Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted:
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General references
Bible References
The brother
James 2:5
Listen, my dear brothers! Did not God choose the poor of the world [to be] rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom that he has promised to those who love him?
Deuteronomy 15:7
If [there] is a poor [person] among you from [among] one of your brothers in one of your {towns} that Yahweh your God [is] giving to you, you shall not harden your heart, and you shall not shut your hand toward {your brother who is poor}.
Psalm 62:9
Only a vapor [are] men of low degree, a deception [are] men of high degree. {Weighed} in a balance, together they [are lighter] than a vapor.
Proverbs 17:5
He who mocks the poor insults him who made him; he who rejoices at calamity will not go unpunished.
Proverbs 19:1
Better a poor person walking in integrity than one who is perverse {in his speech} and is a fool.
Luke 1:52
He has brought down rulers from [their] thrones, and has exalted the lowly.
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James 2:5
Listen, my dear brothers! Did not God choose the poor of the world [to be] rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom that he has promised to those who love him?
1 Samuel 2:8
He raises up the poor from [the] dust. From [the] ash heap he lifts up the needy, to cause them to sit with noble people and to cause them to inherit a seat of honor. For the pillars of the earth belong to Yahweh and he has set the inhabited world on them.
Psalm 113:7
[He] raises [the] helpless from [the] dust; he lifts [the] needy from [the] ash heap,
Luke 9:48
and said to them, "Whoever welcomes this child in my name welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me. For the one who is least among you all--this one is great."
Luke 10:20
Nevertheless, do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that your names are inscribed in heaven."
Romans 8:17
and if children, also heirs--heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer together [with him] so that we may also be glorified together [with him].
2 Corinthians 6:10
as grieving, but always rejoicing, as poor, but making many rich, as having nothing, and possessing everything.
Philippians 3:14
I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.
1 Peter 2:9
But you [are] a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for [God's] possession, so that you may proclaim the virtues of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light,
1 John 3:1
See what sort of love the Father has given to us: that we should be called children of God, and we are! Because of this the world does not know us: because it did not know him.
Revelation 2:9
'I know your affliction and poverty (but you are rich), and the slander of those {who call themselves Jews} and are not, but [are] a synagogue of Satan.
Revelation 5:9
And they were singing a new song, saying, "You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals, because you were slaughtered, and bought [people] for God by your blood from every tribe and language and people and nation,
Revelation 7:9
After these [things] I looked, and behold, a great crowd that no one was able to number, from every nation and tribe and people and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, dressed [in] white robes and [with] palm branches in their hands.
General references
Psalm 49:2
both low and high, rich and poor together.
2 Corinthians 10:17
But "the one who boasts, let him boast in the Lord."