Luke 1:52
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52 He has brought down the powerful from their thrones
and lifted up the lowly;(A)
Ezekiel 17:24
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24 All the trees of the field shall know
that I am the Lord.
I bring low the high tree;
I make high the low tree;
I dry up the green tree
and make the dry tree flourish.
I the Lord have spoken;
I will accomplish it.(A)
Psalm 107:40-41
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40 he pours contempt on princes
and makes them wander in trackless wastes,(A)
41 but he raises up the needy out of distress
and makes their families like flocks.(B)
James 4:10
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10 Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will exalt you.(A)
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Luke 18:14
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14 I tell you, this man went down to his home justified rather than the other, for all who exalt themselves will be humbled, but all who humble themselves will be exalted.”(A)
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Psalm 113:6-8
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6 who looks far down
on the heavens and the earth?(A)
7 He raises the poor from the dust
and lifts the needy from the ash heap,
8 to make them sit with princes,
with the princes of his people.
Job 5:11-13
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11 he sets on high those who are lowly,
and those who mourn are lifted to safety.(A)
12 He frustrates the devices of the crafty,
so that their hands achieve no success.(B)
13 He takes the wise in their own craftiness,
and the schemes of the wily are brought to a quick end.
1 Samuel 2:6-8
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6 The Lord kills and brings to life;
he brings down to Sheol and raises up.(A)
7 The Lord makes poor and makes rich;
he brings low; he also exalts.(B)
8 He raises up the poor from the dust;
he lifts the needy from the ash heap
to make them sit with princes
and inherit a seat of honor.
For the pillars of the earth are the Lord’s,
and on them he has set the world.(C)
Ecclesiastes 4:14
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14 One can indeed come out of prison to reign, even though born poor in the kingdom.(A)
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James 1:9-10
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Poverty and Riches
9 Let the brother or sister of humble means boast in having a high position 10 and the rich in having been humbled, because the rich will disappear like a flower in the field.(A)
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Mark 6:3
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3 Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary[a] and brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon, and are not his sisters here with us?” And they took offense[b] at him.(A)
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Amos 9:11
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The Restoration of David’s Kingdom
11 On that day I will raise up
the booth of David that is fallen
and repair its[a] breaches
and raise up its[b] ruins
and rebuild it as in the days of old,(A)
Job 34:24-28
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24 He shatters the mighty without investigation
and sets others in their place.(A)
25 Thus, knowing their works,
he overturns them in the night, and they are crushed.(B)
26 He strikes them for their wickedness
while others look on,(C)
27 because they turned aside from following him
and had no regard for any of his ways,(D)
28 so that they caused the cry of the poor to come to him,
and he heard the cry of the afflicted—(E)
1 Samuel 2:4
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4 The bows of the mighty are broken,
but the feeble gird on strength.(A)
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