Job 7:15
So that my soul chooses strangling, Death rather than my bones.
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- 2 Sam 17:23 : 23 When Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his donkey, and arose, and got him home, to his city, and set his house in order, and hanged himself; and he died, and was buried in the tomb of his father.
- Matt 27:5 : 5 He threw down the pieces of silver in the sanctuary, and departed. He went away and hanged himself.
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