1 Samuel 2:8

Modern King James Version

He raises up the poor out of the dust; He lifts up the needy from the dunghill to set them among princes; yea, He causes them to inherit a throne of honor; for to Jehovah are the pillars of the earth; and He sets the habitable world on them.

Cross References

Genesis 41:14

Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph. And they hurried him out of the dungeon. And he shaved and changed his clothing, and came in to Pharaoh.

Genesis 41:40

You shall be over my house, and all my people shall kiss the hand at your word. Only in the throne will I be greater than you.

2 Samuel 7:8

And now so shall you say to My servant David, So says Jehovah of Hosts: I took you from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, to be ruler over My people, over Israel.

1 Kings 16:2

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

2 Kings 9:6

And he arose and went into the house. And he poured the oil on his head and said to him, So says Jehovah, the God of Israel, I have anointed you king over the people of Jehovah, over Israel.

Job 1:21

And he said, I came naked out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return there. Jehovah gave, and Jehovah has taken away. Blessed be the name of Jehovah.

Job 2:8

And he took a broken piece of pottery to scrape himself with. And he sat down among the ashes.

Psalm 102:25

Of old You have laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the work of Your hands.

Psalm 104:5

He laid the earth on its foundations; it shall not be shaken forever.

Psalm 107:41

But He raises up the poor from affliction and sets families like a flock.

Psalm 24:2

For He has founded it on the seas, and established it on the rivers.

Psalm 75:3

The earth and all its people are melting away; I hold up its pillars. Selah.

Psalm 75:4

I said to the proud, Do not boast; and to the wicked, Do not lift up the horn;

Psalm 75:7

But God is the judge; He puts down one and sets up another.

Ecclesiastes 4:14

For out of prison he comes to reign; although in his kingdom he was born poor.

Isaiah 22:23

And I will fasten him as a nail in a sure place; and he shall be for a glorious throne to his father's house.

Daniel 2:48

Then the king made Daniel great, and gave him many great gifts, and made him ruler over all the province of Babylon, and chief of the prefects over all the wise men of Babylon.

Daniel 4:17

This matter is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the word of the holy ones, so that the living may know that the Most High rules in the kingdom of men, and gives it to whomever He will, and sets up over it the lowest of men.

Daniel 6:3

Then this Daniel was made overseer of the presidents and satraps, because an excellent spirit was in him. And the king was planning to set him over all the kingdom.

Hebrews 1:3

who being the shining splendor of His glory, and the express image of His essence, and upholding all things by the word of His power, through Himself cleansing of our sins, He sat down on the right of the Majesty on high,

James 2:5

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

Revelation 1:6

and made us kings and priests to God and His Father, to Him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.

Revelation 22:5

And there will be no night there. And they need no lamp, or light of the sun; for the Lord God gives them light. And they will reign forever and ever.

Revelation 3:21

To him who overcomes I will grant to sit with Me in My throne, even as I also overcame and have sat down with My Father in His throne.

Revelation 5:10

And You made us kings and priests to our God, and we will reign over the earth.

1 Samuel 15:17

And Samuel said, When you were little in your own sight, did you not become the head of the tribes of Israel? And Jehovah anointed you king over Israel.