Job 7:15
So that my soul chooseth strangling, [and] death rather than my life.
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- 2 Sam 17:23 : 23 And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled [his] ass, and arose, and gat him home to his house, to his city, and put his household in order, and hanged himself, and died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father.
- Matt 27:5 : 5 And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself.
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