6 Bible Verses about Reversals

But many who are first will be last, and the last, first.”

“He has brought down rulers from their thrones,
And exalted those who were humble.

Woe to you who are well-fed (gorged, satiated) now, for you will be hungry. Woe to you who laugh now [enjoying a life of self-indulgence], for you will mourn and weep [and deeply long for God].

But Abraham said, ‘Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things [all the comforts and delights], and Lazarus likewise bad things [all the discomforts and distresses]; but now he is comforted here [in paradise], while you are in severe agony.

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

The Lord lifts up the humble;
He casts the wicked down to the ground.