1 Samuel 2:8

New Century Version

The Lord raises the poor up from the dust, and he lifts the needy from the ashes. He lets the poor sit with princes and receive a throne of honor. “The foundations of the earth belong to the Lord, and the Lord set the world upon them.

Cross References

Genesis 41:14

So the king called for Joseph. The guards quickly brought him out of the prison, and he shaved, put on clean clothes, and went before the king.

Genesis 41:40

I will put you in charge of my palace. All the people will obey your orders, and only I will be greater than you.”

2 Samuel 7:8

“You must tell my servant David, ‘This is what the Lord All-Powerful says: I took you from the pasture and from tending the sheep and made you leader of my people Israel.

1 Kings 16:2

The Lord said, “You were nothing, but I took you and made you a leader over my people Israel. But you have followed the ways of Jeroboam and have led my people Israel to sin. Their sins have made me angry,

2 Kings 9:6

Jehu got up and went into the house. Then the young prophet poured the olive oil on Jehu’s head and said to him, “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel says: ‘I have appointed you king over the Lord’s people Israel.

Job 1:21

He said: “I was naked when I was born, and I will be naked when I die. The Lord gave these things to me, and he has taken them away. Praise the name of the Lord.”

Job 2:8

Job took a piece of broken pottery to scrape himself, and he sat in ashes in misery.

Psalm 102:25

In the beginning you made the earth, and your hands made the skies.

Psalm 104:5

You built the earth on its foundations so it can never be moved.

Psalm 107:41

But he lifted the poor out of their suffering and made their families grow like flocks of sheep.

Psalm 24:2

He built it on the waters and set it on the rivers.

Psalm 75:3

The earth with all its people may shake, but I am the one who holds it steady.Selah

Psalm 75:4

I say to those who are proud, ‘Don’t brag,’ and to the wicked, ‘Don’t show your power.

Psalm 75:7

God is the judge; he judges one person as guilty and another as innocent.

Ecclesiastes 4:14

A boy became king. He had been born poor in the kingdom and had even gone to prison before becoming king.

Isaiah 22:23

He will be like an honored chair in his father’s house. I will make him strong like a peg that is hammered into a strong board.

Daniel 2:48

Then the king gave Daniel many gifts plus an important position in his kingdom. Nebuchadnezzar made him ruler over the whole area of Babylon and put him in charge of all the wise men of Babylon.

Daniel 4:17

“ ‘The observers gave this command; the holy ones declared the sentence. This is so all people may know that the Most High God rules over every kingdom on earth. God gives those kingdoms to anyone he wants, and he chooses people to rule them who are not proud.’

Daniel 6:3

Daniel showed that he could do the work better than the other supervisors and governors, so the king planned to put Daniel in charge of the whole kingdom.

Hebrews 1:3

The Son reflects the glory of God and shows exactly what God is like. He holds everything together with his powerful word. When the Son made people clean from their sins, he sat down at the right side of God, the Great One in heaven.

James 2:5

Listen, my dear brothers and sisters! God chose the poor in the world to be rich with faith and to receive the kingdom God promised to those who love him.

Revelation 1:6

He made us to be a kingdom of priests who serve God his Father. To Jesus Christ be glory and power forever and ever! Amen.

Revelation 22:5

There will never be night again. They will not need the light of a lamp or the light of the sun, because the Lord God will give them light. And they will rule as kings forever and ever.

Revelation 3:21

“Those who win the victory will sit with me on my throne in the same way that I won the victory and sat down with my Father on his throne.

Revelation 5:10

You made them to be a kingdom of priests for our God, and they will rule on the earth.”

1 Samuel 15:17

Samuel said, “Once you didn’t think much of yourself, but now you have become the leader of the tribes of Israel. The Lord appointed you to be king over Israel.