Psalm 113:7
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Psalm 107:41
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1 Samuel 2:7-8
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7 The Lord (A)makes poor and makes rich;
(B)He brings low and lifts up.
8 (C)He raises the poor from the dust
And lifts the beggar from the ash heap,
(D)To set them among princes
And make them inherit the throne of glory.
(E)“For the pillars of the earth are the Lord’s,
And He has set the world upon them.
Daniel 12:2-3
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2 And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake,
(A)Some to everlasting life,
Some to shame (B)and everlasting [a]contempt.
3 Those who are wise shall (C)shine
Like the brightness of the firmament,
(D)And those who turn many to righteousness
(E)Like the stars forever and ever.
Footnotes
- Daniel 12:2 Lit. abhorrence
James 2:5
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5 Listen, my beloved brethren: (A)Has God not chosen the poor of this world to be (B)rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom (C)which He promised to those who love Him?
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Luke 1:52-53
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52 (A)He has put down the mighty from their thrones,
And exalted the lowly.
53 He has (B)filled the hungry with good things,
And the rich He has sent away empty.
Ezekiel 21:26-27
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26 thus says the Lord God:
“Remove the turban, and take off the crown;
Nothing shall remain the same.
(A)Exalt the humble, and humble the exalted.
27 [a]Overthrown, overthrown,
I will make it overthrown!
(B)It shall be no longer,
Until He comes whose right it is,
And I will give it to (C)Him.” ’
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- Ezekiel 21:27 Or Distortion, Ruin
Job 5:11
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11 (A)He sets on high those who are lowly,
And those who mourn are lifted to safety.
2 Samuel 7:8-9
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8 Now therefore, thus shall you say to My servant David, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts: (A)“I took you from the sheepfold, from following the sheep, to be ruler over My people, over Israel. 9 And (B)I have been with you wherever you have gone, (C)and have [a]cut off all your enemies from before you, and have made you a great name, like the name of the great men who are on the earth.
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- 2 Samuel 7:9 destroyed
1 Peter 3:21-22
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21 (A)There is also an antitype which now saves us—baptism (B)(not the removal of the filth of the flesh, (C)but the answer of a good conscience toward God), through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, 22 who has gone into heaven and (D)is at the right hand of God, (E)angels and authorities and powers having been made subject to Him.
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Ezekiel 17:24
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24 And all the trees of the field shall know that I, the Lord, (A)have brought down the high tree and exalted the low tree, dried up the green tree and made the dry tree flourish; (B)I, the Lord, have spoken and have done it.”
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Isaiah 26:19
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19 (A)Your dead shall live;
Together with [a]my dead body they shall arise.
(B)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.
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- Isaiah 26:19 So with MT, Vg.; Syr., Tg. their dead bodies; LXX those in the tombs
Psalm 75:6-7
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6 For exaltation comes neither from the east
Nor from the west nor from the south.
7 But (A)God is the Judge:
(B)He puts down one,
And exalts another.
Job 36:6-7
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6 He does not preserve the life of the wicked,
But gives justice to the (A)oppressed.
7 (B)He does not withdraw His eyes from the righteous;
But (C)they are on the throne with kings,
For He has seated them forever,
And they are exalted.
Job 5:15-16
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15 But (A)He saves the needy from the sword,
From the mouth of the mighty,
And from their hand.
16 (B)So the poor have hope,
And injustice shuts her mouth.
Ephesians 1:20-21
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20 which He worked in Christ when (A)He raised Him from the dead and (B)seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places, 21 (C)far above all (D)principality[a] and [b]power and [c]might and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in that which is to come.
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- Ephesians 1:21 rule
- Ephesians 1:21 authority
- Ephesians 1:21 power
Job 2:8
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8 And he took for himself a potsherd with which to scrape himself (A)while he sat in the midst of the ashes.
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Acts 2:31-33
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31 he, foreseeing this, spoke concerning the resurrection of the Christ, (A)that His soul was not left in Hades, nor did His flesh see corruption. 32 (B)This Jesus God has raised up, (C)of which we are all witnesses. 33 Therefore (D)being exalted [a]to (E)the right hand of God, and (F)having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, He (G)poured out this which you now see and hear.
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- Acts 2:33 Possibly by
Psalm 22:15
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15 (A)My strength is dried up like a potsherd,
And (B)My tongue clings to My jaws;
You have brought Me to the dust of death.
1 Samuel 24:14
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14 After whom has the king of Israel come out? Whom do you pursue? (A)A dead dog? (B)A flea?
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