Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

The LORD lifteth up the meek: he casteth the wicked down to the ground.

Bible References

Lifteth up

Psalm 25:9
The meek he will guide in justice, and the meek he will teach his way.
Psalm 37:11
But the meek shall inherit the land, and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.
Psalm 145:14
LORD upholds all who fall, and raises up all those who are bowed down.
Psalm 146:8
LORD opens [the eyes of] the blind. LORD raises up those who are bowed down. LORD loves the righteous.
Psalm 149:4
For LORD takes pleasure in his people. He will beautify the meek with salvation.
1 Samuel 2:8
He raises up the poor out of the dust, he lifts up the needy from the dunghill, to make them sit with rulers, and inherit the throne of glory. For the pillars of the earth are LORD's, and he has set the world upon them.
Zephaniah 2:3
Seek ye LORD, all ye meek of the earth who have kept his ordinances. Seek righteousness, seek meekness. It may be ye will be hid in the day of LORD's anger.
Matthew 5:5
Blessed are the meek, because they will inherit the earth.
James 4:10
Be ye made lower in the sight of the Lord, and he will lift you up.
1 Peter 3:4
but the hidden man of the heart, in the incorruptible, of the meek and quiet spirit, which is very precious in the sight of God.
1 Peter 5:6
Therefore be lowered under the mighty hand of God, so that he may lift you up in time,

He casteth

Psalm 55:23
But thou, O God, will bring them down into the pit of destruction. Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days, but I will trust in thee.
Psalm 73:18
Surely thou set them in slippery places. Thou cast them down to destruction.
Psalm 146:9
LORD preserves the sojourners. He upholds the fatherless and widow. But the way of the wicked he turns upside down.
2 Peter 2:4
For if God did not spare heavenly agents who sinned, but delivered them up to chains of darkness, having been cast into hell being reserved for judgment,