⁶ Who humbles Himself to behold
The things that are in heaven and in the earth?
⁷ He raises the poor from the dust
And lifts the needy from the ash heap,
⁸ To make them sit with princes,
With the princes of His people.

Cross References

Psalm 107:41

But He sets the needy securely on high away from affliction,
And makes his families like a flock.

1 Samuel 2:7-8

“The Lord makes poor and rich;
He brings low, He also exalts.

1 Samuel 24:14

After whom has the king of Israel come out? Whom are you pursuing? A dead dog, a single flea?

2 Samuel 7:8-9

“Now therefore, thus you shall say to My servant David, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, “I took you from the pasture, from following the sheep, to be ruler over My people Israel.

Job 2:8

And he took a potsherd to scrape himself while he was sitting among the ashes.

Job 5:11

So that He sets on high those who are lowly,
And those who mourn are lifted to safety.

Job 5:15-16

“But He saves from the sword of their mouth,
And the poor from the hand of the mighty.

Job 36:6-7

“He does not keep the wicked alive,
But gives justice to the afflicted.

Psalm 22:15

My strength is dried up like a potsherd,
And my tongue cleaves to my jaws;
And You lay me in the dust of death.

Psalm 75:6-7

For not from the east, nor from the west,
Nor from the desert comes exaltation;

Isaiah 26:19

Your dead will live;
Their corpses will rise.
You who lie in the dust, awake and shout for joy,
For your dew is as the dew of the dawn,
And the earth will give birth to the departed spirits.

Ezekiel 17:24

All the trees of the field will know that I am the Lord; I bring down the high tree, exalt the low tree, dry up the green tree and make the dry tree flourish. I am the Lord; I have spoken, and I will perform it.”

Ezekiel 21:26-27

thus says the Lord God, ‘Remove the turban and take off the crown; this will no longer be the same. Exalt that which is low and abase that which is high.

Daniel 12:2-3

Many of those who sleep in the dust of the ground will awake, these to everlasting life, but the others to disgrace and everlasting contempt.

Luke 1:52-53

“He has brought down rulers from their thrones,
And has exalted those who were humble.

Acts 2:31-33

he looked ahead and spoke of the resurrection of the Christ, that He was neither abandoned to Hades, nor did His flesh suffer decay.

Ephesians 1:20-21

which He brought about in Christ, when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places,

James 2:5

Listen, my beloved brethren: did not God choose the poor of this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which He promised to those who love Him?

1 Peter 3:21-22

Corresponding to that, baptism now saves you—not the removal of dirt from the flesh, but an appeal to God for a good conscience—through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,

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