Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the needy out of the dunghill;
Bible References
Raiseth
Psalm 75:6
For not from the east, nor from the west,
Nor from the desert comes exaltation.
For not from the east, nor from the west,
Nor from the desert comes exaltation.
Psalm 107:41
Yet He sets the needy securely on high, away from affliction,
And makes their families like a flock.
Yet He sets the needy securely on high, away from affliction,
And makes their families like a flock.
Job 5:11
So that He sets on high those who are lowly,
And He lifts to safety those who mourn.
So that He sets on high those who are lowly,
And He lifts to safety those who mourn.
Ezekiel 17:24
All the trees of the field will know that I the Lord bring down the tall 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 fulfill it.”
Ezekiel 21:26
thus says the Lord God, ‘Remove the turban and take off the crown; things shall not remain as they have been. Exalt that which is low and abase the high.
Luke 1:52
“He has brought down rulers from their thrones,
And exalted those who were humble.
“He has brought down rulers from their thrones,
And exalted those who were humble.
James 2:5
Listen, my beloved brothers and sisters: has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and [as believers to be] heirs of the kingdom which He promised to those who love Him?
Out of
Psalm 22:15
My strength is dried up like a fragment of clay pottery;
And my [dry] tongue clings to my jaws;
And You have laid me in the dust of death.
My strength is dried up like a fragment of clay pottery;
And my [dry] tongue clings to my jaws;
And You have laid me in the dust of death.
Isaiah 26:19
Your dead will live;
Their dead bodies will rise.
You who lie in the dust, awake and shout for joy!
For your dew is a dew of [celestial] light [heavenly, supernatural],
And the earth will give birth to the spirits of the dead.
Your dead will live;
You who lie in the dust, awake and shout for joy!
For your dew is a dew of [celestial] light [heavenly, supernatural],
And the earth will give birth to the spirits of the dead.
Daniel 12:2
Many of those who sleep in the dust of the ground will awake (resurrect), these to everlasting life, but some to disgrace and everlasting contempt (abhorrence).
Acts 2:31
he foresaw and spoke [prophetically] of the resurrection of the Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed), that He was not abandoned [in death] to Hades (the realm of the dead), nor did His body undergo decay.
Ephesians 1:20
which He produced in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His own right hand in the heavenly places,
1 Peter 3:21
Corresponding to that [rescue through the flood], baptism [which is an expression of a believer’s new life in Christ] now saves you, not by removing dirt from the body, but by an appeal to God for a good (clear) conscience, [demonstrating what you believe to be yours] through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
Needy
1 Samuel 2:7
“The Lord makes poor and makes rich;
He brings low and He lifts up.
“The Lord makes poor and makes rich;
He brings low and He lifts up.
1 Samuel 24:14
After whom has the king of Israel come out? Whom do you pursue [with three thousand men]? A dead dog, a single flea?
2 Samuel 7:8
So now, say this 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 Job took a piece of broken pottery with which to scrape himself, and he sat [down] among the ashes (rubbish heaps).
Job 36:6
“He does not prolong the life of the wicked,
But gives the afflicted their justice.
“He does not prolong the life of the wicked,
But gives the afflicted their justice.