you any right to be angry?" Jonah 4:8 As the sun was rising, God appointed a scorching east wind, and the sun beat down on Jonah's head so that he grew faint and wished to die, saying, "It is better for me to die than to live." Treasury of Scripture Therefore now, O LORD, take, I beseech you, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live. take. Numbers 11:15 Numbers 20:3 1 Kings 19:4 for. Jonah 4:8 Job 7:15,16 Ecclesiastes 7:1 |
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