Then said they unto Moses, "Were there no graves for us in Egypt, but thou must bring us away for to die in the wilderness? Wherefore hast thou served us thus, for to carry us out of Egypt? Did not we tell thee this in Egypt saying, 'Let us be in rest and serve the Egyptians?' For it had been better for us to have served the Egyptians, than for to die in the wilderness."

and said unto them, "Would to God we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh pots, and ate bread our bellies' full; for ye have brought us out into this wilderness to kill this whole multitude for hunger."

And the people chode with Moses and spake, saying, "Would God that we had perished when our brethren perished before the LORD.

Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying, "So do God to me, and so thereto, except I make thy soul like one of theirs by tomorrow this time." When he saw that, he arose and went for his life, and came to Beersheba in Judah, and left his lad there. And he went a day's journey into the wilderness, and when he was come sat down under a Juniper tree, and desired for his soul, that he might die, and said, "It is now enough, O LORD, take my soul; for I am not better than my fathers."

After this, opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day, and said, "Let the day perish, wherein I was born, and the night in the which it was said, 'There is a man child conceived.'read more.
The same day be turned to darkness, and not regarded of God from above, neither let the light shine upon it:

"Wherefore is the light given to him that is in misery? And life unto them that have heavy hearts? Which long for death, if it come not;

then troublest thou me with dreams - and makest me so afraid through visions that my soul wisheth rather to be strangled, and my bones to be dead. I can see no remedy. I shall live no more. O spare me then, for my days are but vain.

Wherefore hast thou brought me out of my mother's womb? O that I had perished, and that no eye had seen me. If they had carried me to my grave as soon as I was born, then should I be now, as though I had never been.

O mother, alas that ever thou didst bear me, an enemy and hated of the whole land: Though I never lent nor received upon usury, yet all men speak evil upon me.

Cursed be the day wherein I was born! Unhappy be the day, wherein my mother brought me forth! Cursed be the man, that brought my father the tidings, to make him glad, saying, "Thou hast gotten a son." Let it happen unto that man, as to the cities which the LORD turned upside down, when he had long heard the wicked rumor of them;read more.
because he slew me not, as soon as I came out of my mother's womb, and because my mother was not my grave herself, that the birth might not have come out, but remained still in her. Wherefore came I forth of my mother's womb? To have experience of labour and sorrow? And to lead my life with shame?

Now therefore take my life from me, for I had better die than live."

And as soon as the sun was up, God prepared a fervent east wind: so that the sun beat over the head of Jonah, that he fainted again and wished unto his soul that he might die, and said, "It is better for me to die than to live."

That I have fought with beasts at Ephesus after the manner of men, what advantageth it me, if the dead rise not again? "Let us eat and drink, tomorrow we shall die."

Hunger shall be his substance, and misfortune shall hang upon him.

So that he gave answer himself, and said, "Considering that I am young, and ye be men of age, I was afraid, and durst not show forth my mind, for I thought thus within myself: It becometh old men to speak, and the aged to teach wisdom. Every man, no doubt, hath a mind; but it is the inspiration of the Almighty that giveth understanding.read more.
Great men are not always wise, neither doth every aged man understand the thing that is lawful.

Like as snow is not mete in summer, nor rain in harvest; even so is worship unseemly for a fool. Like as the bird, and the swallow take their flight and flee here and there; so the curse that is given in vain, shall not light upon a man. Unto the horse belongeth a whip, to the Ass a bridle, and a rod to the fool's back.read more.
Give not the fool an answer after his foolishness, lest thou become like unto him; but make the fool an answer to his foolishness, lest he be wise in his own conceit. He is lame of his feet, yea drunken is he in vanity, that committeth any message to a fool. Like as in a lame man his legs are not equal, even so is a parable in the fool's mouth. He that setteth a fool in high dignity, that is even as if a man would bind a stone in a sling. A parable in a fools mouth is like a thorn that pricketh a drunken man in the hand. A man of experience discerneth all things well, but whoso hireth a fool, hireth such one as will take no heed. Like as the dog turneth again to his vomit, even so a fool beginneth his foolishness again afresh.

For all these things purposed I in my mind to seek out. The righteous and wise, yea and their servants also are in the hand of God: and there is no man that knoweth either love or hate, but all things are before them. It happeneth unto one as unto another; It goeth with the righteous as with the ungodly; with the good and clean as with the unclean; with him that offereth as with him that offereth not; like as it goeth with the virtuous, so goeth it also with the sinner; As it happeneth unto the perjured, so happeneth it also unto him that is afraid to be foresworn.

And they watched him, and sent forth spies, which should feign themselves perfect, to take him in his words, and to deliver him unto the power, and authority of the deputy. And they asked him saying, "Master, we know that thou sayest, and teachest right, neither considerest thou any man's degree, but teachest the way of God truly. Is it lawful for us to give Caesar tribute, or no?"read more.
He perceived their craftiness, and said unto them, "Why tempt ye me? Show me a penny. Whose image and superscription hath it?" They answered and said, "Caesar's." And he said unto them, "Give then unto Caesar, that which belongeth unto Cesar: And to God, that which pertaineth to God." And they could not reprove his saying before the people. But they marveled at his answer, and held their peace.