1 Samuel 2:6
The Lord killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up.
Cross-reference
Hosea 6:2 speaks of God reviving and raising up after death, directly echoing the raising up in 1 Samuel 2:6.
Revelation 1:18 declares Christ holds the keys of Death and Hades, exercising authority over Sheol and resurrection.
In 2 Corinthians 1:9, Paul says God raises the dead—directly applying the same truth that reliance is on God who makes alive.
John 11:25 reveals Jesus as the resurrection and life, embodying the divine power to raise up from death.
John 5:25-29 shows Jesus exercising divine power to raise the dead, fulfilling the pattern in 1 Samuel 2:6.
In Matthew 12:40, Jesus uses Jonah's three days as a type of his own death and resurrection—fulfilling the pattern of God raising the dead.
In Jonah 2:2-6, Jonah cries from Sheol and God brings him up—a direct echo of God's power to kill and make alive, bringing down and raising up.
Deuteronomy 32:39 states the same truth: God alone kills and makes alive — the source of Hannah's declaration.
Isaiah 26:19 promises resurrection of the dead, directly echoing the raising up from Sheol in 1 Samuel 2:6.
Psalm 68:20 affirms that deliverance from death belongs to God, directly paralleling the raising up in 1 Samuel 2:6.
2 Kings 5:7 echoes the same phrase — the king recognizes only God can kill and make alive, affirming Hannah's declaration.
In Ezekiel 37:3, God asks if dry bones can live, affirming His power to restore life—a direct parallel to God making alive.
John 11:44 shows Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead, a direct demonstration of God's power to make alive.
1 Timothy 6:13 affirms God 'who gives life to all things,' directly echoing the life-giving aspect of 1 Samuel 2:6.
In 1 Kings 17:22, Elijah raises the widow's son—a concrete demonstration of God making alive and raising from the dead.
Hosea 6:1 uses the same pattern: God tears and heals, strikes and binds, echoing the killing and making alive.
Job 5:18 echoes the same pattern: God wounds and heals, mirroring the killing and making alive in 1 Samuel 2:6.