1 Samuel 2:8

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He 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.

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  • Ps 113:7-8 : 7 He raises the poor from the dirt, and lifts up the needy from the garbage pile, 8 that he might seat him with princes, with the princes of his people.
  • Ps 104:5 : 5 He established the earth on its foundations; it will never be moved.
  • Job 38:4-6 : 4 God’s questions to Job“Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell me, if you possess understanding! 5 Who set its measurements– if you know– or who stretched a measuring line across it? 6 On what were its bases set, or who laid its cornerstone–
  • Job 42:10-12 : 10 So the LORD restored what Job had lost after he prayed for his friends, and the LORD doubled all that had belonged to Job. 11 So they came to him, all his brothers and sisters and all who had known him before, and they dined with him in his house. They comforted him and consoled him for all the trouble the LORD had brought on him, and each one gave him a piece of silver and a gold ring. 12 So the LORD blessed the second part of Job’s life more than the first. He had 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 yoke of oxen, and 1,000 female donkeys.
  • Ps 24:2 : 2 For he set its foundation upon the seas, and established it upon the ocean currents.
  • Ps 102:25 : 25 In earlier times you established the earth; the skies are your handiwork.
  • Gen 41:40 : 40 You will oversee my household, and all my people will submit to your commands. Only I, the king, will be greater than you.
  • 1 Sam 15:17 : 17 Samuel said,“Is it not true that when you were insignificant in your own eyes, you became head of the tribes of Israel? The LORD chose you as king over Israel.
  • 2 Sam 7:8 : 8 “So now, say this to my servant David:‘This is what the LORD of Heaven’s Armies has said: I took you from the pasture and from your work as a shepherd to make you leader of my people Israel.
  • Dan 2:48 : 48 Then the king elevated Daniel to high position and bestowed on him many marvelous gifts. He granted him authority over the entire province of Babylon and made him the main prefect over all the wise men of Babylon.
  • Dan 4:17 : 17 This announcement is by the decree of the sentinels; this decision is by the pronouncement of the holy ones, so that those who are alive may understand that the Most High has authority over human kingdoms, and he bestows them on whomever he wishes. He establishes over them even the lowliest of human beings.’
  • Dan 6:3 : 3 Now this Daniel was distinguishing himself above the other supervisors and the satraps, for he had an extraordinary spirit. In fact, the king intended to appoint him over the entire kingdom.
  • Jas 2:5 : 5 Listen, my dear brothers and sisters! Did not God choose the poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom that he promised to those who love him?
  • Rev 1:6 : 6 and has appointed us as a kingdom, as priests serving his God and Father– to him be the glory and the power for ever and ever! Amen.
  • Rev 3:21 : 21 I will grant the one who conquers permission to sit with me on my throne, just as I too conquered and sat down with my Father on his throne.
  • Rev 5:10 : 10 You have appointed them as a kingdom and priests to serve our God, and they will reign on the earth.”
  • Rev 22:5 : 5 Night will be no more, and they will not need the light of a lamp or the light of the sun, because the Lord God will shine on them, and they will reign forever and ever.
  • Luke 1:51-52 : 51 He has demonstrated power with his arm; he has scattered those whose pride wells up from the sheer arrogance of their hearts. 52 He has brought down the mighty from their thrones, and has lifted up those of lowly position;
  • Heb 1:3 : 3 The Son is the radiance of his glory and the representation of his essence, and he sustains all things by his powerful word, and so when he had accomplished cleansing for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.
  • Gen 41:14 : 14 Then Pharaoh summoned Joseph. So they brought him quickly out of the dungeon; he shaved himself, changed his clothes, and came before Pharaoh.
  • Eccl 4:14 : 14 For he came out of prison to become king, even though he had been born poor in what would become his kingdom.
  • Job 2:8 : 8 Job took a shard of broken pottery to scrape himself with while he was sitting among the ashes.
  • Job 36:6-7 : 6 He does not allow the wicked to live, but he gives justice to the poor. 7 He does not take his eyes off the righteous; but with kings on the throne he seats the righteous and exalts them forever.

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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.

  • 1 Sam 2:6-7
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    6The LORD both kills and gives life; he brings down to the grave and raises up.

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    6The LORD lifts up the oppressed, but knocks the wicked to the ground.

  • Ps 107:41
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    41Yet he protected the needy from oppression, and cared for his families like a flock of sheep.

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

  • Job 22:8-9
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    8Although you were a powerful man, owning land, an honored man living on it,

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    14The LORD supports all who fall, and lifts up all who are bent over.

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    7For God is the judge! He brings one down and exalts another.

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

  • 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.

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

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

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

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

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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.

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    2He lifted me out of the watery pit, out of the slimy mud. He placed my feet on a rock and gave me secure footing.

  • Job 36:7
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    7He does not take his eyes off the righteous; but with kings on the throne he seats the righteous and exalts them forever.

  • Eccl 5:8
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    8Government Corruption If you see the extortion of the poor, or the perversion of justice and fairness in the government, do not be astonished by the matter. For the high official is watched by a higher official, and there are higher ones over them!

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    4Rescue the poor and needy! Deliver them from the power of the wicked!

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    5“Because of the violence done to the oppressed, because of the painful cries of the needy, I will spring into action,” says the LORD.“I will provide the safety they so desperately desire.”

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

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  • Isa 40:22-23
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    9Now the believer of humble means should take pride in his high position.

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