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Ecclesiastes 2:11
So I considered all my activities which my hands had done and the labor which I had exerted, and behold, all was futility and striving after wind, and there was no benefit under the sun.
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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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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 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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Ecclesiastes 1:14
I have seen all the works which have been done under the sun, and behold, all is futility and striving after wind.
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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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Ecclesiastes 4:2
So I congratulated the dead who are already dead, more than the living who are still living.
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Ecclesiastes 6:9
What the eyes see is better than what the soul desires. This too is futility and striving after wind.
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Habakkuk 1:3
Why do You make me see disaster, And make me look at destitution? Yes, devastation and violence are before me; Strife exists and contention arises.
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Ecclesiastes 2:22
For what does a person get in all his labor and in his striving with which he labors under the sun?
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Philippians 1:23-25
But I am hard pressed from both directions, having the desire to depart and be with Christ, for that is very much better;yet to remain on in the flesh is more necessary for your sakes.Convinced of this, I know that I will remain and continue with you all for your progress and joy in the faith,
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Numbers 11:15
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.”
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Jeremiah 20:14-18
Cursed be the day when I was born; May the day when my mother gave birth to me not be blessed!Cursed be the man who brought the news To my father, saying,“ A boy has been born to you!” And made him very happy.But may that man be like the cities Which the Lord overthrew without relenting, And may he hear an outcry in the morning And an alarm for war at noon;Because he did not kill me before birth, So that my mother would have been my grave, And her womb forever pregnant.Why did I ever come out of the womb To look at trouble and sorrow, So that my days have been spent in shame?
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Ezekiel 3:14
So the Spirit lifted me up and took me away; and I went embittered in the rage of my spirit, and the hand of the Lord was strong on me.
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Ecclesiastes 3:16
Furthermore, I have seen under the sun that in the place of justice there is wickedness and in the place of righteousness there is wickedness.
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Psalms 89:47
Remember what my lifespan is; For what futility You have created all the sons of mankind!
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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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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.”