1 Samuel 2:6

New Living Translation

The Lord gives both death and life; he brings some down to the grave but raises others up.

Cross References

1 Kings 17:22

The Lord heard Elijah’s prayer, and the life of the child returned, and he revived!

2 Kings 5:7

When the king of Israel read the letter, he tore his clothes in dismay and said, “Am I God, that I can give life and take it away? Why is this man asking me to heal someone with leprosy? I can see that he’s just trying to pick a fight with me.”

Job 5:18

For though he wounds, he also bandages. He strikes, but his hands also heal.

Psalm 116:3

Death wrapped its ropes around me; the terrors of the grave overtook me. I saw only trouble and sorrow.

Psalm 30:4

Sing to the Lord, all you godly ones! Praise his holy name.

Psalm 68:20

Our God is a God who saves! The Sovereign Lord rescues us from death.

Psalm 71:20

You have allowed me to suffer much hardship, but you will restore me to life again and lift me up from the depths of the earth.

Ecclesiastes 3:3

A time to kill and a time to heal. A time to tear down and a time to build up.

Isaiah 26:19

But those who die in the Lord will live; their bodies will rise again! Those who sleep in the earth will rise up and sing for joy! For your life-giving light will fall like dew on your people in the place of the dead!

Ezekiel 37:12

Therefore, prophesy to them and say, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: O my people, I will open your graves of exile and cause you to rise again. Then I will bring you back to the land of Israel.

Ezekiel 37:3

Then he asked me, “Son of man, can these bones become living people again?” “O Sovereign Lord,” I replied, “you alone know the answer to that.”

Matthew 12:40

For as Jonah was in the belly of the great fish for three days and three nights, so will the Son of Man be in the heart of the earth for three days and three nights.

John 11:25

Jesus told her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Anyone who believes in me will live, even after dying.

Deuteronomy 32:39

Look now; I myself am he! There is no other god but me! I am the one who kills and gives life; I am the one who wounds and heals; no one can be rescued from my powerful hand!

Revelation 1:18

I am the living one. I died, but look—I am alive forever and ever! And I hold the keys of death and the grave.

1 Samuel 20:3

Then David took an oath before Jonathan and said, “Your father knows perfectly well about our friendship, so he has said to himself, ‘I won’t tell Jonathan—why should I hurt him?’ But I swear to you that I am only a step away from death! I swear it by the Lord and by your own soul!”