37 Bible Verses about God Lifting People

He drew me up from the pit of destruction, out of the miry bog, and set my feet upon a rock, making my steps secure.

Now when the LORD was about to take Elijah up to heaven by a whirlwind, Elijah and Elisha were on their way from Gilgal.

And as he spoke to me, the Spirit entered into me and set me on my feet, and I heard him speaking to me.

But the Spirit entered into me and set me on my feet, and he spoke with me and said to me, "Go, shut yourself within your house.

Then the Spirit lifted me up, and I heard behind me the voice of a great earthquake: "Blessed be the glory of the LORD from its place!"

The Spirit lifted me up and took me away, and I went in bitterness in the heat of my spirit, the hand of the LORD being strong upon me.

He put out the form of a hand and took me by a lock of my head, and the Spirit lifted me up between earth and heaven and brought me in visions of God to Jerusalem, to the entrance of the gateway of the inner court that faces north, where was the seat of the image of jealousy, which provokes to jealousy.

The Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the east gate of the house of the LORD, which faces east. And behold, at the entrance of the gateway there were twenty-five men. And I saw among them Jaazaniah the son of Azzur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, princes of the people.

And the Spirit lifted me up and brought me in the vision by the Spirit of God into Chaldea, to the exiles. Then the vision that I had seen went up from me.

the Spirit lifted me up and brought me into the inner court; and behold, the glory of the LORD filled the temple.

I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, that you should not be their slaves. And I have broken the bars of your yoke and made you walk erect.

And when he had spoken to me, I fell into a deep sleep with my face to the ground. But he touched me and made me stand up.

I will put hooks in your jaws, and make the fish of your streams stick to your scales; and I will draw you up out of the midst of your streams, with all the fish of your streams that stick to your scales.

Thus says the Lord GOD: I will throw my net over you with a host of many peoples, and they will haul you up in my dragnet.

For not from the east or from the west and not from the wilderness comes lifting up,

but it is God who executes judgment, putting down one and lifting up another.

He raises up the poor from the dust; he lifts the needy from the ash heap to make them sit with princes and inherit a seat of honor. For the pillars of the earth are the LORD's, and on them he has set the world.

The LORDupholds all who are falling and raises up all who are bowed down.

the LORD opens the eyes of the blind. The LORD lifts up those who are bowed down; the LORD loves the righteous.

But you, O LORD, be gracious to me, and raise me up, that I may repay them!

You who have made me see many troubles and calamities will revive me again; from the depths of the earth you will bring me up again.

Go, tell Jeroboam, 'Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel: "Because I exalted you from among the people and made you leader over my people Israel

"Since I exalted you out of 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 to sin, provoking me to anger with their sins,

O LORD, you have brought up my soul from Sheol; you restored me to life from among those who go down to the pit.

at the roots of the mountains. I went down to the land whose bars closed upon me forever; yet you brought up my life from the pit, O LORD my God.

I will extol you, O LORD, for you have drawn me up and have not let my foes rejoice over me.

"And if you faithfully obey the voice of the LORD your God, being careful to do all his commandments that I command you today, the LORD your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth.

who brought me out from my enemies; you exalted me above those who rose against me; you delivered me from men of violence.

who delivered me from my enemies; yes, you exalted me above those who rose against me; you rescued me from the man of violence.

And now my head shall be lifted up above my enemies all around me, and I will offer in his tent sacrifices with shouts of joy; I will sing and make melody to the LORD.

But you, O LORD, are a shield about me, my glory, and the lifter of my head.

He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap,

he sets on high those who are lowly, and those who mourn are lifted to safety.

For he will hide me in his shelter in the day of trouble; he will conceal me under the cover of his tent; he will lift me high upon a rock.

he has brought down the mighty from their thrones and exalted those of humble estate;

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

By faith Enoch was taken up so that he should not see death, and he was not found, because God had taken him. Now before he was taken he was commended as having pleased God.