Therefore now, O LORD, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.


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Matthew 10 39 He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.
Ezekiel 18 32 For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord GOD: wherefore turn yourselves, and live ye.
Mark 8 35 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel's, the same shall save it.
Luke 17 33 Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it.
Luke 9 24 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it.
Matthew 16 25 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.
John 12 25 He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.
Genesis 9 5 And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man's brother will I require the life of man.
Psalms 109 21 But do thou for me, O GOD the Lord, for thy name's sake: because thy mercy is good, deliver thou me.
Lamentations 3 18 And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the LORD:
1 Peter 3 17 For it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing.
Deuteronomy 30 19 I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:
Psalms 118 18 The LORD hath chastened me sore: but he hath not given me over unto death.
Jeremiah 11 21 Therefore thus saith the LORD of the men of Anathoth, that seek thy life, saying, Prophesy not in the name of the LORD, that thou die not by our hand:
2 Corinthians 7 3 I speak not this to condemn you: for I have said before, that ye are in our hearts to die and live with you.
Deuteronomy 5 25 Now therefore why should we die? for this great fire will consume us: if we hear the voice of the LORD our God any more, then we shall die.
Psalms 116 4 Then called I upon the name of the LORD; O LORD, I beseech thee, deliver my soul.
Philippians 1 21 For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.
Psalms 9 13 Have mercy upon me, O LORD; consider my trouble which I suffer of them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death:
Romans 14 8 For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's.
Psalms 119 175 Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee; and let thy judgments help me.
Jeremiah 21 8 And unto this people thou shalt say, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I set before you the way of life, and the way of death.
Jeremiah 38 21 But if thou refuse to go forth, this is the word that the LORD hath shewed me:
John 8 24 I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins.
Mark 14 34 And saith unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful unto death: tarry ye here, and watch.
Ezekiel 3 20 Again, When a righteous man doth turn from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumbling-block before him, he shall die: because thou hast not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteousness which he hath done shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require at thine hand.
Psalms 38 21 Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me.
2 Chronicles 25 8 But if thou wilt go, do it; be strong for the battle: God shall make thee fall before the enemy: for God hath power to help, and to cast down.
Deuteronomy 18 16 According to all that thou desiredst of the LORD thy God in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying, Let me not hear again the voice of the LORD my God, neither let me see this great fire any more, that I die not.
John 10 17 Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again.
Psalms 118 17 I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the LORD.
Hosea 12 6 Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment and wait on thy God continually.
Philippians 2 12 Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.
1 Samuel 20 14 And thou shalt not only while yet I live shew me the kindness of the LORD, that I die not:
Joel 2 12 Therefore also now, saith the LORD, turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning:
Galatians 6 14 But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world.
Romans 12 1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
1 Kings 1 12 Now therefore come, let me, I pray thee, give thee counsel, that thou mayest save thine own life, and the life of thy son Solomon.
1 Samuel 22 23 Abide thou with me, fear not: for he that seeketh my life seeketh thy life: but with me thou shalt be in safeguard.
Psalms 7 2 Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.
Proverbs 30 9 Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.
Exodus 10 17 Now therefore forgive, I pray thee, my sin only this once, and intreat the LORD your God, that he may take away from me this death only.
Genesis 18 5 And I will fetch a morsel of bread, and comfort ye your hearts; after that ye shall pass on: for therefore are ye come to your servant. And they said, So do, as thou hast said.
Psalms 143 12 And of thy mercy cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them that afflict my soul: for I am thy servant.
Ezekiel 3 18 When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.
1 Samuel 26 16 This thing is not good that thou hast done. As the LORD liveth, ye are worthy to die, because ye have not kept your master, the LORD's anointed. And now see where the king's spear is, and the cruse of water that was at his bolster.
Revelation 9 6 And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.
Numbers 11 15 And if thou deal thus with me, kill me, I pray thee, out of hand, if I have found favour in thy sight; and let me not see my wretchedness.
Jeremiah 9 21 For death is come up into our windows, and is entered into our palaces, to cut off the children from without, and the young men from the streets.
Matthew 20 14 Take that thine is, and go thy way: I will give unto this last, even as unto thee.