37 Bible Verses about God Lifting People

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2 Kings 2:1

And it came about when the Lord was about to take up Elijah by a whirlwind to heaven, that Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal.

Ezekiel 2:2

As He spoke to me the Spirit entered me and set me on my feet; and I heard Him speaking to me.

Ezekiel 3:24

The Spirit then entered me and made me stand on my feet, and He spoke with me and said to me, “Go, shut yourself up in your house.

Ezekiel 3:12

Then the Spirit lifted me up, and I heard a great rumbling sound behind me, “Blessed be the glory of the Lord in His place.”

Ezekiel 3:14

So the Spirit lifted me up and took me away; and I went embittered in the rage of my spirit, and the hand of the Lord was strong on me.

Ezekiel 8:3

He stretched out the form of a hand and caught me by a lock of my head; and the Spirit lifted me up between earth and heaven and brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the entrance of the north gate of the inner court, where the seat of the idol of jealousy, which provokes to jealousy, was located.

Ezekiel 11:1

Moreover, the Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the east gate of the Lord’s house which faced eastward. And behold, there were twenty-five men at the entrance of the gate, and among them I saw Jaazaniah son of Azzur and Pelatiah son of Benaiah, leaders of the people.

Ezekiel 11:24

And the Spirit lifted me up and brought me in a vision by the Spirit of God to the exiles in Chaldea. So the vision that I had seen left me.

Ezekiel 43:5

And the Spirit lifted me up and brought me into the inner court; and behold, the glory of the Lord filled the house.

Leviticus 26:13

I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt so that you would not be their slaves, and I broke the bars of your yoke and made you walk erect.

Daniel 8:18

Now while he was talking with me, I sank into a deep sleep with my face to the ground; but he touched me and made me stand upright.

Ezekiel 29:4

“I will put hooks in your jaws
And make the fish of your rivers cling to your scales.
And I will bring you up out of the midst of your rivers,
And all the fish of your rivers will cling to your scales.

Ezekiel 32:3

Thus says the Lord God,
“Now I will spread My net over you
With a company of many peoples,
And they shall lift you up in My net.

Psalm 75:6

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

Psalm 75:7

But God is the Judge;
He puts down one and exalts another.

1 Samuel 2:8

“He raises the poor from the dust,
He lifts the needy from the ash heap
To make them sit with nobles,
And inherit a seat of honor;
For the pillars of the earth are the Lord’s,
And He set the world on them.

Psalm 145:14

The Lord sustains all who fall
And raises up all who are bowed down.

Psalm 146:8

The Lord opens the eyes of the blind;
The Lord raises up those who are bowed down;
The Lord loves the righteous;

Psalm 41:10

But You, O Lord, be gracious to me and raise me up,
That I may repay them.

Psalm 71:20

You who have shown me many troubles and distresses
Will revive me again,
And will bring me up again from the depths of the earth.

1 Kings 14:7

Go, say to Jeroboam, ‘Thus says the Lord God of Israel, “Because I exalted you from among the people and made you leader over My people Israel,

1 Kings 16:2

“Inasmuch as I exalted you from the dust and made you leader over My people Israel, and you have walked in the way of Jeroboam and have made My people Israel sin, provoking Me to anger with their sins,

Psalm 30:3

O Lord, You have brought up my soul from Sheol;
You have kept me alive, that I would not go down to the pit.

Jonah 2:6

“I descended to the roots of the mountains.
The earth with its bars was around me forever,
But You have brought up my life from the pit, O Lord my God.

Psalm 30:1

A Psalm; a Song at the Dedication of the House. A Psalm of David.
I will extol You, O Lord, for You have lifted me up,
And have not let my enemies rejoice over me.

Deuteronomy 28:1

“Now it shall be, if you diligently obey the Lord your God, being careful to do all His commandments which I command you today, the Lord your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth.

2 Samuel 22:49

Who also brings me out from my enemies;
You even lift me above those who rise up against me;
You rescue me from the violent man.

Psalm 18:48

He delivers me from my enemies;
Surely You lift me above those who rise up against me;
You rescue me from the violent man.

Psalm 27:6

And now my head will be lifted up above my enemies around me,
And I will offer in His tent sacrifices with shouts of joy;
I will sing, yes, I will sing praises to the Lord.

Job 5:11

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

2 Corinthians 12:2

I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago—whether in the body I do not know, or out of the body I do not know, God knows—such a man was caught up to the third heaven.

Hebrews 11:5

By faith Enoch was taken up so that he would not see death; and he was not found because God took him up; for he obtained the witness that before his being taken up he was pleasing to God.

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