Psalms 147:6

Authorized King James Version (1611)

The LORD lifteth up the meek: he casteth the wicked down to the ground.

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  • Ps 146:8-9 : 8 The LORD openeth [the eyes of] the blind: the LORD raiseth them that are bowed down: the LORD loveth the righteous: 9 The LORD preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.
  • Ps 149:4 : 4 For the LORD taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautify the meek with salvation.
  • Zeph 2:3 : 3 Seek ye the LORD, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the LORD'S anger.
  • Matt 5:5 : 5 ‹Blessed› [are] ‹the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.›
  • Jas 4:10 : 10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.
  • 1 Pet 3:4 : 4 But [let it be] the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, [even the ornament] of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.
  • 1 Pet 5:6 : 6 Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:
  • 2 Pet 2:4-9 : 4 For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast [them] down to hell, and delivered [them] into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment; 5 And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth [person], a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly; 6 And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned [them] with an overthrow, making [them] an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly; 7 ¶ And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked: 8 (For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed [his] righteous soul from day to day with [their] unlawful deeds;) 9 The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:
  • 1 Sam 2:8 : 8 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.
  • Ps 25:9 : 9 The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach his way.
  • Ps 37:11 : 11 But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.
  • Ps 55:23 : 23 But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee.
  • Ps 73:18-19 : 18 Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction. 19 How are they [brought] into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.
  • Ps 145:14 : 14 The LORD upholdeth all that fall, and raiseth up all [those that be] bowed down.

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    6The LORD killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up.

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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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    10Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.

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

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

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    9The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach his way.

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    4For the LORD taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautify the meek with salvation.

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    17And 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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