1 Samuel 2:8

New International Version

He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap; he seats them with princes and has them inherit a throne of honor. “For the foundations of the earth are the Lord’s; on them he has set the world.

Cross References

Daniel 2:48

Then the king placed Daniel in a high position and lavished many gifts on him. He made him ruler over the entire province of Babylon and placed him in charge of all its wise men.

James 2:5

Listen, my dear brothers and sisters: Has not God chosen those who are poor in the eyes of the world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom he promised those who love him?

Daniel 6:3

Now Daniel so distinguished himself among the administrators and the satraps by his exceptional qualities that the king planned to set him over the whole kingdom.

Revelation 1:6

and has made us to be a kingdom and priests to serve his God and Father—to him be glory and power for ever and ever! Amen.

Ecclesiastes 4:14

The youth may have come from prison to the kingship, or he may have been born in poverty within his kingdom.

1 Samuel 15:17

Samuel said, “Although you were once small in your own eyes, did you not become the head of the tribes of Israel? The Lord anointed you king over Israel.

Revelation 22:5

There will be no more night. They will not need the light of a lamp or the light of the sun, for the Lord God will give them light. And they will reign for ever and ever.

Revelation 5:10

You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to serve our God, and they will reign on the earth.”

2 Samuel 7:8

“Now then, tell my servant David, ‘This is what the Lord Almighty says: I took you from the pasture, from tending the flock, and appointed you ruler over my people Israel.

Revelation 3:21

To the one who is victorious, I will give the right to sit with me on my throne, just as I was victorious and sat down with my Father on his throne.

Hebrews 1:3

The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word. After he had provided purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven.

Psalm 104:5

He set the earth on its foundations; it can never be moved.

Psalm 102:25

In the beginning you laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of your hands.

Psalm 24:2

for he founded it on the seas and established it on the waters.

Genesis 41:14

So Pharaoh sent for Joseph, and he was quickly brought from the dungeon. When he had shaved and changed his clothes, he came before Pharaoh.

Job 2:8

Then Job took a piece of broken pottery and scraped himself with it as he sat among the ashes.

Genesis 41:40

You shall be in charge of my palace, and all my people are to submit to your orders. Only with respect to the throne will I be greater than you.”

Daniel 4:17

“ ‘The decision is announced by messengers, the holy ones declare the verdict, so that the living may know that the Most High is sovereign over all kingdoms on earth and gives them to anyone he wishes and sets over them the lowliest of people.’

1 Kings 16:2

“I lifted you up from the dust and appointed you ruler over my people Israel, but you followed the ways of Jeroboam and caused my people Israel to sin and to arouse my anger by their sins.

2 Kings 9:6

Jehu got up and went into the house. Then the prophet poured the oil on Jehu’s head and declared, “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘I anoint you king over the Lord’s people Israel.

Job 1:21

and said: “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will depart. The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away; may the name of the Lord be praised.”

Psalm 75:3

When the earth and all its people quake, it is I who hold its pillars firm.

Psalm 75:7

It is God who judges: He brings one down, he exalts another.

Psalm 107:41

But he lifted the needy out of their affliction and increased their families like flocks.

Isaiah 22:23

I will drive him like a peg into a firm place; he will become a seat of honor for the house of his father.

Psalm 75:4

To the arrogant I say, ‘Boast no more,’ and to the wicked, ‘Do not lift up your horns.