1Ki 19:4, Job 3:20-22, 6:8-10, 7:15, Jon 4:3, 8-9, Phili 1:20-24 | ESV | STEP | But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness and came and sat down under a broom tree . And he asked that he might die , saying , It is enough ; now , O Lord , take away my life , for I am no better than my fathers .

o[See ver. 3 above]

p[ver. 1, 4]

q Rom. 5:5; [Joel 2:27; 2 Tim. 2:15]

rSee Acts 4:13

xSee John 12:26

1 Kings 19:4

4 But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness and came and sat down under a broom tree. ^aAnd he asked that he might die, saying, “It is enough; now, O Lord, take away my life, for I am no better than my fathers.”

Job 3:20-22

20 “Why is light given to him who is in misery,
and life to ^bthe bitter in soul,
21 who ^clong for death, but it comes not,
and dig for it more than for ^dhidden treasures,
22 who rejoice exceedingly
and are glad when they find the grave?

Job 6:8-10

8 “Oh that I might have my request,
and that God would fulfill my hope,
9 that it would ^eplease God to crush me,
that he would let loose his hand and cut me off!
10 This would be my comfort;
I would even exult ^{▼▼The meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain} in pain ^gunsparing,
for I have not denied the words of ^hthe Holy One.

Job 7:15

15 so that I would choose strangling
and death rather than my ⁱbones.

Jonah 4:3

3 ^jTherefore now, O Lord, please take my life from me, ^kfor it is better for me to die than to live.”

Jonah 4:8-9

8 When the sun rose, God appointed a scorching ^least wind, ^mand the sun beat down on the head of Jonah so that he ⁿwas faint. And he asked that he might die and said, ^o“It is better for me to die than to live.” 9 But God said to Jonah, ^p“Do you do well to be angry for the plant?” And he said, “Yes, I do well to be angry, angry enough to die.”

Philippians 1:20-24

20 as it is my eager expectation and hope ^qthat I will not be at all ashamed, but that with full ^rcourage now as always Christ ^swill be honored in my body, ^twhether by life or by death. 21 For to me ^uto live is Christ, and to die is gain. 22 If I am to live in the flesh, that means fruitful labor for me. Yet which I shall choose I cannot tell. 23 ^vI am hard pressed between the two. My desire is ^wto depart and ^xbe with Christ, for that is far better. 24 But to remain in the flesh is more necessary on your account.