Verse 52

He has brought down rulers from their thrones and exalted the humble.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 107:40-41 : 40 He pours out contempt on nobles and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland. 41 But He lifts the needy out of their affliction and makes their families like flocks.
  • Jas 4:10 : 10 Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.
  • Ezek 17:24 : 24 Then all the trees of the field will know that I, the LORD, bring down the tall tree and make the low tree grow tall. I dry up the green tree and make the dry tree flourish. I, the LORD, have spoken, and I will do it.’
  • Amos 9:11 : 11 On that day, I will raise up the fallen booth of David. I will repair its breaches and restore its ruins, and I will rebuild it as it was in days of old.
  • Mark 6:3 : 3 Isn’t this the carpenter, the son of Mary, and the brother of James, Joseph, Judas, and Simon? Aren’t His sisters here with us?' And they took offense at Him.
  • Luke 18:14 : 14 'I tell you that this man went home justified before God rather than the other. For all those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.'
  • Jas 1:9-9 : 9 Let the lowly brother boast in his exaltation, 10 and the rich in his humiliation, because like a flower of the grass he will pass away.
  • 1 Sam 2:4 : 4 'The bows of the mighty are broken, but those who stumbled are armed with strength.'
  • 1 Sam 2:6-8 : 6 'The LORD brings death and gives life; He brings down to Sheol and raises up.' 7 'The LORD makes poor and makes rich; He humbles and He exalts.' 8 'He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap to sit with nobles and inherit a seat of honor. For the foundations of the earth are the LORD’s; upon them He has set the world.'
  • Job 5:11-13 : 11 He sets the lowly on high, and those who mourn are lifted to safety. 12 He frustrates the plans of the crafty so that their hands achieve no success. 13 He traps the wise in their own craftiness, and the schemes of the twisted are quickly foiled.
  • Job 34:24-28 : 24 He shatters the mighty without inquiry and sets others in their place. 25 Because He knows their deeds, He overturns them in the night, and they are crushed. 26 He strikes them down for their wickedness in a place where all can see. 27 Because they turned away from following Him and did not regard any of His ways, 28 He causes the cry of the poor to come before Him, and He hears the cry of the afflicted.
  • Ps 113:6-8 : 6 He stoops down to look upon the heavens and the earth. 7 He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap. 8 He seats them with princes, with the princes of His people.
  • Eccl 4:14 : 14 For he came out of prison to become king, though he was born poor in his kingdom.