1 Samuel 2:8

American Standard Version (1901)

He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, He lifteth up the needy from the dunghill, To make them sit with princes, And inherit the throne of glory: For the pillars of the earth are Jehovah's, And he hath set the world upon them.

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  • Ps 113:7-8 : 7 He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, And lifteth up the needy from the dunghill; 8 That he may set him with princes, Even with the princes of his people.
  • Ps 104:5 : 5 Who laid the foundations of the earth, That it should not be moved for ever.
  • Job 38:4-6 : 4 Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if thou hast understanding. 5 Who determined the measures thereof, if thou knowest? Or who stretched the line upon it? 6 Whereupon were the foundations thereof fastened? Or who laid the corner-stone thereof,
  • Job 42:10-12 : 10 And Jehovah turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: and Jehovah gave Job twice as much as he had before. 11 Then came there unto him all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all they that had been of his acquaintance before, and did eat bread with him in his house: and they bemoaned him, and comforted him concerning all the evil that Jehovah had brought upon him: every man also gave him a piece of money, and every one a ring of gold. 12 So Jehovah blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: And he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she-asses.
  • Ps 24:2 : 2 For he hath founded it upon the seas, And established it upon the floods.
  • Ps 102:25 : 25 Of old didst thou lay the foundation of the earth; And the heavens are the work of thy hands.
  • Gen 41:40 : 40 thou shalt be over my house, and according unto thy word shall all my people be ruled: only in the throne will I be greater than thou.
  • 1 Sam 15:17 : 17 And Samuel said, Though thou wast little in thine own sight, wast thou not made the head of the tribes of Israel? And Jehovah anointed thee king over Israel;
  • 2 Sam 7:8 : 8 Now therefore thus shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, that thou shouldest be prince over my people, over Israel;
  • Dan 2:48 : 48 Then the king made Daniel great, and gave him many great gifts, and made him to rule over the whole province of Babylon, and to be chief governor over all the wise men of Babylon.
  • Dan 4:17 : 17 The sentence is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the word of the holy ones; to the intent that the living may know that the Most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will, and setteth up over it the lowest of men.
  • Dan 6:3 : 3 Then this Daniel was distinguished above the presidents and the satraps, because an excellent spirit was in him; and the king thought to set him over the whole realm.
  • Jas 2:5 : 5 Hearken, my beloved brethren; did not God choose them that are poor as to the world [to be] rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he promised to them that love him?
  • Rev 1:6 : 6 and he made us [to be] a kingdom, [to be] priests unto his God and Father; to him [be] the glory and the dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
  • Rev 3:21 : 21 He that overcometh, I will give to him to sit down with me in my throne, as I also overcame, and sat down with my Father in his throne.
  • Rev 5:10 : 10 and madest them [to be] unto our God a kingdom and priests; and they reign upon earth.
  • Rev 22:5 : 5 And there shall be night no more; and they need no light of lamp, neither light of sun; for the Lord God shall give them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever.
  • Luke 1:51-52 : 51 He hath showed strength with his arm; He hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their heart. 52 He hath put down princes from [their] thrones, And hath exalted them of low degree.
  • Heb 1:3 : 3 who being the effulgence of his glory, and the very image of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had made purification of sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
  • Gen 41:14 : 14 Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon: and he shaved himself, and changed his raiment, and came in unto Pharaoh.
  • Eccl 4:14 : 14 For out of prison he came forth to be king; yea, even in his kingdom he was born poor.
  • Job 2:8 : 8 And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself therewith; and he sat among the ashes.
  • Job 36:6-7 : 6 He preserveth not the life of the wicked, But giveth to the afflicted [their] right. 7 He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous: But with kings upon the throne He setteth them for ever, and they are exalted.

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    6That humbleth himself to behold [The things that are] in heaven and in the earth?

    7He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, And lifteth up the needy from the dunghill;

    8That he may set him with princes, Even with the princes of his people.

  • 1 Sam 2:6-7
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    6Jehovah killeth, and maketh alive: He bringeth down to Sheol, and bringeth up.

    7Jehovah maketh poor, and maketh rich: He bringeth low, he also lifteth up.

