Job 33:18
He keepeth back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword.
Cross-reference
Job 33:24 expands on the same deliverance from the pit, mentioning a ransom—direct parallel within the same speech.
In Job 33:28, the same deliverance from the pit is celebrated — God redeems the soul from going down into the pit, echoing the preservation described here.
Job 17:16 laments descending to Sheol, contrasting with Job 33:18's promise of being kept from the pit.
Job 36:8 describes being bound in affliction as part of God's discipline, similar to the restraint from the pit here — both are Elihu's theme of corrective suffering.
2 Peter 3:9 states God does not wish any to perish, directly echoing Job 33:18's theme of being kept from the pit.
Psalm 86:13 praises God for delivering the soul from the depths of Sheol, directly paralleling the rescue from the pit in this verse.
Ezekiel 28:8 pronounces judgment bringing the king of Tyre down to the pit — opposite of God keeping from the pit here.
1 Corinthians 11:32 explains that divine discipline prevents condemnation with the world — same purpose as keeping from the pit here.