1 Samuel 2:8

New American Standard Bible 2020

“He raises the poor from the dust, He lifts the needy from the garbage heap To seat them with nobles, And He gives them a seat of honor as an inheritance; For the pillars of the earth are the Lord’s, And He set the world on them.

Cross References

Genesis 41:14

Then Pharaoh sent word and called for Joseph, and they hurriedly brought him out of the dungeon; and when he had shaved himself and changed his clothes, he came to Pharaoh.

Genesis 41:40

You shall be in charge of my house, and all my people shall be obedient to you; only regarding the throne will I be greater than you.”

2 Samuel 7:8

Now then, this is what you shall say to My servant David: ‘This is what the Lord of armies says: “I Myself took you from the pasture, from following the sheep, to be leader over My people Israel.

1 Kings 16:2

“Since I exalted you from the dust and made you leader over My people Israel, and you have walked in the way of Jeroboam and have misled My people Israel into sin, provoking Me to anger with their sins,

2 Kings 9:6

He then got up and went into the house, and the prophet’s servant poured the oil on his head and said to him, “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel says: ‘I have anointed you king over the people of the Lord, over Israel.

Job 1:21

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

Job 2:8

And Job took a piece of pottery to scrape himself while he was sitting in the ashes.

Psalm 102:25

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

Psalm 104:5

¶He established the earth upon its foundations, So that it will not totter 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 inhabit it are unsteady; 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 lift up the horn;

Psalm 75:7

But God is the Judge; He puts down one and exalts 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 ruler over the entire province of Babylon, and chief prefect over all the wise men of Babylon.

Daniel 4:17

“This sentence is by the decree of the angelic watchers, And the decision is a command of the holy ones, In order that the living may know That the Most High is ruler over the realm of mankind, And He grants it to whomever He wishes And sets over it the lowliest of people.”

Daniel 6:3

Then this Daniel began distinguishing himself among the commissioners and satraps because he possessed an extraordinary spirit, and the king intended to appoint him over the entire kingdom.

Hebrews 1:3

And He is the radiance of His glory and the exact representation of His nature, and upholds all things by the word of His power. When He had made purification of sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,

James 2:5

Listen, my beloved brothers and sisters: did God not 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 made us into a kingdom, priests to His God and Father—to Him be the glory and the dominion 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 illuminate them; and they will reign forever and ever.

Revelation 3:21

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

Revelation 5:10

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

1 Samuel 15:17

So Samuel said, “Is it not true, though you were insignificant in your own eyes, that you became the head of the tribes of Israel? For the Lord anointed you as king over Israel.