James 1:9
Let the brother of humble circumstances glory in his high position (exaltation).
Deuteronomy 15:7
This is what you must do whenever there are poor Israelites in one of your cities in the land that Jehovah your God is giving you.
Deuteronomy 15:9
When the seventh year, the year when payments on debts are canceled, is near, you might be stingy toward poor Israelites and give them nothing. Be careful not to think these worthless thoughts. The poor will complain to Jehovah about you, and you will be condemned for your sin.
Deuteronomy 15:11
There will always be some Israelites who are poor and needy. That is why I am commanding you to be generous with them.
1 Samuel 2:8
He raises the poor from the dust. He lifts up the needy from the dunghill to set them among the princes. He causes them to inherit a throne of glory (honor). The pillars of the earth are Jehovah's. He sets the world on them.
Psalm 62:9
Common people are only a vapor in the wind. Important people are only a delusion. When all of them are weighed on a scale, they amount to nothing. They are less than a vapor in the wind.
Psalm 113:7-8
He lifts the poor from the dust. He lifts the needy from a garbage heap.
Proverbs 17:5
When you mock the poor you disgrace your Maker. He who is glad at calamity will be punished.
Proverbs 19:1
Better a poor man who walks with integrity than a fool whose lips are perverse.
Jeremiah 9:23-24
This is what Jehovah says: Do not let wise people brag about their wisdom. Do not let strong people brag about their strength. Do not let rich people brag about their riches.
Luke 1:52
He removes rulers from their thrones and exalts the humble.
Luke 9:48
Then he said to them: Whoever receives this little child in my name receives me. Whoever receives me receives him who sent me. He who is least among you will be the greatest!
Luke 10:20
Do not rejoice about this that the spirits are subject to you. Rejoice that your names are recorded in heaven.
Romans 5:2-3
We have access to grace (God's favor) by faith through him. This is where we stand. We rejoice in the hope of the glory of God.
Romans 8:17
If children, then heirs of God, and joint heirs with Christ. If indeed we suffer with him we may also be glorified with him.
2 Corinthians 6:10
Also as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
Philippians 3:3
We are those with true circumcision who worship by the Spirit of God. We glory in Christ Jesus, and put no confidence in the flesh.
Philippians 3:14
I press on toward the goal to the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
James 2:5-6
Listen, my dearly beloved brothers! Did God choose poor people in the world to be rich in faith and to receive the kingdom he promised to those who love him?
1 Peter 2:9
You are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, and a people for God's own possession, that you may show the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.
1 John 3:1-3
Observe the love the Father gave to us that we should be called the children of God. That is what we are! For this reason the world does not know us. This is because it did not know him.
Revelation 2:9
I know your troubles. I know that you are poor, but you are rich! I know the evil things said against you by those who claim to be Jews but are not. Their synagogue belongs to Satan!
Revelation 5:9-10
They sing a new song, saying: You are worthy to take the book, and to open the seals, for you were slaughtered and by your blood you bought persons for God out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation.
Revelation 7:9-10
After this I saw a great crowd that no man could number. It was from all nations, and tribes, and people, and tongues. It stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes. They had palm branches in their hands.