Revelation 1:18

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

and the Living One. I was dead, and see, I am alive forever and ever, and I have the keys of Death and of Hades.

Cross References

Job 19:25

For I know that my vindicator lives and that in the end he will stand upon the earth;

Job 38:17

Have the gates of death been revealed to you, or have you seen the gates of deep darkness?

Psalm 18:46

The Lord lives! Blessed be my rock, and exalted be the God of my salvation,

Psalm 68:20

Our God is a God of salvation, and to God, the Lord, belongs escape from death.

Isaiah 22:22

I will place on his shoulder the key of the house of David; he shall open, and no one shall shut; he shall shut, and no one shall open.

Matthew 11:23

And you, Capernaum, will you be exalted to heaven? No, you will be brought down to Hades. “For if the deeds of power done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day.

Matthew 16:19

I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.”

Luke 24:5

The women were terrified and bowed their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, “Why do you look for the living among the dead? He is not here but has risen.

John 11:25

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

John 14:19

In a little while the world will no longer see me, but you will see me; because I live, you also will live.

Romans 6:9

We know that Christ, being raised from the dead, will never die again; death no longer has dominion over him.

2 Corinthians 13:4

For he was crucified in weakness but lives by the power of God. For we are weak in him, but in dealing with you we will live with him by the power of God.

Galatians 2:20

and it is no longer I who live, but it is Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

Colossians 3:3

for you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.

Hebrews 1:3

He is the reflection of God’s glory and the exact imprint of God’s very being, and he sustains all things by his powerful word. When he had made purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,

Hebrews 12:2

looking to Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith, who for the sake of the joy that was set before him endured the cross, disregarding its shame, and has taken his seat at the right hand of the throne of God.

Hebrews 7:16

one who has become a priest, not through a legal requirement concerning physical descent but through the power of an indestructible life.

Hebrews 7:25

Consequently, he is able for all time to save those who approach God through him, since he always lives to make intercession for them.

Revelation 10:6

and swore by him who lives forever and ever, who created heaven and what is in it, the earth and what is in it, and the sea and what is in it: “There will be no more delay,

Revelation 15:7

Then one of the four living creatures gave the seven angels seven golden bowls full of the wrath of God, who lives forever and ever;

Revelation 2:8

“And to the angel of the church in Smyrna write: These are the words of the First and the Last, who was dead and came to life:

Revelation 20:13

And the sea gave up the dead who were in it, Death and Hades gave up the dead who were in them, and all were judged according to what they had done.

Revelation 20:14

Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire,

Revelation 3:7

“And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: These are the words of the Holy One, the True One, who has the key of David, who opens and no one will shut, who shuts and no one opens:

Revelation 4:9

And whenever the living creatures give glory and honor and thanks to the one who is seated on the throne, who lives forever and ever,

Revelation 5:14

And the four living creatures said, “Amen!” And the elders fell down and worshiped.

Revelation 6:8

I looked, and there was a pale green horse! Its rider’s name was Death, and Hades followed with him; they were given authority over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword, famine, and pestilence and by the wild animals of the earth.

Revelation 9:1

And the fifth angel blew his trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen from heaven to earth, and he was given the key to the shaft of the bottomless pit;

1 Samuel 2:6

The Lord kills and brings to life; he brings down to Sheol and raises up.