1 Samuel 2:7
The LORD maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up.
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Referenced Verses
- Ps 75:7 : 7 But God [is] the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another.
- Job 5:11 : 11 To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety.
- Jas 4:10 : 10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.
- Deut 8:17-18 : 17 And thou say in thine heart, My power and the might of [mine] hand hath gotten me this wealth. 18 But thou shalt remember the LORD thy God: for [it is] he that giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as [it is] this day.
- Job 1:21 : 21 And said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.
- Ps 102:10 : 10 Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: for thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down.
- Isa 2:12 : 12 For the day of the LORD of hosts [shall be] upon every [one that is] proud and lofty, and upon every [one that is] lifted up; and he shall be brought low:
- Jas 1:9-9 : 9 Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted: 10 But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.
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6 Who humbleth [himself] to behold [the things that are] in heaven, and in the earth!
7 He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, [and] lifteth the needy out of the dunghill;
8 That he may set [him] with princes, [even] with the princes of his people.
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2 ¶ The rich and poor meet together: the LORD [is] the maker of them all.
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6 The LORD lifteth up the meek: he casteth the wicked down to the ground.
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11 To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety.
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40 He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander in the wilderness, [where there is] no way.
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52 He hath put down the mighty from [their] seats, and exalted them of low degree.
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10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.
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13 ¶ The poor and the deceitful man meet together: the LORD lighteneth both their eyes.
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2 Both low and high, rich and poor, together.
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31 ¶ He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.
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12 Both riches and honour [come] of thee, and thou reignest over all; and in thine hand [is] power and might; and in thine hand [it is] to make great, and to give strength unto all.
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16 ¶ He that oppresseth the poor to increase his [riches, and] he that giveth to the rich, [shall] surely [come] to want.
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15 And the mean man shall be brought down, and the mighty man shall be humbled, and the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled:
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9 Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted:
10 But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.
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11 The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.
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17 And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be made low: and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.
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19 He leadeth princes away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty.
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6 The LORD preserveth the simple: I was brought low, and he helped me.
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6 ¶ Better [is] the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than [he that is] perverse [in his] ways, though he [be] rich.
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27 For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down high looks.
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12 ¶ Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the humble.
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23 That bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.
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3 ¶ A poor man that oppresseth the poor [is like] a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.
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22 He draweth also the mighty with his power: he riseth up, and no [man] is sure of life.
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11 ¶ The rich man [is] wise in his own conceit; but the poor that hath understanding searcheth him out.