Deuteronomy 32:39
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39 See now that I, I alone, am he,
and there is no god besides me.
It is I who bring both death and life,
I who inflict wounds and heal them,
and from my hand no one can deliver.(A)
1 Samuel 2:6
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6 “The Lord puts to death and gives life,
casts down to Sheol and brings up again.(A)
Tobit 13:2
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2 For he afflicts and shows mercy,
casts down to the depths of Hades,
brings up from the great abyss.
What is there that can snatch from his hand?(A)
2 Maccabees 6:26
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26 Even if, for the time being, I avoid human punishment, I shall never, whether alive or dead, escape the hand of the Almighty.
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2 Maccabees 7:23
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23 Therefore, since it is the Creator of the universe who shaped the beginning of humankind and brought about the origin of everything, he, in his mercy, will give you back both breath and life, because you now disregard yourselves for the sake of his law.”
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Psalm 78:34
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34 When he slew them, they began to seek him;
they again looked for God.(A)
Psalm 78:39
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39 He remembered that they were flesh,
a breath that passes on and does not return.
Ecclesiastes 8:8
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8 No one is master of the breath of life so as to retain it, and none has mastery of the day of death. There is no exemption in wartime, nor does wickedness deliver those who practice it.
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Daniel 5:19
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19 Because he made him so great, the nations and peoples of every language dreaded and feared him. Whomever he willed, he would kill or let live; whomever he willed, he would exalt or humble.
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