1 Samuel 2:6

Easy To Read Version

The Lord causes people to die, and he causes them to live. The Lord sends people down to the grave, [21] and he can raise them up {to live again}.

Cross References

1 Kings 17:22

The Lord answered Elijah’s prayer. The boy began breathing again. He was alive!

2 Kings 5:7

When the king of Israel had read the letter, he tore his clothes {to show he was sad and upset}. The king of Israel said, “Am I God? No! I don’t have the power over life and death. So why did the king of Aram send a man sick with leprosy [42] for me to heal? Think about it, and you will see {that it is a trick}. The king of Aram is trying to start a fight!”

Job 5:18

God puts bandages\par on the wounds he makes.\par He might injure someone,\par but his hands also heal.\par

Psalm 116:3

\{I almost died!\}\par Death’s ropes were wrapped around me.\par The grave was closing in around me.\par I was scared and worried.\par

Psalm 30:4

God’s followers, sing praises to the Lord!\par Praise his holy name! {\cf2\super [182]} \par

Psalm 68:20

He is our God.\par He is the God that saves us.\par The Lord our God saves us from death.\par

Psalm 71:20

You let me see troubles and bad times.But you saved me from every one of themand kept me alive.No matter how deep I sank,you lifted me out of my troubles.

Ecclesiastes 3:3

There is a time to kill,\par and a time to heal.\par There is a time to destroy,\par and a time to build.\par

Isaiah 26:19

\{But the Lord says,\}\par “Your people have died,\par but they will live again.\par The bodies of my people\par will rise from death.\par Dead people in the ground,\par stand and be happy!\par The dew covering you is like\par the dew sparkling in the light of a new day.\par It shows a new time is coming when the earth\par will give up the dead people\par that are in it.”\par

Ezekiel 37:12

So, speak to them for me. Tell them the Lord and Master says these things, ‘My people, I will open your graves and bring you up out of your graves! Then I will bring you to the land of Israel.

Ezekiel 37:3

Then the Lord my Master said to me, “Son of man, {\cf2\super [287]} can these bones come to life?”

Matthew 12:40

Jonah was in the stomach of the big fish for three days and three nights. In the same way, the Son of Man {\cf2\super [179]} will be in the grave three days and three nights.

John 11:25

Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection. {\cf2\super [176]} I am life. The person that believes in me will have life \{again\} after he dies.

Deuteronomy 32:39

“‘Now, see that I and only I am God! There is no other God! I put people to death and I let people live. I can hurt people, and I can make them well. No one can save another person from my power!

Revelation 1:18

I am the One who lives. I was dead, but look: I am alive forever and ever! And I hold the keys of death and Hades. {\cf2\super [11]}

1 Samuel 20:3

But David answered, “Your father knows very well that I am your friend. Your father said to himself, ‘Jonathan must not know about it. If he knows, he will tell David.’ But as sure as you and the Lord are alive, I am very close to death!”