Psalms 113:7

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • Ps 107:41 : 41 Yet he sets the poor on high from affliction, and makes him families like a flock.
  • 1 Sam 2:7-8 : 7 The LORD makes poor and makes rich: he brings low and lifts 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.
  • Jas 2:5 : 5 Listen, my beloved brothers, has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which He promised to those who love Him?
  • 2 Sam 7:8-9 : 8 Now therefore, so shall you say to my servant David, Thus says the LORD of hosts, I took you from the pasture, from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people, over Israel: 9 And I was with you wherever you went, and have cut off all your enemies out of your sight, and have made you a great name, like the name of the great men that are in the earth.
  • Job 2:8 : 8 And he took a potsherd to scrape himself with, and he sat down among the ashes.
  • Job 5:11 : 11 To set on high those that are low; that those who mourn may be lifted to safety.
  • Job 5:15-16 : 15 But he saves the needy from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty. 16 So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth.
  • Job 36:6-7 : 6 He does not preserve the life of the wicked, but gives justice to the poor. 7 He does not withdraw his eyes from the righteous: but with kings are they on the throne; yes, he establishes them forever, and they are exalted.
  • Ps 22:15 : 15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue clings to my jaws; You have brought me into the dust of death.
  • Ps 75:6-7 : 6 For promotion comes neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south. 7 But God is the judge; he puts down one and exalts another.
  • 1 Pet 3:21-22 : 21 There is also an antitype which now saves us—baptism (not the removal of dirt from the flesh, but the pledge of a good conscience toward God) through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, 22 Who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, angels and authorities and powers having been made subject to Him.
  • Isa 26:19 : 19 Your dead men shall live; together with my dead body they shall arise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in dust; for your dew is like the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.
  • Ezek 17:24 : 24 And all the trees of the field shall know that I the LORD have brought down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up the green tree, and have made the dry tree flourish: I the LORD have spoken and have done it.
  • Ezek 21:26-27 : 26 Thus says the Lord GOD; Remove the diadem, and take off the crown: this shall not be the same: exalt him that is low, and abase him that is high. 27 I will overturn, overturn, overturn it: and it shall be no more, until he comes whose right it is; and I will give it to him.
  • Dan 12:2-3 : 2 And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt. 3 And those who are wise shall shine as the brightness of the sky; and those who lead many to righteousness, like the stars forever and ever.
  • Luke 1:52-53 : 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.
  • Acts 2:31-33 : 31 He, foreseeing this, spoke concerning the resurrection of the Christ, that His soul was not left in Hades, nor did His flesh see corruption. 32 This Jesus God has raised up, of which we all are witnesses. 33 Therefore, being exalted to the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, He has poured out what you now see and hear.
  • Eph 1:20-21 : 20 Which He worked in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places, 21 Far above all principality and power and might and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world but also in that which is to come:
  • 1 Sam 24:14 : 14 After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom do you pursue? after a dead dog, after a flea.

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

    7The LORD makes poor and makes rich: he brings low and lifts up.

    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 113:8
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    8That He may set them with princes, even with the princes of His people.

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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 113:5-6
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    5Who is like the LORD our God, who dwells on high,

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

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

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

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

  • Ps 138:6
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    6Though the LORD is high, yet He respects the lowly; but the proud He knows from afar.

  • 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.

  • Ps 72:12-13
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    12For he shall deliver the needy when he cries, the poor also, and him who has no helper.

    13He shall spare the poor and needy, and shall save the lives of the needy.

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

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

  • 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.

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

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

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    5For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, says the LORD; I will set him in safety from him who puffs at him.

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

  • 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.

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

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

  • Ps 72:4
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    4He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall crush the oppressor.

  • Job 5:15
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    15But he saves the needy from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.

  • 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 146:8
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    8The LORD opens the eyes of the blind; the LORD raises those who are bowed down; the LORD loves the righteous:

  • 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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  • Ps 82:3-4
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    3Defend the poor and fatherless; do justice to the afflicted and needy.

    4Deliver the poor and needy; rescue them from the hand of the wicked.

  • Job 36:15
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    15He delivers the poor in his affliction, and opens their ears in oppression.

  • Ps 69:33
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    33For the LORD hears the poor and does not despise his prisoners.

  • 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:

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    19He has cast me into the mire, and I have become like dust and ashes.

  • Ps 18:27
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    27For you will save the afflicted people; but will bring down high looks.

  • Eccl 5:8
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    8If you see the oppression of the poor and the violent perversion of judgment and justice in a province, do not marvel at the matter; for He who is higher than the highest regards, and there are higher than they.

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    17He will regard the prayer of the destitute and not despise their prayer.

  • Ps 35:10
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    10All my bones shall say, LORD, who is like you, who delivers the poor from him who is too strong for him, yes, the poor and the needy from him who plunders him?

  • Ps 14:6
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    6You have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the LORD is his refuge.

  • Job 29:12
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    12Because I delivered the poor who cried out, the fatherless, and the one who had no helper.

  • Ps 40:2
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    2He brought me up also out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my steps.

  • Ps 69:29
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    29But I am poor and sorrowful; let your salvation, O God, set me up on high.

  • Isa 29:19
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    19The meek also shall increase their joy in the LORD, and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.

  • 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.

  • Ps 74:21
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    21O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise Your name.