1 Samuel 2:6
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6 The Lord gives both death and life;
he brings some down to the grave[a] but raises others up.
Footnotes
- 2:6 Hebrew to Sheol.
Deuteronomy 32:39
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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!
Isaiah 26:19
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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!
2 Kings 5:7
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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.”
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Jonah 2:2-6
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2 He said,
“I cried out to the Lord in my great trouble,
and he answered me.
I called to you from the land of the dead,[a]
and Lord, you heard me!
3 You threw me into the ocean depths,
and I sank down to the heart of the sea.
The mighty waters engulfed me;
I was buried beneath your wild and stormy waves.
4 Then I said, ‘O Lord, you have driven me from your presence.
Yet I will look once more toward your holy Temple.’
5 “I sank beneath the waves,
and the waters closed over me.
Seaweed wrapped itself around my head.
6 I sank down to the very roots of the mountains.
I was imprisoned in the earth,
whose gates lock shut forever.
But you, O Lord my God,
snatched me from the jaws of death!
Footnotes
- 2:2 Hebrew from Sheol.
Revelation 1:18
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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.[a]
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- 1:18 Greek and Hades.
Hosea 6:1-2
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A Call to Repentance
6 “Come, let us return to the Lord.
He has torn us to pieces;
now he will heal us.
He has injured us;
now he will bandage our wounds.
2 In just a short time he will restore us,
so that we may live in his presence.
Job 5:18
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18 For though he wounds, he also bandages.
He strikes, but his hands also heal.
2 Corinthians 1:9-10
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9 In fact, we expected to die. But as a result, we stopped relying on ourselves and learned to rely only on God, who raises the dead. 10 And he did rescue us from mortal danger, and he will rescue us again. We have placed our confidence in him, and he will continue to rescue us.
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John 11:25
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25 Jesus told her, “I am the resurrection and the life.[a] Anyone who believes in me will live, even after dying.
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- 11:25 Some manuscripts do not include and the life.
John 5:25-29
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25 “And I assure you that the time is coming, indeed it’s here now, when the dead will hear my voice—the voice of the Son of God. And those who listen will live. 26 The Father has life in himself, and he has granted that same life-giving power to his Son. 27 And he has given him authority to judge everyone because he is the Son of Man.[a] 28 Don’t be so surprised! Indeed, the time is coming when all the dead in their graves will hear the voice of God’s Son, 29 and they will rise again. Those who have done good will rise to experience eternal life, and those who have continued in evil will rise to experience judgment.
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- 5:27 “Son of Man” is a title Jesus used for himself.
Matthew 12:40
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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.
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Psalm 116:3
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3 Death wrapped its ropes around me;
the terrors of the grave[a] overtook me.
I saw only trouble and sorrow.
Footnotes
- 116:3 Hebrew of Sheol.
Psalm 68:20
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20 Our God is a God who saves!
The Sovereign Lord rescues us from death.
1 Samuel 20:3
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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!”
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