1 Kings 16:2
"I raised you up from the dust and made you ruler over my people Israel. Yet you followed in Jeroboam's footsteps and encouraged my people Israel to sin; their sins have made me angry.
1 Kings 14:7
Go, tell Jeroboam, 'This is what the Lord God of Israel says: "I raised you up from among the people and made you ruler over my people Israel.
1 Kings 15:34
He did evil in the sight of the Lord; he followed in Jeroboam's footsteps and encouraged Israel to sin.
1 Samuel 2:8
He lifts the weak from the dust; he raises the poor from the ash heap to seat them with princes and to bestow on them an honored position. The foundations of the earth belong to the Lord, and he has placed the world on them.
Exodus 32:21
Moses said to Aaron, "What did this people do to you, that you have brought on them so great a sin?"
1 Samuel 2:24
This ought not to be, my sons! For the report that I hear circulating among the Lord's people is not good.
1 Samuel 2:27-28
A man of God came to Eli and said to him, "This is what the Lord says: 'Did I not plainly reveal myself to your ancestor's house when they were in Egypt in the house of Pharaoh?
1 Samuel 15:17-19
Samuel said, "Is it not true that when you were insignificant in your own eyes, you became head of the tribes of Israel? The Lord chose you as king over Israel.
1 Samuel 26:19
So let my lord the king now listen to the words of his servant. If the Lord has incited you against me, may he take delight in an offering. But if men have instigated this, may they be cursed before the Lord! For they have driven me away this day from being united with the Lord's inheritance, saying, 'Go on, serve other gods!'
2 Samuel 12:7-11
Nathan said to David, "You are that man! This is what the Lord God of Israel says: 'I chose you to be king over Israel and I rescued you from the hand of Saul.
1 Kings 13:33-34
After this happened, Jeroboam still did not change his evil ways; he continued to appoint common people as priests at the high places. Anyone who wanted the job he consecrated as a priest.
1 Kings 14:16
He will hand Israel over to their enemies because of the sins which Jeroboam committed and which he made Israel commit."
1 Kings 15:26
He did evil in the sight of the Lord. He followed in his father's footsteps and encouraged Israel to sin.
Psalm 113:7-8
He raises the poor from the dirt, and lifts up the needy from the garbage pile,
Matthew 5:19
So anyone who breaks one of the least of these commands and teaches others to do so will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever obeys them and teaches others to do so will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
Luke 1:52
He has brought down the mighty from their thrones, and has lifted up those of lowly position;