1 Samuel 2:6

New American Bible - revised edition

“The Lord puts to death and gives life, casts down to Sheol and brings up again.

Cross References

1 Kings 17:22

The Lord heard the prayer of Elijah; the life breath returned to the child’s body and he lived.

2 Kings 5:7

When he read the letter, the king of Israel tore his garments and exclaimed: “Am I a god with power over life and death, that this man should send someone for me to cure him of leprosy? Take note! You can see he is only looking for a quarrel with me!”

Job 5:18

For he wounds, but he binds up; he strikes, but his hands give healing.

Psalm 116:3

I was caught by the cords of death; the snares of Sheol had seized me; I felt agony and dread.

Psalm 30:4

Lord, you brought my soul up from Sheol; you let me live, from going down to the pit.

Psalm 68:20

Blessed be the Lord day by day, God, our salvation, who carries us. Selah

Psalm 71:20

Whatever bitter afflictions you sent me, you would turn and revive me. From the watery depths of the earth once more raise me up.

Ecclesiastes 3:3

A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to tear down, and a time to build.

Isaiah 26:19

But your dead shall live, their corpses shall rise! Awake and sing, you who lie in the dust! For your dew is a dew of light, and you cause the land of shades to give birth.

Ezekiel 37:12

Therefore, prophesy and say to them: Thus says the Lord God: Look! I am going to open your graves; I will make you come up out of your graves, my people, and bring you back to the land of Israel.

Ezekiel 37:3

He asked me: Son of man, can these bones come back to life? “Lord God,” I answered, “you alone know that.”

Matthew 12:40

Just as Jonah was in the belly of the whale three days and three nights, so will the Son of Man be in the heart of the earth three days and three nights.

John 11:25

Jesus told her, “I am the resurrection and the life; whoever believes in me, even if he dies, will live,

Deuteronomy 32:39

See now that I, I alone, am he, and there is no god besides me. It is I who bring both death and life, I who inflict wounds and heal them, and from my hand no one can deliver.

Revelation 1:18

the one who lives. Once I was dead, but now I am alive forever and ever. I hold the keys to death and the netherworld.

1 Samuel 20:3

But David replied: “Your father is well aware that I am favored with your friendship, so he has decided, ‘Jonathan must not know about this or he will be grieved.’ Nevertheless, as the Lord lives and as you live, there is only a step between me and death.”