1 Samuel 2:8

Authorized King James Version (1611)

He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, [and] lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set [them] among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth [are] the LORD'S, and he hath set the world upon them.

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  • Ps 113:7-8 : 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.
  • Ps 104:5 : 5 [Who] laid the foundations of the earth, [that] it should not be removed for ever.
  • Job 38:4-6 : 4 ¶ Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding. 5 Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it? 6 Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;
  • Job 42:10-12 : 10 ¶ And the LORD turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: also the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before. 11 Then came there unto him all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all they that had been of his acquaintance before, and did eat bread with him in his house: and they bemoaned him, and comforted him over all the evil that the LORD had brought upon him: every man also gave him a piece of money, and every one an earring of gold. 12 So the LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses.
  • Ps 24:2 : 2 For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods.
  • Ps 102:25 : 25 Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens [are] the work of thy hands.
  • Gen 41:40 : 40 Thou shalt be over my house, and according unto thy word shall all my people be ruled: only in the throne will I be greater than thou.
  • 1 Sam 15:17 : 17 And Samuel said, When thou [wast] little in thine own sight, [wast] thou not [made] the head of the tribes of Israel, and the LORD anointed thee king over Israel?
  • 2 Sam 7:8 : 8 Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people, over Israel:
  • Dan 2:48 : 48 Then the king made Daniel a great man, and gave him many great gifts, and made him ruler over the whole province of Babylon, and chief of the governors over all the wise [men] of Babylon.
  • Dan 4:17 : 17 This matter [is] by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the word of the holy ones: to the intent that the living may know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will, and setteth up over it the basest of men.
  • Dan 6:3 : 3 Then this Daniel was preferred above the presidents and princes, because an excellent spirit [was] in him; and the king thought to set him over the whole realm.
  • Jas 2:5 : 5 Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?
  • Rev 1:6 : 6 And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him [be] glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
  • Rev 3:21 : 21 ‹To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.›
  • Rev 5:10 : 10 And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth.
  • Rev 22:5 : 5 And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever.
  • Luke 1:51-52 : 51 He hath shewed strength with his arm; he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts. 52 He hath put down the mighty from [their] seats, and exalted them of low degree.
  • Heb 1:3 : 3 Who being the brightness of [his] glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
  • Gen 41:14 : 14 Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon: and he shaved [himself], and changed his raiment, and came in unto Pharaoh.
  • Eccl 4:14 : 14 For out of prison he cometh to reign; whereas also [he that is] born in his kingdom becometh poor.
  • Job 2:8 : 8 And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes.
  • Job 36:6-7 : 6 He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to the poor. 7 He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous: but with kings [are they] on the throne; yea, he doth establish them for ever, and they are exalted.

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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.

  • 1 Sam 2:6-7
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    6 The LORD killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up.

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  • Ps 147:6
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  • Ps 107:41
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    41 Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction, and maketh [him] families like a flock.

  • Job 5:11
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  • Job 22:8-9
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    8 But [as for] the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honourable man dwelt in it.

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    14 The LORD upholdeth all that fall, and raiseth up all [those that be] bowed down.

  • Ps 75:7
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    52 He hath put down the mighty from [their] seats, and exalted them of low degree.

  • Isa 26:5-6
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    5 ¶ For he bringeth down them that dwell on high; the lofty city, he layeth it low; he layeth it low, [even] to the ground; he bringeth it [even] to the dust.

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  • Prov 29:13-14
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    13 ¶ The poor and the deceitful man meet together: the LORD lighteneth both their eyes.

    14 ¶ The king that faithfully judgeth the poor, his throne shall be established for ever.

  • Prov 22:2
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    2 ¶ The rich and poor meet together: the LORD [is] the maker of them all.

  • Job 22:29
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    29 When [men] are cast down, then thou shalt say, [There is] lifting up; and he shall save the humble person.

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    6 ¶ Though the LORD [be] high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly: but the proud he knoweth afar off.

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    2 He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, [and] established my goings.

  • Job 36:7
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    7 He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous: but with kings [are they] on the throne; yea, he doth establish them for ever, and they are exalted.

  • Eccl 5:8
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    8 If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for [he that is] higher than the highest regardeth; and [there be] higher than they.

  • Ps 10:12
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    12 ¶ Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the humble.

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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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    11 The heavens [are] thine, the earth also [is] thine: [as for] the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them.

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    10 He croucheth, [and] humbleth himself, that the poor may fall by his strong ones.

  • Job 9:6
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    6 Which shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof tremble.

  • Job 24:4
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    4 They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together.

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  • Ps 82:4
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    4 Deliver the poor and needy: rid [them] out of the hand of the wicked.

  • Ps 12:5
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    6 Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place.

  • Prov 22:7
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  • Ps 49:2
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    2 Both low and high, rich and poor, together.

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    23 That bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.

  • Ps 72:12
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    12 For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and [him] that hath no helper.

  • Ps 115:16
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    16 The heaven, [even] the heavens, [are] the LORD'S: but the earth hath he given to the children of men.

  • Ps 72:2
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  • Jas 1:9
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    9 Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted:

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