1 Samuel 2:8

Geneva Bible (1560)

He raiseth vp ye poore out of the dust, and lifteth vp the begger fro the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherite the seate of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the Lordes, and he hath set the world vpon them.

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  • Ps 113:7-8 : 7 He raiseth the needie out of the dust, and lifteth vp the poore out of the dung, 8 That he may set him with the princes, euen with the princes of his people.
  • Ps 104:5 : 5 He set the earth vpon her foundations, so that it shall neuer moue.
  • Job 38:4-6 : 4 Where wast thou when I layd the foundations of the earth? Declare, if thou hast vnderstanding, 5 Who hath layde the measures thereof, if thou knowest, or who hath stretched the line ouer it: 6 Whereupon are the foundations thereof set: or who layed the corner stone thereof:
  • Job 42:10-12 : 10 Then the Lord turned the captiuitie of Iob, when he prayed for his friends: also the Lord gaue Iob twise so much as he had before. 11 Then came vnto him all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all they that had bene of his acquaintance before, and did eate bread with him in his house, & had compassion of him, & comforted him for al the euil, that the Lord had brought vpon him, and euery man gaue him a piece of money, and euery one an earing of golde. 12 So the Lorde blessed the last dayes of Iob more then the first: for he had foureteene thousand sheepe, and sixe thousand camels, & a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand shee asses.
  • Ps 24:2 : 2 For he hath founded it vpon the seas: and established it vpon the floods.
  • Ps 102:25 : 25 Thou hast aforetime layde the foundation of the earth, and the heauens are the worke of thine hands.
  • Gen 41:40 : 40 Thou shalt be ouer mine house, & at thy word shall all my people be armed, onely in the kings throne will I be aboue thee.
  • 1 Sam 15:17 : 17 Then Samuel saide, When thou wast litle in thine owne sight, wast thou not made the head of the tribes of Israel? For the Lord anointed thee King ouer Israel.
  • 2 Sam 7:8 : 8 Nowe therefore so say vnto my seruant Dauid, Thus saieth the Lord of hostes, I tooke thee from the sheepecote following the sheepe, that thou mightest bee ruler ouer my people, ouer Israel.
  • Dan 2:48 : 48 So the King made Daniel a great man, and gaue him many and great giftes. Hee made him gouernour ouer the whole prouince of Babel, and chiefe of the rulers, and aboue all the wise men of Babel.
  • Dan 4:17 : 17 (4:14) The sentence is according to the decree of the watchmen, and according to the word of the holy ones: the demaunde was answered, to the intent that liuing men may knowe, that the most High hath power ouer the kingdome of men, and giueth it to whomsoeuer he will, and appointeth ouer it the most abiect among men.
  • Dan 6:3 : 3 Now this Daniel was preferred aboue the rulers and gouernours, because the spirit was excellent in him, and the King thought to set him ouer the whole realme.
  • Jas 2:5 : 5 Hearken my beloued brethren, hath not God chosen the poore of this worlde, that they should be rich in faith, and heires of the kingdome which he promised to them that loue him?
  • Rev 1:6 : 6 And made vs Kings and Priests vnto God euen his Father, to him I say be glory, and dominion for euermore, Amen.
  • Rev 3:21 : 21 To him that ouercommeth, will I graunt to sit with me in my throne, euen as I ouercame, and sit with my Father in his throne.
  • Rev 5:10 : 10 And hast made vs vnto our God Kings and Priests, and we shall reigne on the earth.
  • Rev 22:5 : 5 And there shalbe no night there, and they neede no candle, neither light of the sunne: for the Lorde God giueth them light, and they shall reigne for euermore.
  • Luke 1:51-52 : 51 Hee hath shewed strength with his arme: hee hath scattered the proude in the imagination of their hearts. 52 Hee hath put downe the mighty from their seates, and exalted them of lowe degree.
  • Heb 1:3 : 3 Who being the brightnes of the glory, and the ingraued forme of his person, and bearing vp all things by his mightie worde, hath by himselfe purged our sinnes, and sitteth at the right hand of the Maiestie in the highest places,
  • Gen 41:14 : 14 Then sent Pharaoh, and called Ioseph, and they brought him hastily out of prison, and he shaued him, and chaunged his rayment, and came to Pharaoh.
  • Eccl 4:14 : 14 For out of the prison he commeth forth to reigne: when as he that is borne in his kingdome, is made poore.
  • Job 2:8 : 8 And he tooke a potsharde to scrape him, and he sate downe among the ashes.
  • Job 36:6-7 : 6 He mainteineth not the wicked, but he giueth iudgement to the afflicted. 7 He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous, but they are with Kings in ye throne, where he placeth them for euer: thus they are exalted.

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  • Ps 113:6-8
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    6Who abaseth himselfe to beholde things in the heauen and in the earth!

    7He raiseth the needie out of the dust, and lifteth vp the poore out of the dung,

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

  • 1 Sam 2:6-7
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    6The Lord killeth and maketh aliue: bringeth downe to the graue and raiseth vp.

    7The Lord maketh poore and maketh rich: bringeth lowe, and exalteth.

  • Ps 147:6
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    6The Lord relieueth the meeke, and abaseth the wicked to the ground.

