1 Samuel 2:7

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

The LORD impoverishes and makes wealthy; he humbles and he exalts.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 75:7 : 7 For God is the judge! He brings one down and exalts another.
  • Job 5:11 : 11 he sets the lowly on high, that those who mourn are raised to safety.
  • Jas 4:10 : 10 Humble yourselves before the Lord and he will exalt you.
  • Deut 8:17-18 : 17 Be careful not to say,“My own ability and skill have gotten me this wealth.” 18 You must remember the LORD your God, for he is the one who gives ability to get wealth; if you do this he will confirm his covenant that he made by oath to your ancestors, even as he has to this day.
  • Job 1:21 : 21 He said,“Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will return there. The LORD gives, and the LORD takes away. May the name of the LORD be blessed!”
  • Ps 102:10 : 10 because of your anger and raging fury. Indeed, you pick me up and throw me away.
  • Isa 2:12 : 12 Indeed, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies has planned a day of judgment, for all the high and mighty, for all who are proud– they will be humiliated;
  • Jas 1:9-9 : 9 Now the believer of humble means should take pride in his high position. 10 But the rich person’s pride should be in his humiliation, because he will pass away like a wildflower in the meadow.

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    6The LORD both kills and gives life; he brings down to the grave and raises up.

  • 1 Sam 2:8
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    8He lifts the weak from the dust; he raises the poor from the ash heap to seat them with princes– he bestows on them an honored position. The foundations of the earth belong to the LORD– he placed the world on them.

  • Ps 113:6-8
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    6He bends down to look at the sky and the earth.

    7He raises the poor from the dirt, and lifts up the needy from the garbage pile,

    8that he might seat him with princes, with the princes of his people.

  • Prov 22:2
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    2The rich and the poor are met together; the LORD is the Creator of them both.

  • Ps 147:6
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    6The LORD lifts up the oppressed, but knocks the wicked to the ground.

  • Ps 75:7
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    7For God is the judge! He brings one down and exalts another.

  • Ps 145:14
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    14The LORD supports all who fall, and lifts up all who are bent over.

  • Isa 26:5-6
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    5Indeed, the LORD knocks down those who live in a high place, he brings down an elevated town; he brings it down to the ground, he throws it down to the dust.

    6It is trampled underfoot by the feet of the oppressed, by the soles of the poor.”

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

  • Job 5:11
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    11he sets the lowly on high, that those who mourn are raised to safety.

  • Ps 107:40-41
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    40He would pour contempt upon princes, and he made them wander in a wasteland with no road.

    41Yet he protected the needy from oppression, and cared for his families like a flock of sheep.

  • Ps 41:1
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    1For the music director; a psalm of David. How blessed is the one who treats the poor properly! When trouble comes, may the LORD deliver him.

  • Prov 13:7
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    7There is one who pretends to be rich and yet has nothing; another pretends to be poor and yet possesses great wealth.

  • Job 22:29
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    29When people are brought low and you say‘Lift them up!’ then he will save the downcast;

  • Luke 1:52-53
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    52He has brought down the mighty from their thrones, and has lifted up those of lowly position;

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

  • Prov 19:17
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    17The one who is gracious to the poor lends to the LORD, and the LORD will repay him for his good deed.

  • Jas 4:10
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    10Humble yourselves before the Lord and he will exalt you.

  • Prov 29:13-14
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    13The poor person and the oppressor have this in common: the LORD gives light to the eyes of them both.

    14If a king judges the poor in truth, his throne will be established forever.

  • Ps 49:2
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    2Pay attention, all you people, both rich and poor!

  • Ps 138:6
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    6Though the LORD is exalted, he looks after the lowly, and humbles the proud from far away.

  • Prov 14:31
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    31The one who oppresses the poor has insulted his Creator, but whoever honors him shows favor to the needy.

  • 1 Chr 29:12
    72%

    12You are the source of wealth and honor; you rule over all. You possess strength and might to magnify and give strength to all.

  • Prov 22:16
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    16The one who oppresses the poor to increase his own gain and the one who gives to the rich– both end up only in poverty.

  • Isa 5:15
    72%

    15Men will be humiliated, they will be brought low; the proud will be brought low.

  • 2 Sam 22:28
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    28You deliver oppressed people, but you watch the proud and bring them down.

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    6You want to humiliate the oppressed, even though the LORD is their shelter.

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    9Now the believer of humble means should take pride in his high position.

    10But the rich person’s pride should be in his humiliation, because he will pass away like a wildflower in the meadow.

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    11Proud men will be brought low, arrogant men will be humiliated; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day.

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    17Proud men will be humiliated, arrogant men will be brought low; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day.

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    10His victims are crushed and beaten down; they are trapped in his sturdy nets.

  • Job 12:19
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    19He leads priests away stripped and overthrows the potentates.

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    6The LORD protects the untrained; I was in serious trouble and he delivered me.

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    6A poor person who walks in his integrity is better than one who is perverse in his ways even though he is rich.

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    27For you deliver oppressed people, but you bring down those who have a proud look.

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    12Rise up, LORD! O God, strike him down! Do not forget the oppressed!

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    69%

    23He is the one who reduces rulers to nothing; he makes the earth’s leaders insignificant.

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    3A poor person who oppresses the weak is like a driving rain without food.

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    22But God drags off the mighty by his power; when God rises up against him, he has no faith in his life.

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    11A rich person is wise in his own opinion, but a discerning poor person can evaluate him properly.