Job 3:21
Which long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures;
Cross-reference
Job 36:20 warns against longing for the night (death), directly addressing the attitude Job expresses in 3:21.
Numbers 11:15 records Moses asking God to kill him — a direct parallel to Job's longing for death in 3:21.
Revelation 9:6 directly echoes Job: people seek death and cannot find it — an end-times fulfillment of this curse.
1 Kings 19:4 shows Elijah similarly longing for death under a broom tree, echoing Job's desperate wish for life to end.
Jonah 4:3 has Jonah asking God to take his life, sharing Job's 'better to die than live' sentiment in deep distress.
Proverbs 2:4 uses the same 'hidden treasures' metaphor for seeking wisdom — opposite to Job's desperate search for death.
Jonah 4:8 repeats the death wish under scorching heat, paralleling Job's longing for death amid physical suffering.