Job 3:21

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To those who long for death, but it does not come, and dig for it more than for hidden treasures.

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  • Rev 9:6 : 6 In those days people will seek death but will not find it; they will desire to die, but death will flee from them.
  • Prov 2:4 : 4 if you seek it like silver and search for it as for hidden treasures,
  • Jonah 4:3 : 3 Now, O LORD, please take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.
  • Jonah 4:8 : 8 When the sun rose, God appointed a scorching east wind, and the sun beat down on Jonah’s head so that he grew faint. He wished to die and said, 'It is better for me to die than to live.'
  • Num 11:15 : 15 If this is how You are going to treat me, please go ahead and kill me—if I have found favor in Your eyes—and do not let me see my misery.
  • 1 Kgs 19:4 : 4 He went a day's journey into the wilderness. He came to a broom tree, sat under it, and prayed that he might die. 'Enough, LORD,' he said. 'Take my life, for I am no better than my ancestors.'

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