Psalm 113:7
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7 He (A)raises the poor from the dust
and lifts the needy from the ash heap,
1 Samuel 2:7-8
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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.
Psalm 107:41
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Luke 1:52-53
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52 (A)he has brought down the mighty from their thrones
(B)and exalted those of humble estate;
53 he has filled (C)the hungry with good things,
and the rich (D)he has sent away empty.
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, (A)I took you from the pasture, from following the sheep, that you should be prince[a] over my people Israel. 9 (B)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.
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- 2 Samuel 7:8 Or leader
Daniel 12:2-3
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2 And many of those who (A)sleep in (B)the dust of the earth shall (C)awake, (D)some to everlasting life, and (E)some to shame and everlasting contempt. 3 (F)And those who are wise (G)shall shine like the brightness of the sky above;[a] and (H)those who turn many to righteousness, like the stars forever and ever.
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- Daniel 12:3 Hebrew the expanse; compare Genesis 1:6–8
Ezekiel 17:24
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24 And all the trees of the field shall know that I am the Lord; (A)I bring low the high tree, and make high the low tree, dry up (B)the green tree, and make (C)the dry tree flourish. (D)I am the Lord; I have spoken, and I will do it.”
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Job 5:11
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11 he (A)sets on high those who are lowly,
and those who mourn are lifted to safety.
Psalm 75:6-7
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6 For not from the east or from the west
and not from the wilderness comes (A)lifting up,
7 but it is (B)God who executes judgment,
(C)putting down one and lifting up another.
Job 5:15-16
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15 But he (A)saves the needy from the sword of their mouth
and from the hand of the mighty.
16 So the poor have hope,
and (B)injustice shuts her mouth.
1 Peter 3:21-22
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21 Baptism, which corresponds to this, (A)now saves you, not as a removal of dirt from the body but (B)as an appeal to God for a good conscience, (C)through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, 22 who has gone into heaven and (D)is at the right hand of God, (E)with angels, authorities, and powers having been subjected to him.
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James 2:5
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5 Listen, my beloved brothers, (A)has not God chosen those who are poor in the world to be (B)rich in faith and heirs of (C)the kingdom, (D)which he has promised to those who love him?
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Ezekiel 21:26-27
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26 thus says the Lord God: Remove the turban and take off the crown. Things shall not remain as they are. (A)Exalt that which is low, and bring low that which is exalted. 27 A ruin, ruin, ruin I will make it. (B)This also shall not be, (C)until he comes, the one to whom judgment belongs, and I will give it to him.
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