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 raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the needy out of the dunghill;
• Dan 2:48Then the king made Daniel a great man, and gave him many great gifts, and made him ruler over the whole province of Babylon, and chief of the governors over all the wise men of Babylon.
• Jas 2:5Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?
• Dan 6:3Then this Daniel was preferred above the presidents and princes, because an excellent spirit was in him; and the king thought to set him over the whole realm.
• Eccl 4:14For out of prison he cometh to reign; whereas also he that is born in his kingdom becometh poor.
• 1 Sam 15:17And Samuel said, When thou wast little in thine own sight, wast thou not made the head of the tribes of Israel, and the LORD anointed thee king over Israel?
• Rev 1:6And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
• 2 Sam 7:8Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people, over Israel:
• Rev 22:5And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever.
• Rev 5:10And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth.
• Rev 3:21To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.
• Luke 1:51–52He hath shewed strength with his arm; he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.
• Job 42:10–12And the LORD turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: also the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before.
• Gen 41:14Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon: and he shaved himself, and changed his raiment, and came in unto Pharaoh.
• Job 38:4–6Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.
• Job 36:6–7He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to the poor.
• Ps 24:2For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods.
• Heb 1:3Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
• Ps 104:5Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed for ever.
• Ps 102:25Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of thy hands.
• Gen 41:40Thou shalt be over my house, and according unto thy word shall all my people be ruled: only in the throne will I be greater than thou.
• Job 2:8And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes.
• Dan 4:17This matter is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the word of the holy ones: to the intent that the living may know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will, and setteth up over it the basest of men.

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