Psalm 113:7
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7 He raises the poor from the dust
and lifts the needy from the ash heap,
1 Samuel 2:7-8
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7 The Lord makes poor and makes rich;
he brings low; he also exalts.(A)
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.(B)
Psalm 107:41
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41 but he raises up the needy out of distress
and makes their families like flocks.(A)
Luke 1:52-53
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52 He has brought down the powerful from their thrones
and lifted up the lowly;(A)
53 he has filled the hungry with good things
and sent the rich away empty.(B)
2 Samuel 7:8-9
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8 Now therefore thus you shall say to my servant David: Thus says the Lord of hosts: I took you from the pasture, from following the sheep to be prince over my people Israel,(A) 9 and I have been with you wherever you went and have cut off all your enemies from before you, and I will make for you a great name, like the name of the great ones of the earth.(B)
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Daniel 12:2-3
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2 Many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth[a] shall awake, some to everlasting life and some to shame and everlasting contempt.(A) 3 Those who are wise shall shine like the brightness of the sky,[b] and those who lead the many to righteousness, like the stars forever and ever.(B)
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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)
Job 5:11
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11 he sets on high those who are lowly,
and those who mourn are lifted to safety.(A)
Psalm 75:6-7
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6 For not from the east or from the west
and not from the wilderness comes lifting up,(A)
7 but it is God who executes judgment,
putting down one and lifting up another.(B)
Job 5:15-16
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15 But he saves the needy from the sword of their mouth,
from the hand of the mighty.(A)
16 So the poor have hope,
and injustice shuts its mouth.(B)
1 Peter 3:21-22
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21 And baptism, which this prefigured, now saves you—not as a removal of dirt from the body but as an appeal to God for[a] a good conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,(A) 22 who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels, authorities, and powers made subject to him.(B)
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James 2:5
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5 Listen, my beloved brothers and sisters. Has not God chosen the poor in the world to be rich in faith and to be heirs of the kingdom that he has promised to those who love him?(A)
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Ezekiel 21:26-27
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26 thus says the Lord God:
Remove the turban, take off the crown;
things shall not remain as they are.
Exalt that which is low;
humble that which is high.(A)
27 A ruin, a ruin, a ruin—
I will make it!
(Such has never occurred.)
Until he comes whose right it is;
to him I will give it.(B)
Job 36:6-7
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6 He does not keep the wicked alive
but gives the afflicted their right.(A)
7 He does not withdraw his eyes from the righteous,
but with kings on the throne
he sets them forever, and they are exalted.(B)
Ephesians 1:20-21
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20 God[a] put this power to work in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly places,[b](A) 21 far above all rule and authority and power and dominion and above every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the age to come.(B)
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Isaiah 26:19
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19 Your dead shall live; their corpses[a] shall rise.
Those who dwell in the dust will awake and shout for joy![b]
For your dew is a radiant dew,
and the earth will give birth to those long dead.[c](A)
Job 2:8
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8 Job[a] took a potsherd with which to scrape himself and sat among the ashes.(A)
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Psalm 22:15
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15 my mouth[a] is dried up like a potsherd,
and my tongue sticks to my jaws;
you lay me in the dust of death.(A)
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1 Samuel 24:14
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14 Against whom has the king of Israel come out? Whom do you pursue? A dead dog? A single flea?(A)
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Acts 2:31-33
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31 Foreseeing this, David[a] spoke of the resurrection of the Messiah,[b] saying,
‘He was not abandoned to Hades,
nor did his flesh experience corruption.’(A)
32 “This Jesus God raised up, and of that all of us are witnesses.(B) 33 Being therefore exalted at[c] the right hand of God and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he has poured out this that you see and hear.(C)
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