Psalm 113:7

Modern English Version

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

Cross References

1 Kings 16:2

“I exalted you out of the dust and made you prince over My people Israel, and you have walked in the way of Jeroboam and have made My people Israel to sin, to provoke Me to anger with their sins.

Job 2:8

So he took a piece of broken pottery with which to scrape himself while he was sitting among the ashes.

Job 5:11

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

Psalm 107:41

yet He sets the poor on high out of affliction, and makes their families like a flock.

Psalm 22:15

My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue cleaves to my jaws; You have set me in the dust of death.

Isaiah 26:19

Your dead shall live, their corpses shall arise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in dust, for your dew is as the dew of the dawn, and the earth shall give birth to the departed spirits.

Ezekiel 17:24

All the trees of the field shall know that I the Lord have brought down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up the green tree, and have made the dry tree to flourish. I, the Lord, have spoken and will do it.

James 2:5

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

1 Samuel 24:14

“After whom has the king of Israel come out? After whom are you pursuing? After a dead dog? A single flea?