1 Samuel 2:8

God raises the poor and needy from dust and dunghill to sit with princes, for He upholds the foundations of the earth. The Creator's power guarantees His care for the lowly.

Cross-references · 23

• Ps 113:7–8He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the dump
• Dan 2:48Then the king promoted Daniel and gave him many generous gifts. He made him ruler over the entire province of Babylon and chief administrator over all the wise men of Babylon.
• Jas 2:5Listen, my beloved brothers: Has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom He promised those who love Him?
• Dan 6:3Soon, by his extraordinary spirit, Daniel distinguished himself among the administrators and satraps. So the king planned to set him over the whole kingdom.
• Eccl 4:14For the youth has come from the prison to the kingship, though he was born poor in his own kingdom.
• 1 Sam 15:17And Samuel said, “Although you were once small in your own eyes, have you not become the head of the tribes of Israel? The LORD anointed you king over Israel
• Rev 1:6who has made us to be a kingdom, priests to His God and Father—to Him be the glory and power forever and ever! Amen.
• 2 Sam 7:8Now then, you are to tell My servant David that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: I took you from the pasture, from following the flock, to be the ruler over My people Israel.
• Rev 22:5There will be no more night in the city, and they will have no need for the light of a lamp or of the sun. For the Lord God will shine on them, and they will reign forever and ever.
• Rev 5:10You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to serve our God, and they will reign upon the earth.”
• Rev 3:21To the one who overcomes, I will grant the right to sit with Me on My throne, just as I overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne.
• Luke 1:51–52He has performed mighty deeds with His arm; He has scattered those who are proud in the thoughts of their hearts.
• Job 42:10–12After Job had prayed for his friends, the LORD restored his prosperity and doubled his former possessions.
• Gen 41:14So Pharaoh sent for Joseph, who was quickly brought out of the dungeon. After he had shaved and changed his clothes, he went in before Pharaoh.
• Job 38:4–6Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding.
• Job 36:6–7He does not keep the wicked alive, but He grants justice to the afflicted.
• Ps 24:2For He has founded it upon the seas and established it upon the waters.
• Heb 1:3The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of His nature, upholding all things by His powerful word. After He had provided purification for sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.
• Ps 104:5He set the earth on its foundations, never to be moved.
• Ps 102:25In the beginning You laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of Your hands.
• Gen 41:40You shall be in charge of my house, and all my people are to obey your commands. Only with regard to the throne will I be greater than you.”
• Job 2:8And Job took a piece of broken pottery to scrape himself as he sat among the ashes.
• Dan 4:17This decision is the decree of the watchers, the verdict declared by the holy ones, so that the living will know that the Most High rules over the kingdom of mankind and gives it to whom He wishes, setting over it the lowliest of men.’

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