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.

Similar Verses (AI)

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

  • 8 He 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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    6 Who humbles Himself to behold the things that are in heaven and on the earth!

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • Isa 26:5-6
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    5 For 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • 29 When 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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    52 He has put down the mighty from their thrones, and exalted the lowly.

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

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

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

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    13 The poor and the deceitful man meet together; the LORD gives light to both their eyes.

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

  • 2 Both low and high, rich and poor, together.

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

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

  • 12 Both 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.

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

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

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

  • Ps 146:7-9
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    7 Who executes judgment for the oppressed; who gives food to the hungry. The LORD frees the prisoners:

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

    9 The LORD preserves the strangers; he relieves the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turns upside down.

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

  • Jas 1:9-10
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    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.

  • Isa 2:11-12
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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.

    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:

  • 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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