James 1:9

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Summary

James 1:9

Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted:

The brother

In

General references

Psalm 49:2

2 Corinthians 10:17

Bible References

The brother

Listen, my dear brothers: Didn’t God choose the poor in this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom that He has promised to those who love Him?

“If there is a poor person among you, one of your brothers within any of your gates in the land the Lord your God is giving you, you must not be hardhearted or tightfisted toward your poor brother.

Men are only a vapor;
exalted men, an illusion.
Weighed in the scales, they go up;
together they are less than a vapor.

The one who mocks the poor insults his Maker,
and one who rejoices over calamity
will not go unpunished.

Better a poor man who lives with integrity
than someone who has deceitful lips and is a fool.

He has toppled the mighty from their thrones
and exalted the lowly.

In

Listen, my dear brothers: Didn’t God choose the poor in this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom that He has promised to those who love Him?

He raises the poor from the dust
and lifts the needy from the garbage pile.
He seats them with noblemen
and gives them a throne of honor.
For the foundations of the earth are the Lord’s;
He has set the world on them.

He raises the poor from the dust
and lifts the needy from the garbage pile

He told them, “Whoever welcomes this little child in My name welcomes Me. And whoever welcomes Me welcomes Him who sent Me. For whoever is least among you—this one is great.”

However, don’t rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.”

and if children, also heirs—heirs of God and coheirs with Christ—seeing that we suffer with Him so that we may also be glorified with Him.

as grieving yet always rejoicing;
as poor yet enriching many;
as having nothing yet possessing everything.

I pursue as my goal the prize promised by God’s heavenly call in Christ Jesus.

But you are a chosen race,

a royal priesthood,

a holy nation,

a people for His possession,

so that you may proclaim the praises

of the One who called you out of darkness
into His marvelous light.

Look at how great a love the Father has given us that we should be called God’s children. And we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it didn’t know Him.

I know your affliction and poverty, yet you are rich. I know the slander of those who say they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.

And they sang a new song:

You are worthy to take the scroll
and to open its seals,
because You were slaughtered,
and You redeemed people
for God by Your blood
from every tribe and language
and people and nation.

After this I looked, and there was a vast multitude from every nation, tribe, people, and language, which no one could number, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were robed in white with palm branches in their hands.

General references

both low and high,
rich and poor together.

So the one who boasts must boast in the Lord.