Psalms 113:7

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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.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Sam 2:6-8
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    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.'

  • Ps 113:8
    84%

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

  • 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 113:5-6
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    80%

    5Who is like the Lord our God, the one who is enthroned on high?

    6He stoops down to look upon the heavens and the earth.

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

  • Job 5:11
    77%

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

  • Luke 1:52
    77%

    52He has brought down rulers from their thrones and exalted the humble.

  • Ps 138:6
    76%

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

  • Job 22:29
    75%

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

  • Ps 72:12-13
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    75%

    12For he will deliver the needy who cry for help, the poor who have no helper.

    13He will have compassion on the weak and the needy and will save the lives of the needy.

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

  • Ps 10:12
    74%

    12Arise, Lord! Lift up Your hand, O God! Do not forget the afflicted.

  • Isa 26:5-6
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    74%

    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.

  • Ps 41:1
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    1For the director of music, a psalm of David.

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

  • Ps 12:5
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    5Those who say, 'By our tongue we will prevail; our lips are our own—who is lord over us?'

  • Ps 10:10
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    10He crouches, he bows down, and the helpless fall by his strong claws.

  • 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.

  • Ps 75:7
    72%

    7For exaltation does not come from the east, the west, or the wilderness.

  • Jas 1:9
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    9Let the lowly brother boast in his exaltation,

  • Ps 72:4
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    4He will judge the poor of the people, save the children of the needy, and crush the oppressor.

  • Job 5:15
    72%

    15He saves the needy from the sword of their mouth and from the hand of the strong.

  • Prov 29:13-14
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    72%

    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 146:8
    71%

    8The LORD gives sight to the blind, the LORD lifts up those who are bowed down, the LORD loves the righteous.

  • 2 Sam 22:28
    71%

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

  • Job 24:4
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    4They turn the needy off the path, and the poor of the land are forced to hide together.

  • Ps 82:3-4
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    3Defend the weak and the fatherless; uphold the cause of the poor and the oppressed.

    4Rescue the weak and the needy; deliver them from the hand of the wicked.

  • Job 36:15
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    15He delivers the afflicted through their suffering and opens their ears in oppression.

  • Ps 69:33
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    33The humble see it and rejoice; you who seek God, may your hearts live.

  • Isa 5:15
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    15So humanity will be humbled, and people will be brought low; even the eyes of the arrogant will be humbled.

  • Job 30:19
    71%

    19He has cast me into the mud, and I am reduced to dust and ashes.

  • Ps 18:27
    71%

    27To the pure You show Yourself pure, but to the crooked You show Yourself shrewd.

  • Eccl 5:8
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    8The benefit of the land is for everyone; even a king depends on the field being cultivated.

  • Ps 102:17
    71%

    17For the LORD has rebuilt Zion and has appeared in his glory.

  • Ps 35:10
    71%

    10All my bones will say, 'Lord, who is like You? You rescue the afflicted from those too strong for them, the poor and needy from their oppressors.'

  • Ps 14:6
    70%

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

  • Job 29:12
    70%

    12Because I rescued the poor who cried for help, and the orphan who had no helper.

  • Ps 40:2
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    2I waited patiently for the LORD; He turned to me and heard my cry for help.

  • Ps 69:29
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    29Let them be blotted out of the book of life, and not be recorded with the righteous.

  • Isa 29:19
    70%

    19The humble will rejoice in the LORD, and the needy among mankind will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.

  • Prov 19:17
    70%

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

  • Ps 74:21
    70%

    21Do not let the oppressed retreat in humiliation; let the poor and needy praise Your name.