James 1:9

Legacy Standard Bible

But the brother of humble circumstances is to boast in his high position;

Cross References

Psalm 62:9

¶Surely men of low degree are merely vanity and men of rank are a lie; In the balances they go up; They are together lighter than a breath of vanity.

Proverbs 17:5

He who mocks the poor reproaches his Maker; He who is glad at disaster will not go unpunished.

Proverbs 19:1

Better is a poor man who walks in his integrity Than he who is crooked in lips and is a fool.

Isaiah 29:19

The afflicted also will increase their gladness in Yahweh, And the needy of mankind will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.

Luke 1:52

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

Luke 10:20

Nevertheless do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that your names are recorded in heaven.”

Luke 14:11

For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.”

Luke 9:48

and said to them, “Whoever receives this child in My name receives Me, and whoever receives Me receives Him who sent Me; for the one who is least among all of you, this is the one who is great.”

Romans 8:17

and if children, also heirs, heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him so that we may also be glorified with Him.

2 Corinthians 6:10

as sorrowful but always rejoicing, as poor but making many rich, as having nothing and yet possessing all things.

Deuteronomy 15:11

For the needy will never cease to be in the land; therefore I am commanding you, saying, ‘You shall freely open your hand to your brother, to your afflicted and needy in your land.’

Deuteronomy 15:7

“If there is a needy one among you, one of your brothers, in any of your gates of the towns in your land which Yahweh your God is giving you, you shall not harden your heart nor close your hand from your needy brother;

Deuteronomy 15:9

Beware lest there be a vile thought in your heart, saying, ‘The seventh year, the year of the remission of debts, is near,’ and your eye is hostile toward your needy brother, and you give him nothing; then he may cry to Yahweh against you, and it will be a sin in you.

Philippians 3:14

I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.

Philippians 3:3

For we are the circumcision, who worship in the Spirit of God and boast in Christ Jesus and put no confidence in the flesh,

1 Peter 2:9

But you are a chosen family, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, so that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;

Revelation 2:9

‘I know your tribulation and your poverty (but you are rich), and the blasphemy by those who say they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.

1 Samuel 2:8

“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.