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1 Samuel 2:7-8
English Standard Version
1 Samuel 2:7-8
English Standard Version
7 (A)The Lord makes poor and makes rich;
(B)he brings low and he exalts.
8 (C)He raises up the poor from the dust;
he lifts the needy from the ash heap
(D)to make them sit with princes
and inherit a seat of honor.
(E)For the pillars of the earth are the Lord's,
and on them he has set the world.
1 Samuel 2:30
English Standard Version
1 Samuel 2:30
English Standard Version
30 Therefore the Lord, the God of Israel, declares: (A)‘I promised that your house and the house of your father should go in and out before me forever,’ (B)but now the Lord declares: ‘Far be it from me, for those who honor me I will honor, and those who despise me shall be lightly esteemed.
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The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.
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