Verse 21
To those whose desire is for death, but it comes not; who are searching for it more than for secret wealth;
Referenced Verses
- Rev 9:6 : 6 And in those days men will be hoping for death, and it will not come to them; and they will have a great desire for death, and death will go in flight from them.
- Prov 2:4 : 4 If you are looking for her as for silver, and searching for her as for stored-up wealth;
- Jonah 4:3 : 3 So now, O Lord, give ear to my prayer and take my life from me; for death is better for me than life.
- Jonah 4:8 : 8 Then when the sun came up, God sent a burning east wind: and so great was the heat of the sun on his head that Jonah was overcome, and, requesting death for himself, said, Death is better for me than life.
- Num 11:15 : 15 If this is to be my fate, put me to death now in answer to my prayer, if I have grace in your eyes; and let me not see my shame.
- 1 Kgs 19:4 : 4 While he himself went a day's journey into the waste land, and took a seat under a broom-plant, desiring for himself only death; for he said, It is enough: now, O Lord, take away my life, for I am no better than my fathers.