  • Ps 107:41
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    41Yet he raiseth vp the poore out of miserie, and maketh him families like a flocke of sheepe.

  • Job 5:11
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    11And setteth vp on hie them that be lowe, that the sorowfull may be exalted to saluation.

  • Job 22:8-9
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    8But the mightie man had the earth, and he that was in autoritie, dwelt in it.

    9Thou hast cast out widowes emptie, & the armes of the fatherles were broken.

  • Ps 145:14
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    14The Lord vpholdeth all that fall, and lifteth vp all that are ready to fall.

  • Ps 75:7
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    7But God is the iudge: he maketh lowe and he maketh hie.

  • Luke 1:52
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    52Hee hath put downe the mighty from their seates, and exalted them of lowe degree.

  • Isa 26:5-6
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    5For hee will bring downe them that dwell on hie: the hie citie he will abase: euen vnto the ground wil he cast it downe, & bring it vnto dust.

    6The foote shall treade it downe, euen the feete of the poore, and the steppes of the needie.

  • Prov 29:13-14
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    13The poore and the vsurer meete together, and the Lord lighteneth both their eyes.

    14A King that iudgeth the poore in trueth, his throne shalbe established for euer.

  • Prov 22:2
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    2The rich and poore meete together: the Lord is the maker of them all.

  • Job 22:29
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    29When others are cast downe, then shalt thou say, I am lifted vp: and God shall saue the humble person.

  • Ps 138:6
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    6For the Lord is high: yet he beholdeth the lowly, but the proude he knoweth afarre off.

  • Ps 41:1
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    1To him that excelleth. A Psalme of Dauid. Blessed is he that iudgeth wisely of the poore: the Lord shal deliuer him in ye time of trouble.

  • Ps 40:2
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    2Hee brought mee also out of the horrible pit, out of the myrie clay, and set my feete vpon the rocke, and ordered my goings.

  • Job 36:7
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    7He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous, but they are with Kings in ye throne, where he placeth them for euer: thus they are exalted.

  • Eccl 5:8
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    8(5:7) If in a countrey thou seest the oppression of the poore, and the defrauding of iudgement and iustice, be not astonied at the matter: for hee that is higher then the highest, regardeth, and there be higher then they.

  • Ps 10:12
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    12Arise, O Lorde God: lift vp thine hande: forget not the poore.

  • 1 Sam 2:9-10
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    9Hee will keepe the feete of his Saintes, and the wicked shall keepe silence in darkenes: for in his owne might shall no man be strong.

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  • Ps 14:6
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    6You haue made a mocke at the counsell of the poore, because the Lord is his trust.

  • Ps 146:8-9
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    8The Lorde giueth sight to the blinde: the Lord rayseth vp the crooked: the Lord loueth the righteous.

    9The Lord keepeth the strangers: he relieueth the fatherlesse & widowe: but he ouerthroweth the way of the wicked.

  • Ps 72:4
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    4He shall iudge the poore of the people: he shall saue the children of the needie, and shal subdue the oppressor.

  • Prov 19:17
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    17He that hath mercy vpon the poore, lendeth vnto the Lorde: and the Lorde will recompense him that which he hath giuen.

  • Prov 14:31
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    31He that oppresseth the poore, reprooueth him that made him: but hee honoureth him, that hath mercie on the poore.

  • Ps 89:11
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    11The heauens are thine, the earth also is thine: thou hast layde the foundation of the world, and all that therein is.

  • Ps 10:10
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    10He croucheth and boweth: therefore heaps of the poore doe fall by his might.

  • Job 9:6
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    6Hee remooueth the earth out of her place, that the pillars thereof doe shake.

  • Job 24:4
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    4They make the poore to turne out of the way, so that the poore of the earth hide themselues together.

  • Job 34:19
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    19How much lesse to him that accepteth not the persons of princes, & regardeth not the rich, more then the poore? for they be all the worke of his handes.

  • Ps 82:4
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    4Deliuer the poore and needie: saue them from the hand of the wicked.

  • Ps 12:5
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    5Now for the oppression of the needy, and for the sighes of the poore, I will vp, sayeth the Lord, and will set at libertie him, whom the wicked hath snared.

  • Eccl 10:6
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    6Follie is set in great excellencie, and the riche set in the lowe place.

  • Prov 22:7
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    7The rich ruleth the poore, and the borower is seruant to the man that lendeth.

  • Ps 49:2
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    2As well lowe as hie, both rich and poore.

  • Isa 40:22-23
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    22He sitteth vpon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grashoppers, hee stretcheth out ye heauens, as a curtaine, and spreadeth them out, as a tent to dwell in.

    23He bringeth the princes to nothing, and maketh the iudges of the earth, as vanitie,

  • Ps 72:12
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    12For he shall deliuer the poore when he cryeth: the needie also, and him that hath no helper.

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    16The heauens, euen the heauens are the Lordes: but he hath giuen the earth to the sonnes of men.

  • Ps 72:2
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    2Then shal he iudge thy people in righteousnesse, and thy poore with equitie.

  • Jas 1:9
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    9Let the brother of lowe degree reioyce in that he is exalted:

  • Ps 20:8
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    8They are brought downe and fallen, but we are risen, and stand vpright.