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1 Kings 19 4
But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a broom tree; and he asked for himself to die, and said,“ Enough! Now, Lord, take my life, for I am no better than my fathers.”
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Job 7:15-16
So that my soul would choose suffocation, Death rather than my pains.I waste away; I will not live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are only a breath.
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Jonah 4:3
So now, Lord, please take my life from me, for death is better to me than life.”
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Revelation 9:6
And in those days people will seek death and will not find it; they will long to die, and death will flee from them!
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Job 3:20-22
“ Why is light given to one burdened with grief, And life to the bitter of soul,Who long for death, but there is none, And dig for it more than for hidden treasures;Who are filled with jubilation, And rejoice when they find the grave?
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Job 19:21
Pity me, pity me, you friends of mine, For the hand of God has struck me.
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Jonah 4:8
And when the sun came up God designated a scorching east wind, and the sun beat down on Jonah’s head so that he became faint, and he begged with all his soul to die, saying,“ Death is better to me than life!”
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Job 14:13
“ Oh that You would hide me in Sheol, That You would conceal me until Your wrath returns to You, That You would set a limit for me and remember me!
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Psalms 32:4
For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me; My vitality failed as with the dry heat of summer. Selah
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Isaiah 48:10-13
Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.For My own sake, for My own sake, I will act; For how can My name be profaned? And I will not give My glory to another.“ Listen to Me, Jacob, Israel whom I called; I am He, I am the first, I am also the last.Assuredly My hand founded the earth, And My right hand spread out the heavens; When I call to them, they stand together.
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Numbers 11:14-15
I am not able to carry all this people by myself, because it is too burdensome for me.So if You are going to deal with me this way, please kill me now, if I have found favor in Your sight, and do not let me see my misery.”