1 Samuel 2:6

Good News Translation

The Lord kills and restores to life; he sends people to the world of the dead and brings them back again.

Cross References

1 Kings 17:22

The Lord answered Elijah's prayer; the child started breathing again and revived.

2 Kings 5:7

When the king of Israel read the letter, he tore his clothes in dismay and exclaimed, “How can the king of Syria expect me to cure this man? Does he think that I am God, with the power of life and death? It's plain that he is trying to start a quarrel with me!”

Job 5:18

God bandages the wounds he makes; his hand hurts you, and his hand heals.

Psalm 116:3

The danger of death was all around me; the horrors of the grave closed in on me; I was filled with fear and anxiety.

Psalm 30:4

Sing praise to the Lord, all his faithful people! Remember what the Holy One has done, and give him thanks!

Psalm 68:20

Our God is a God who saves; he is the Lord, our Lord, who rescues us from death.

Psalm 71:20

You have sent troubles and suffering on me, but you will restore my strength; you will keep me from the grave.

Ecclesiastes 3:3

the time for killing and the time for healing, the time for tearing down and the time for building.

Isaiah 26:19

Those of our people who have died will live again! Their bodies will come back to life. All those sleeping in their graves will wake up and sing for joy. As the sparkling dew refreshes the earth, so the Lord will revive those who have long been dead.

Ezekiel 37:12

So prophesy to my people Israel and tell them that I, the Sovereign Lord, am going to open their graves. I am going to take them out and bring them back to the land of Israel.

Ezekiel 37:3

He said to me, “Mortal man, can these bones come back to life?” I replied, “Sovereign Lord, only you can answer that!”

Matthew 12:40

In the same way that Jonah spent three days and nights in the big fish, so will the Son of Man spend three days and nights in the depths of the earth.

John 11:25

Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Those who believe in me will live, even though they die;

Deuteronomy 32:39

“‘I, and I alone, am God; no other god is real. I kill and I give life, I wound and I heal, and no one can oppose what I do.

Revelation 1:18

I am the living one! I was dead, but now I am alive forever and ever. I have authority over death and the world of the dead.

1 Samuel 20:3

But David answered, “Your father knows very well how much you like me, and he has decided not to let you know what he plans to do, because you would be deeply hurt. I swear to you by the living Lord that I am only a step away from death!”