Luke 1:53

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

God gives the hungry good things to eat, and sends the rich away with nothing.

Cross References

Psalm 146:7

He gives justice to the poor and food to the hungry. The LORD sets prisoners free

Psalm 34:10

Young lions may go hungry or even starve, but if you trust the LORD, you will never miss out on anything good.

Ezekiel 34:29

I will make their fields produce large amounts of crops, so they will never again go hungry or be laughed at by foreigners.

Matthew 5:6

God blesses those people who want to obey him more than to eat or drink. They will be given what they want!

Luke 1:54

He helps his servant Israel and is always merciful to his people.

Luke 6:21

God will bless you hungry people. You will have plenty to eat! God will bless you people who are crying. You will laugh!

Luke 6:24

But you rich people are in for trouble. You have already had an easy life!

John 6:35

Jesus replied: I am the bread that gives life! No one who comes to me will ever be hungry. No one who has faith in me will ever be thirsty.

1 Corinthians 1:26

My dear friends, remember what you were when God chose you. The people of this world didn't think that many of you were wise. Only a few of you were in places of power, and not many of you came from important families.

1 Corinthians 4:8

Are you already satisfied? Are you now rich? Have you become kings while we are still nobodies? I wish you were kings. Then we could have a share in your kingdom.

1 Samuel 2:5

People who once had plenty to eat must now hire themselves out for only a piece of bread. But you give the hungry more than enough to eat. A woman did not have a child, and you gave her seven, but a woman who had many was left with none.