6 The LORD brings death and gives life; He brings down to Sheol and raises up.
1 Samuel 2:6
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Deuteronomy 32:38–40
38 which ate the fat of their sacrifices and drank the wine of their drink offerings? Let them rise up and help you; let them give you shelter! 39 See now that I am He; there is no God besides Me. I bring death and I give life; I wound and I heal, and there is no on…
Tobit 13:1–3
1 And Tobit wrote a prayer for rejoicing, and said, “Blessed is God who lives forever! Blessed is his kingdom! (WEB) 2 For he scourges, and shows mercy. He leads down to the grave, and brings up again. There is no one who will escape his hand. (WEB) 3 Give thanks to him before t… (WEB)
Sirach 11:13–15
13 and lifted up his head so that many marveled at him. (WEB) 14 Good things and bad, life and death, poverty and riches, are from the Lord. (WEB) 15 Wisdom, knowledge, and understanding of the law, are of the Lord: love, and the way of good works, are from him. (KJV)
Psalms 30:2–4
2 O LORD my God, I cried to You for help, and You healed me. 3 O LORD, You pulled me up from Sheol; You spared me from descending into the Pit. 4 Sing to the LORD, O you His saints, and praise His holy name.
Wisdom of Solomon 16:12–14
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Odes of Solomon 29:3–5
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Psalms 145:13–15
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Job 5:17–19
17 Blessed indeed is the man whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty. 18 For He wounds, but He also binds; He strikes, but His hands also heal. 19 He will rescue you from six calamities; no harm will touch you in seven.
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