1 Samuel 2:7

Bible in Basic English (1941)

The Lord gives wealth and takes a man's goods from him: crushing men down and again lifting them up;

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 75:7 : 7 But God is the judge, putting down one, and lifting up another.
  • Job 5:11 : 11 Lifting up those who are low, and putting the sad in a safe place;
  • Jas 4:10 : 10 Make yourselves low in the eyes of the Lord and you will be lifted up by him.
  • Deut 8:17-18 : 17 Say not then, in your hearts, My power and the strength of my hands have got me this wealth. 18 But keep in mind the Lord your God: for it is he who gives you the power to get wealth, so that he may give effect to the agreement which he made by his oath with your fathers, as at this day.
  • Job 1:21 : 21 With nothing I came out of my mother's body, and with nothing I will go back there; the Lord gave and the Lord has taken away; let the Lord's name be praised.
  • Ps 102:10 : 10 Because of your passion and your wrath, for I have been lifted up and then made low by you.
  • Isa 2:12 : 12 For the day of the Lord of armies is coming on all the pride of men, and on all who are high and lifted up;
  • Jas 1:9-9 : 9 But let the brother of low position be glad that he is lifted up; 10 But the man of wealth, that he is made low; because like the flower of the grass he will come to his end.

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    8Lifting the poor out of the dust, and him who is in need out of the lowest place, to give them their place among rulers, and for their heritage the seat of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the Lord's and he has made them the base of the world.

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    6Looking down on the heavens, and on the earth?

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  • Prov 22:2
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    2The man of wealth and the poor man come face to face: the Lord is the maker of them all.

  • Ps 147:6
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    6The Lord gives help to the poor in spirit; but he sends sinners down in shame.

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    7But God is the judge, putting down one, and lifting up another.

  • Ps 145:14
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    14The Lord is the support of all who are crushed, and the lifter up of all who are bent down.

  • Isa 26:5-6
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    5For he has made low those who are lifted up, all the people of the town of pride: he makes it low, crushing it down to the earth; he makes it low in the dust.

    6It will be crushed under the feet of the poor and the steps of those who are in need.

  • Prov 22:7
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    7The man of wealth has rule over the poor, and he who gets into debt is a servant to his creditor.

  • Job 5:11
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    11Lifting up those who are low, and putting the sad in a safe place;

  • Ps 107:40-41
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    40He puts an end to the pride of kings, and sends them wandering in the waste lands where there is no way.

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    7A man may be acting as if he had wealth, but have nothing; another may seem poor, but have great wealth.

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    29For God makes low those whose hearts are lifted up, but he is a saviour to the poor in spirit.

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    52He has put down kings from their seats, lifting up on high the men of low degree.

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    10Make yourselves low in the eyes of the Lord and you will be lifted up by him.

  • Prov 29:13-14
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    2High and low together, the poor, and those who have wealth.

  • Ps 138:6
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    6Though the Lord is high, he sees those who are low; and he has knowledge from far off of those who are lifted up.

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