Psalms 147:6

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

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  • Ps 146:8-9 : 8 The LORD gives sight to the blind. The LORD lifts up all who are bent over. The LORD loves the godly. 9 The LORD protects the resident foreigner; he lifts up the fatherless and the widow, but he opposes the wicked.
  • Ps 149:4 : 4 For the LORD takes delight in his people; he exalts the oppressed by delivering them.
  • Zeph 2:3 : 3 Seek the LORD’s favor, all you humble people of the land who have obeyed his commands! Strive to do what is right! Strive to be humble! Maybe you will be protected on the day of the LORD’s angry judgment.
  • Matt 5:5 : 5 “Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.
  • Jas 4:10 : 10 Humble yourselves before the Lord and he will exalt you.
  • 1 Pet 3:4 : 4 but the inner person of the heart, the lasting beauty of a gentle and tranquil spirit, which is precious in God’s sight.
  • 1 Pet 5:6 : 6 And God will exalt you in due time, if you humble yourselves under his mighty hand
  • 2 Pet 2:4-9 : 4 For if God did not spare the angels who sinned, but threw them into hell and locked them up in chains in utter darkness, to be kept until the judgment, 5 and if he did not spare the ancient world, but did protect Noah, a herald of righteousness, along with seven others, when God brought a flood on an ungodly world, 6 and if he turned to ashes the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah when he condemned them to destruction, having appointed them to serve as an example to future generations of the ungodly, 7 and if he rescued Lot, a righteous man in anguish over the debauched lifestyle of lawless men, 8 (for while he lived among them day after day, that righteous man was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard) 9 – if so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from their trials, and to reserve the unrighteous for punishment at the day of judgment,
  • 1 Sam 2:8 : 8 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.
  • Ps 25:9 : 9 May he show the humble what is right! May he teach the humble his way!
  • Ps 37:11 : 11 But the oppressed will possess the land and enjoy great prosperity.
  • Ps 55:23 : 23 But you, O God, will bring them down to the deep Pit. Violent and deceitful people will not live even half a normal lifespan. But as for me, I trust in you.
  • Ps 73:18-19 : 18 Surely you put them in slippery places; you bring them down to ruin. 19 How desolate they become in a mere moment! Terrifying judgments make their demise complete!
  • Ps 145:14 : 14 The LORD supports all who fall, and lifts up all who are bent over.

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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,

  • 1 Sam 2:6-9
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    6The LORD both kills and gives life; he brings down to the grave and raises up.

    7The LORD impoverishes and makes wealthy; he humbles and he exalts.

    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.

    9He watches over his holy ones, but the wicked are made speechless in the darkness, for it is not by one’s own strength that one prevails.

  • Isa 5:15
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    15Men will be humiliated, they will be brought low; the proud will be brought low.

  • 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.”

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

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

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

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

  • Job 40:11-12
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    11Scatter abroad the abundance of your anger. Look at every proud man and bring him low;

    12Look at every proud man and abase him; crush the wicked on the spot!

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

  • Isa 2:11-12
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    11Proud men will be brought low, arrogant men will be humiliated; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day.

    12Indeed, 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;

  • Ps 25:9
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    9May he show the humble what is right! May he teach the humble his way!

  • Ps 37:17
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    17for evil men will lose their power, but the LORD sustains the godly.

  • Ps 149:4
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    4For the LORD takes delight in his people; he exalts the oppressed by delivering them.

  • Isa 2:17
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    17Proud men will be humiliated, arrogant men will be brought low; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day.

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

  • Ps 18:27
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    27For you deliver oppressed people, but you bring down those who have a proud look.

  • Ps 37:11
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    11But the oppressed will possess the land and enjoy great prosperity.

  • Ps 34:2
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    2I will boast in the LORD; let the oppressed hear and rejoice!

  • Ps 116:6
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    6The LORD protects the untrained; I was in serious trouble and he delivered me.

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

  • Ps 146:8-9
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    8The LORD gives sight to the blind. The LORD lifts up all who are bent over. The LORD loves the godly.

    9The LORD protects the resident foreigner; he lifts up the fatherless and the widow, but he opposes the wicked.

  • Ps 76:9
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    9when God arose to execute judgment, and to deliver all the oppressed of the earth.(Selah)

  • Ps 147:7
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    7Offer to the LORD a song of thanks! Sing praises to our God to the accompaniment of a harp!

  • Prov 3:34
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    34With arrogant scoffers he is scornful, yet he shows favor to the humble.

  • Isa 29:19
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    19The downtrodden will again rejoice in the LORD; the poor among humankind will take delight in the Holy One of Israel.

  • Ps 102:10
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    10because of your anger and raging fury. Indeed, you pick me up and throw me away.

  • Matt 23:12
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    12And whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.

  • Ps 55:22
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    22Throw your burden upon the LORD, and he will sustain you. He will never allow the godly to be shaken.

  • Ps 10:12
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    12Rise up, LORD! O God, strike him down! Do not forget the oppressed!

  • 1 Pet 5:6
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    6And God will exalt you in due time, if you humble yourselves under his mighty hand

  • Ps 37:24
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    24Even if he trips, he will not fall headlong, for the LORD holds his hand.

  • Isa 25:12
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    12The fortified city(along with the very tops of your walls) he will knock down, he will bring it down, he will throw it down to the dusty ground.

  • Ps 147:5
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    5Our Lord is great and has awesome power; there is no limit to his wisdom.

  • 2 Sam 22:48
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    48The one true God completely vindicates me; he makes nations submit to me.

  • Ps 30:1
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    1A psalm– a song used at the dedication of the temple; by David. I will praise you, O LORD, for you lifted me up, and did not allow my enemies to gloat over me.

  • Job 36:6
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    6He does not allow the wicked to live, but he gives justice to the poor.

  • Isa 2:9
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    9Men bow down to them in homage, they lie flat on the ground in worship. Don’t spare them!

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    2For the LORD Most High is awe-inspiring; he is the great king who rules the whole earth!

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    23A person’s pride will bring him low, but one who has a lowly spirit will gain honor.