1 Samuel 2:7

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'The LORD makes poor and makes rich; He humbles and He exalts.'

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  • Ps 75:7 : 7 For exaltation does not come from the east, the west, or the wilderness.
  • Job 5:11 : 11 He sets the lowly on high, and those who mourn are lifted to safety.
  • Jas 4:10 : 10 Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.
  • Deut 8:17-18 : 17 You may say in your heart, 'My power and the strength of my hand have produced this wealth for me.' 18 But remember the Lord your God, for it is He who gives you the power to gain wealth, so that He may confirm His covenant which He swore to your fathers, as it is today.
  • Job 1:21 : 21 He said, 'Naked I came from my mother's womb, and naked I will depart. The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away; may the name of the LORD be blessed.'
  • Ps 102:10 : 10 For I eat ashes as my food and mix my drink with tears.
  • Isa 2:12 : 12 For the day of the Lord of hosts will come against all who are proud and arrogant, against all who are exalted—they will be humbled.
  • 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.

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    6'The LORD brings death and gives life; He brings down to Sheol and raises up.'

  • 1 Sam 2:8
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    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.'

  • Ps 113:6-8
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    6He stoops down to look upon the heavens and the earth.

    7He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap.

    8He seats them with princes, with the princes of His people.

  • Prov 22:2
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    2The rich and the poor meet together; the LORD is the Maker of them all.

  • Ps 147:6
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    6The LORD lifts up the humble; He brings the wicked down to the ground.

  • Ps 75:7
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    7For exaltation does not come from the east, the west, or the wilderness.

  • Ps 145:14
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    14The LORD supports all who fall and raises up all who are bowed down.

  • Isa 26:5-6
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    5For He has brought down those who dwell on high, the lofty city; He lays it low, to the ground, to the dust.

    6The feet of the oppressed, the footsteps of the needy, will trample it.

  • Prov 22:7
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    7The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.

  • Job 5:11
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    11He sets the lowly on high, and those who mourn are lifted to safety.

  • Ps 107:40-41
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    40He pours out contempt on nobles and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland.

    41But He lifts the needy out of their affliction and makes their families like flocks.

  • Ps 41:1
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  • Prov 13:7
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    7One pretends to be rich yet has nothing; another pretends to be poor yet has great wealth.

  • Job 22:29
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    29When people are humbled and you say, 'Lift them up,' God will save the downcast.

  • Luke 1:52-53
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    52He has brought down rulers from their thrones and exalted the humble.

    53He has filled the hungry with good things and sent the rich away empty.

  • Prov 19:17
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    17Whoever is gracious to the poor lends to the LORD, and he will repay him for his good deed.

  • Jas 4:10
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    10Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.

  • Prov 29:13-14
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    13The poor and the oppressor meet together; the LORD gives light to the eyes of both.

    14A king who judges the poor with truth will have his throne established forever.

  • Ps 49:2
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    2Listen to this, all you peoples; give ear, all who dwell on the earth,

  • Ps 138:6
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    6Though the Lord is exalted, he cares for the lowly, but the proud he knows from afar.

  • Prov 14:31
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    31Whoever oppresses the poor shows contempt for their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors Him.

  • 1 Chr 29:12
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    12Wealth and honor come from you, and you rule over everything. In your hands are strength and power to exalt and give strength to all.

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    16One who oppresses the poor to increase their wealth and one who gives gifts to the rich will both come to poverty.

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    15So humanity will be humbled, and people will be brought low; even the eyes of the arrogant will be humbled.

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    28You save a humble people, but your eyes are set against the proud to bring them low.

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    6You frustrate the plans of the poor, but the LORD is their refuge.

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    9Let the lowly brother boast in his exaltation,

    10and the rich in his humiliation, because like a flower of the grass he will pass away.

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    11The haughty eyes of mankind will be brought low, and humanity's pride will be humbled. The Lord alone will be exalted on that day.

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    23He brings princes to naught and reduces the rulers of this world to nothing.

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    11A rich man may be wise in his own eyes, but a poor man with understanding will see right through him.