Psalm 113:7
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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.
Psalm 107:41
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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.
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
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
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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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.
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 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.
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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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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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.” ’
Footnotes
- Ezekiel 21:27 Or Distortion, Ruin
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