Psalms 147:6

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • Ps 146:8-9 : 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.
  • Ps 149:4 : 4 For the LORD takes pleasure in his people: he will beautify the humble with salvation.
  • Zeph 2:3 : 3 Seek the LORD, all you meek of the earth, who have carried out His judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be you shall be hidden 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 will lift you up.
  • 1 Pet 3:4 : 4 But let it be the hidden person of the heart, with the incorruptible beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is very precious in the sight of God.
  • 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 did not spare the angels who sinned, but cast them down to hell and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved for judgment; 5 And did not spare the ancient world, but saved Noah, one of eight people, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly; 6 And turned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes, condemning them with an overthrow, making them an example to those who afterward would live ungodly; 7 And delivered righteous Lot, who was distressed by the filthy conduct of the wicked: 8 For that righteous man, dwelling among them, was tormented in his righteous soul from day to day by seeing and hearing their lawless deeds. 9 The Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptations and to reserve the unjust under punishment for the day of judgment;
  • 1 Sam 2:8 : 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 25:9 : 9 The meek He will guide in judgment, and the meek He will 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 You, O God, shall bring them down into the pit of destruction; bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days, but I will trust in You.
  • Ps 73:18-19 : 18 Surely You set them in slippery places; You cast them down to destruction. 19 How they are brought into desolation, as in a moment! They are utterly consumed with terrors.
  • Ps 145:14 : 14 The LORD upholds all who fall, and raises up all those who are bowed down.

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

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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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    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.

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

  • 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.

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

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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.

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    9The meek He will guide in judgment, and the meek He will teach His way.

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    17For the arms of the wicked shall be broken, but the LORD upholds the righteous.

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    4For the LORD takes pleasure in his people: he will beautify the humble 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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    28And the afflicted people you will save: but your eyes are upon the haughty, that you may bring them down.

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

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    11But the meek shall inherit the earth, and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.

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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:

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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.

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

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    6Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time:

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    24Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down, for the LORD upholds him with his hand.

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    12And the fortress of the high fort of your walls will He bring down, lay low, and bring to the ground, even to the dust.

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    5Great is our Lord, and mighty in power: his understanding is infinite.

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    48It is God who avenges me and brings down the people under me,

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