1 Samuel 2:7

KJV1611 – Modern English

The LORD makes poor and makes rich: he brings low and lifts up.

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  • Ps 75:7 : 7 But God is the judge; he puts down one and exalts another.
  • Job 5:11 : 11 To set on high those that are low; that those who mourn may be lifted to safety.
  • Jas 4:10 : 10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he will lift you up.
  • Deut 8:17-18 : 17 And you say in your heart, My power and the might of my hand has gotten me this wealth. 18 But you shall remember the LORD your God: for it is he that gives you power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he swore to your fathers, as it is this day.
  • Job 1:21 : 21 And he said, "Naked I came from my mother's womb, and naked shall I return there. The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD."
  • Ps 102:10 : 10 Because of your indignation and your wrath; for you have lifted me up and cast me down.
  • Isa 2:12 : 12 For the day of the LORD of hosts shall be upon everyone that is proud and lofty, and upon everyone that is lifted up, and he shall be brought low:
  • Jas 1:9-9 : 9 Let the brother of low position rejoice in that he is lifted up; 10 But the rich in that he is made low, because as the flower of the grass he will pass away.

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    6The LORD kills and makes alive: he brings down to the grave and brings up.

  • 1 Sam 2:8
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    8He raises up the poor from the dust, and lifts up the needy from the ashes, 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 has set the world upon them.

  • Ps 113:6-8
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    6Who humbles Himself to behold the things that are in heaven and on the earth!

    7He raises up the poor out of the dust, and lifts the needy out of the ash heap;

    8That He may set them with princes, even with the princes of His people.

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

  • Ps 147:6
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    6The LORD lifts up the meek: he casts the wicked down to the ground.

  • Ps 75:7
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    7But God is the judge; he puts down one and exalts another.

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

  • Isa 26:5-6
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    5For He brings down those who dwell on high; the lofty city, He lays it low; He lays it low, even to the ground; He brings it even to the dust.

    6The foot shall tread it down, even the feet of the poor and the steps of the needy.

  • Prov 22:7
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    7The rich rules over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.

  • Job 5:11
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    11To set on high those that are low; that those who mourn may be lifted to safety.

  • Ps 107:40-41
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    40He pours contempt upon princes, and causes them to wander in the wilderness where there is no way.

    41Yet he sets the poor on high from affliction, and makes him families like a flock.

  • Ps 41:1
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    1Blessed is he who considers the poor; the LORD will deliver him in times of trouble.

  • Prov 13:7
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    7There is one who makes himself rich, yet has nothing; there is one who makes himself poor, yet has great riches.

  • Job 22:29
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    29When they cast down, then you shall say, 'There is lifting up;' and He shall save the humble person.

  • Luke 1:52-53
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    52He has put down the mighty from their thrones, and exalted the lowly.

    53He has filled the hungry with good things, and the rich He has sent away empty.

  • Prov 19:17
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    17He who has pity on the poor lends to the LORD, and that which he has given will He pay him again.

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

  • Prov 29:13-14
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    13The poor and the deceitful man meet together; the LORD gives light to both their eyes.

    14The king who judges the poor with truth, his throne shall be established forever.

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

  • Ps 138:6
    73%

    6Though the LORD is high, yet He respects the lowly; but the proud He knows from afar.

  • Prov 14:31
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    31He who oppresses the poor reproaches his Maker, but he who honors Him has mercy on the poor.

  • 1 Chr 29:12
    72%

    12Both riches and honor come from You, and You reign over all; in Your hand is power and might; in Your hand it is to make great, and to give strength to all.

  • Prov 22:16
    72%

    16He who oppresses the poor to increase his riches, and he who gives to the rich, shall surely come to want.

  • Isa 5:15
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    15And the humble man shall be brought down, and the mighty man shall be humbled, and the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled:

  • 2 Sam 22:28
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    28And the afflicted people you will save: but your eyes are upon the haughty, that you may bring them down.

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    7Who executes judgment for the oppressed; who gives food to the hungry. The LORD frees the prisoners:

    8The LORD opens the eyes of the blind; the LORD raises those who are bowed down; the LORD loves the righteous:

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    6You have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the LORD is his refuge.

  • Jas 1:9-10
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    9Let the brother of low position rejoice in that he is lifted up;

    10But the rich in that he is made low, because as the flower of the grass he will pass away.

  • Isa 2:11-12
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    11The 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.

    12For the day of the LORD of hosts shall be upon everyone that is proud and lofty, and upon everyone that is lifted up, and he shall be brought low:

  • Isa 2:17
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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.

  • Ps 10:10
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    10He crouches and humbles himself, that the poor may fall by his strong ones.

  • Job 12:19
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    19He leads princes away plundered, and overthrows the mighty.

  • Ps 116:6
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    6The LORD preserves the simple: I was brought low, and He helped me.

  • Prov 28:6
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    6Better is the poor who walks in his integrity than he who is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.

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    27For you will save the afflicted people; but will bring down high looks.

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    12Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up Your hand; do not forget the humble.

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    23Who brings the princes to nothing; he makes the judges of the earth as vanity.

  • Prov 28:3
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    3A poor man who oppresses the poor is like a sweeping rain that leaves no food.

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    22He draws also the mighty with his power; he rises up, and no man is sure of life.

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    11The rich man is wise in his own eyes, but the poor who has understanding searches him out.