⁶ For promotion comes neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south. ⁷ But God is the judge: he puts down one, and sets up another. ⁸ For in the hand of the LORD there is a cup, and the wine is red; it is fully mixed; and he pours out of the same: but the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall drain them down, and drink them.

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Psalm 50:6

And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge himself. Selah.

1 Samuel 2:7-8

The LORD makes poor, and makes rich: he brings low, and lifts up.

1 Samuel 15:23

For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the LORD, he has also rejected you from being king.

1 Samuel 15:28

And Samuel said unto him, The LORD has torn the kingdom of Israel from you this day, and has given it to a neighbor of yours, who is better than you.

1 Samuel 16:1

And the LORD said unto Samuel, How long will you mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill your horn with oil, and go, I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons.

2 Samuel 3:17-18

And Abner had communication with the elders of Israel, saying, You sought for David in times past to be king over you:

2 Samuel 5:2

Also in time past, when Saul was king over us, you were he that led out and brought in Israel: and the LORD said to you, You shall feed my people Israel, and you shall be a captain over Israel.

2 Samuel 6:21

And David said unto Michal, It was before the LORD, who chose me before your father, and before all his house, to appoint me ruler over the people of the LORD, over Israel: therefore will I make merry before the LORD.

Psalm 58:11

So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God who judges in the earth.

Psalm 113:7-8

He raises up the poor out of the dust, and lifts the needy out of the ash heap;

Psalm 147:6

The LORD lifts up the meek: he casts the wicked down to the ground.

Jeremiah 27:4-8

And command them to say unto their masters, Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Thus shall you say unto your masters;

Daniel 2:21-22

And he changes the times and the seasons: he removes kings, and sets up kings: he gives wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding:

Daniel 2:37

You, O king, are a king of kings: for the God of heaven has given you a kingdom, power, and strength, and glory.

Daniel 5:18

O king, the most high God gave Nebuchadnezzar your father a kingdom, and majesty, and glory, and honor:

Luke 1:52

He has put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them of low degree.

John 15:16

You have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that you should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever you shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it to you.

Romans 11:15

For if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world, what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead?

Galatians 1:15

But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's womb, and called me by his grace,