Psalm 113:7

New English Translation

He raises the poor from the dirt, and lifts up the needy from the garbage pile,

Cross References

1 Kings 16:2

“I raised you up from the dust and made you ruler over my people Israel. Yet you followed in Jeroboam’s footsteps and encouraged my people Israel to sin; their sins have made me angry.

Job 2:8

Job took a shard of broken pottery to scrape himself with while he was sitting among the ashes.

Job 5:11

he sets the lowly on high, that those who mourn are raised to safety.

Psalm 107:41

Yet he protected the needy from oppression, and cared for his families like a flock of sheep.

Psalm 22:15

The roof of my mouth is as dry as a piece of pottery; my tongue sticks to my gums. You set me in the dust of death.

Isaiah 26:19

Your dead will come back to life; your corpses will rise up. Wake up and shout joyfully, you who live in the ground! For you will grow like plants drenched with the morning dew, and the earth will bring forth its dead spirits.

Ezekiel 17:24

All the trees of the field will know that I am the Lord. I make the high tree low; I raise up the low tree. I make the green tree wither, and I make the dry tree sprout. I, the Lord, have spoken, and I will do it!’”

James 2:5

Listen, my dear brothers and sisters! Did not God choose the poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom that he promised to those who love him?

1 Samuel 24:14

Who has the king of Israel come out after? Who is it that you are pursuing? A dead dog? A single flea?