Verse 7

He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap.

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  • Ps 107:41 : 41 But He lifts the needy out of their affliction and makes their families like flocks.
  • 1 Sam 2:7-8 : 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.'
  • Jas 2:5 : 5 Listen, my beloved brothers: Has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which He promised to those who love Him?
  • 2 Sam 7:8-9 : 8 Now therefore, this is what you shall say to my servant David: Thus says the LORD of hosts: I took you from the pasture, from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people Israel. 9 I have been with you wherever you went and have cut off all your enemies from before you. And I will make for you a great name, like the name of the great ones of the earth.
  • Job 2:8 : 8 Then Job took a piece of broken pottery to scrape himself as he sat among the ashes.
  • Job 5:11 : 11 He sets the lowly on high, and those who mourn are lifted to safety.
  • Job 5:15-16 : 15 He saves the needy from the sword of their mouth and from the hand of the strong. 16 So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth.
  • Job 36:6-7 : 6 He does not keep the wicked alive but gives justice to the afflicted. 7 He does not remove His eyes from the righteous; He sets them on thrones with kings and exalts them forever.
  • Ps 22:15 : 15 I am poured out like water, and all my bones are disjointed. My heart is like wax; it melts within me.
  • Ps 75:6-7 : 6 Do not lift your horn to the heavens or speak with a haughty neck. 7 For exaltation does not come from the east, the west, or the wilderness.
  • 1 Pet 3:21-22 : 21 This water symbolizes baptism, which now saves you—not the removal of dirt from the body but the pledge of a clear conscience toward God. It saves you through the resurrection of Jesus Christ. 22 He is at the right hand of God, having gone into heaven, with angels, authorities, and powers subjected to Him.
  • Isa 26:19 : 19 Your dead will live; their bodies will rise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust! For your dew is like the dew of the morning, and the earth will bring forth her dead.
  • 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.’
  • Ezek 21:26-27 : 26 For the king of Babylon stands at the fork in the road, at the head of the two ways, to seek omens. He shakes arrows, consults idols, and looks at the liver. 27 In his right hand is the decision for Jerusalem: to set up battering rams, to open the mouth in slaughter, to raise the battle cry, to build siege ramps, to erect siege walls.
  • Dan 12:2-3 : 2 Many who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake: some to everlasting life, but others to shame and everlasting contempt. 3 Those who are wise will shine like the brightness of the heavens, and those who lead many to righteousness, like the stars forever and ever.
  • Luke 1:52-53 : 52 He has brought down rulers from their thrones and exalted the humble. 53 He has filled the hungry with good things and sent the rich away empty.
  • Acts 2:31-33 : 31 he foresaw and spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, that He was not abandoned to Hades, nor did His body see decay. 32 This Jesus God has raised up, and we are all witnesses of it. 33 Exalted to the right hand of God, He has received from the Father the promised Holy Spirit and has poured out what you now see and hear.
  • Eph 1:20-21 : 20 which He exerted in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly realms, 21 far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the one to come.
  • 1 Sam 24:14 : 14 As the old proverb says, 'From evil people comes evil deeds,' so my hand will not be against you.