Psalm 118:18

New Century Version

The Lord has taught me a hard lesson, but he did not let me die.

Cross References

2 Samuel 12:10

Now there will always be people in your family who will die by a sword, because you did not respect me; you took the wife of Uriah the Hittite for yourself!’

Job 5:20

God will buy you back from death in times of hunger, and in battle he will save you from the sword.

Jonah 2:6

When I went down to where the mountains of the sea start to rise, I thought I was locked in this prison forever, but you saved me from the pit of death, Lord my God.

1 Corinthians 11:32

But when the Lord judges us, he disciplines us so that we will not be destroyed along with the world.

2 Corinthians 6:9

We are not known, but we are well known. We seem to be dying, but we continue to live. We are punished, but we are not killed.