1 Samuel 2:6

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

You take away life, and you give life. You send people down to the world of the dead and bring them back again.

Cross References

1 Kings 17:22

The LORD answered Elijah's prayer, and the boy started breathing again.

2 Kings 5:7

When the king of Israel read the letter, he tore his clothes in fear and shouted, “That Syrian king believes I can cure this man of leprosy! Does he think I'm God with power over life and death? He must be trying to pick a fight with me.”

Job 5:18

He may cause injury and pain, but he will bandage and heal your cuts and bruises.

Psalm 116:3

Death attacked from all sides, and I was captured by its painful chains. But when I was really suffering,

Psalm 30:4

Your faithful people, LORD, will praise you with songs and honour your holy name.

Psalm 68:20

You always protect us and save us from death.

Psalm 71:20

You made me suffer a lot, but you will bring me back from this deep pit and give me new life.

Ecclesiastes 3:3

for killing and healing, destroying and building,

Isaiah 26:19

Your people will rise to life! Tell them to leave their graves and celebrate with shouts. You refresh the earth like morning dew; you give life to the dead.

Ezekiel 37:12

So tell them, “I, the LORD God, promise to open your graves and set you free. I will bring you back to Israel,

Ezekiel 37:3

He said, “Ezekiel, son of man, can these bones come back to life?” I replied, “LORD God, only you can answer that.”

Matthew 12:40

He was in the stomach of a big fish for three days and nights, just as the Son of Man will be deep in the earth for three days and nights.

John 11:25

Jesus then said, “I am the one who raises the dead to life! Everyone who has faith in me will live, even if they die.

Deuteronomy 32:39

Don't you understand? I am the only God; there are no others. I am the one who takes life and gives it again. I punished you with suffering. But now I will heal you, and nothing can stop me!

Revelation 1:18

and the living one. I died, but now I am alive for evermore, and I have the keys to death and the world of the dead.

1 Samuel 20:3

“Jonathan, I swear it's true! But your father knows how much you like me, and he didn't want to break your heart. That's why he didn't tell you. I swear by the living LORD and by your own life that I'm only one step ahead of death.”