1 Samuel 2:8

Legacy Standard Bible

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

Cross References

Genesis 41:14

Then Pharaoh sent and called for Joseph, and they rushed him out of the pit; and he shaved himself and changed his clothes, and he came to Pharaoh.

Genesis 41:40

You shall be over my house, and according to your command all my people shall do homage; only in the throne I will be greater than you.”

2 Samuel 7:8

So now, thus you shall say to My servant David, ‘Thus says Yahweh of hosts, “I Myself took you from the pasture, from following the sheep, to be ruler over My people Israel.

1 Kings 16:2

“Inasmuch as I exalted you from the dust and made you ruler 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,

2 Kings 9:6

And he arose and came into the house, and he poured the oil on his head and said to him, “Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, ‘I have anointed you king over the people of Yahweh, even over Israel.

Job 1:21

And he said, “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, And naked I shall return there. Yahweh gave, and Yahweh has taken away. Blessed be the name of Yahweh.”

Job 2:8

And he took a potsherd to scrape himself while he was sitting among the ashes.

Psalm 102:25

“Of old You founded the earth, And the heavens are the work of Your hands.

Psalm 104:5

¶He founded the earth upon its place, So that it will not shake forever and ever.

Psalm 107:41

But He sets the needy securely on high away from affliction, And makes his families like a flock.

Psalm 24:2

For He has founded it upon the seas And established it upon the rivers.

Psalm 75:3

“The earth and all who dwell in it melt; It is I who have firmly set its pillars. Selah.

Psalm 75:4

“I said to the boastful, ‘Do not boast,’ And to the wicked, ‘Do not raise up the horn;

Psalm 75:7

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

Ecclesiastes 4:14

For he has come out of prison to become king, even though he was born poor in his kingdom.

Isaiah 22:23

“I will drive him like a peg in a firm place, And he will become a throne of glory to his father’s house.

Daniel 2:48

Then the king promoted Daniel and gave him many great gifts, and he made him rule with power over the whole province of Babylon and chief prefect over all the wise men of Babylon.

Daniel 4:17

“This edict is by the resolution of the watchers, And the decision is a command of the holy ones, In order that the living may know That the Most High is the powerful ruler over the kingdom of mankind And gives it to whom He wishes And sets up over it the lowliest of men.”

Daniel 6:3

Then this Daniel began distinguishing himself among the commissioners and satraps because an extraordinary spirit was in him, and the king planned to set him over the entire kingdom.

Hebrews 1:3

who is the radiance of His glory and the exact representation of His nature, and upholds all things by the word of His power; who, having accomplished cleansing for sins, sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,

James 2:5

Listen, my beloved brothers: did not God choose the poor of this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which He promised to those who love Him?

Revelation 1:6

and He has made us to be a kingdom, priests to His God and Father—to Him be the glory and the might forever and ever. Amen.

Revelation 22:5

And there will no longer be any night, and they will not have need of the light of a lamp nor the light of the sun, because the Lord God will illumine them, and they will reign forever and ever.

Revelation 3:21

He who overcomes, I will grant to him to sit down with Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne.

Revelation 5:10

And You made them to be a kingdom and priests to our God, and they will reign upon the earth.”

1 Samuel 15:17

And Samuel said, “Is it not true, though you were little in your own eyes, you were made the head of the tribes of Israel? And Yahweh anointed you king over Israel,