Psalm 113:7

New Century Version

The Lord lifts the poor from the dirt and takes the helpless from the ashes.

Cross References

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,

Job 2:8

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

Job 5:11

He makes the humble person important and lifts the sad to places of safety.

Psalm 107:41

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

Psalm 22:15

My strength has dried up like a clay pot, and my tongue sticks to the top of my mouth. You laid me in the dust of death.

Isaiah 26:19

Your people have died, but they will live again; their bodies will rise from death. You who lie in the ground, wake up and be happy! The dew covering you is like the dew of a new day; the ground will give birth to the dead.

Ezekiel 17:24

Then all the trees in the countryside will know that I am the Lord. I bring down the high tree and make the low tree tall. I dry up the green tree and make the dry tree grow. I am the Lord. I have spoken, and I will do it.’ ”

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.

1 Samuel 24:14

Whom is the king of Israel coming out against? Whom are you chasing? It’s as if you are chasing a dead dog or a flea.