  • Ps 147:6
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    6Jehovah upholdeth the meek: He bringeth the wicked down to the ground.

  • Ps 107:41
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    41Yet setteth he the needy on high from affliction, And maketh [him] families like a flock.

  • Job 5:11
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    11So that he setteth up on high those that are low, And those that mourn are exalted to safety.

  • Job 22:8-9
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    8But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; And the honorable man, he dwelt in it.

    9Thou hast sent widows away empty, And the arms of the fatherless have been broken.

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    14Jehovah upholdeth all that fall, And raiseth up all those that are bowed down.

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    7But God is the judge: He putteth down one, and lifteth up another.

  • Luke 1:52
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    52He hath put down princes from [their] thrones, And hath exalted them of low degree.

  • Isa 26:5-6
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    5For he hath brought down them that dwell on high, the lofty city: he layeth it low, he layeth it low even to the ground; he bringeth it even to the dust.

    6The foot shall tread it down; even the feet of the poor, and the steps of the needy.

  • Prov 29:13-14
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    13The poor man and the oppressor meet together; Jehovah lighteneth the eyes of them both.

    14The king that faithfully judgeth the poor, His throne shall be established for ever.

  • Prov 22:2
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    2The rich and the poor meet together: Jehovah is the maker of them all.

  • Job 22:29
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    29When they cast [thee] down, thou shalt say, [There is] lifting up; And the humble person he will save.

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    6For though Jehovah is high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly; But the haughty he knoweth from afar.

  • Ps 41:1
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    1[For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David]. Blessed is he that considereth the poor: Jehovah will deliver him in the day of evil.

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    2He brought me up also out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay; And he set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.

  • Job 36:7
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    7He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous: But with kings upon the throne He setteth them for ever, and they are exalted.

  • Eccl 5:8
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    8If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and the violent taking away of justice and righteousness in a province, marvel not at the matter: for one higher than the high regardeth; and there are higher than they.

  • Ps 10:12
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    12Arise, O Jehovah; O God, lift up thy hand: Forget not the poor.

  • 1 Sam 2:9-10
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    9He will keep the feet of his holy ones; But the wicked shall be put to silence in darkness; For by strength shall no man prevail.

    10They that strive with Jehovah shall be broken to pieces; Against them will he thunder in heaven: Jehovah will judge the ends of the earth; And he will give strength unto his king, And exalt the horn of his anointed.

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    6Ye put to shame the counsel of the poor, Because Jehovah is his refuge.

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    4He will judge the poor of the people, He will save the children of the needy, And will break in pieces the oppressor.

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    17He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto Jehovah, And his good deed will he pay him again.

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    31He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker; But he that hath mercy on the needy honoreth him.

  • Ps 89:11
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    11The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: The world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them.

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    10He croucheth, he boweth down, And the helpless fall by his strong ones.

  • Job 9:6
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    6That shaketh the earth out of its place, And the pillars thereof tremble;

  • Job 24:4
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    4They turn the needy out of the way: The poor of the earth all hide themselves.

  • Job 34:19
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    19That respecteth not the persons of princes, Nor regardeth the rich more than the poor; For they all are the work of his hands.

  • Ps 82:4
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    4Rescue the poor and needy: Deliver them out of the hand of the wicked.

  • Ps 12:5
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    5Because of the oppression of the poor, because of the sighing of the needy, Now will I arise, saith Jehovah; I will set him in the safety he panteth for.

  • Eccl 10:6
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    6folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in a low place.

  • Prov 22:7
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    7The rich ruleth over the poor; And the borrower is servant to the lender.

  • Ps 49:2
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    2Both low and high, Rich and poor together.

  • Isa 40:22-23
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    22[ It is] he that sitteth above the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in;

    23that bringeth princes to nothing; that maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.

  • Ps 72:12
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    12For he will deliver the needy when he crieth, And the poor, that hath no helper.

  • Ps 115:16
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    16The heavens are the heavens of Jehovah; But the earth hath he given to the children of men.

  • Ps 72:2
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    2He will judge thy people with righteousness, And thy poor with justice.

  • Jas 1:9
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    9But let the brother of low degree glory in his high estate:

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    8They are bowed down and fallen; But we are risen, and stand upright.