Verse 7

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.