1 Samuel 2:8

New King James Version

He raises the poor from the dust And lifts the beggar from the ash heap, To set them among princes And make them inherit the throne of glory. “For the pillars of the earth are the Lord’s, And He has set the world upon them.

Cross References

Genesis 41:14

Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him quickly out of the dungeon; and he shaved, changed his clothing, and came to Pharaoh.

Genesis 41:40

You shall be over my house, and all my people shall be ruled according to your word; only in regard to the throne will I be greater than you.”

2 Samuel 7:8

Now therefore, thus shall you say to My servant David, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts: “I took you from the sheepfold, from following the sheep, to be ruler over My people, over Israel.

1 Kings 16:2

“Inasmuch as I lifted you out of the dust and made you ruler over My people Israel, and you have walked in the way of Jeroboam, and have made My people Israel sin, to provoke Me to anger with their sins,

2 Kings 9:6

Then he arose and went into the house. And he poured the oil on his head, and said to him, “Thus says the Lord God of Israel: ‘I have anointed you king over the people of the Lord, over Israel.

Job 1:21

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

Job 2:8

And he took for himself a potsherd with which to scrape himself while he sat in the midst of the ashes.

Psalm 102:25

Of old You laid the foundation of the earth, And the heavens are the work of Your hands.

Psalm 104:5

You who laid the foundations of the earth, So that it should not be moved forever,

Psalm 107:41

Yet He sets the poor on high, far from affliction, And makes their families like a flock.

Psalm 24:2

For He has founded it upon the seas, And established it upon the waters.

Psalm 75:3

The earth and all its inhabitants are dissolved; I set up its pillars firmly. Selah

Psalm 75:4

“I said to the boastful, ‘Do not deal boastfully,’ 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 comes out of prison to be king, Although he was born poor in his kingdom.

Isaiah 22:23

I will fasten him as a peg in a secure place, And he will become a glorious throne 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 whole province of Babylon, and chief administrator over all the wise men of Babylon.

Daniel 4:17

‘This decision is by the decree of the watchers, And the sentence by the word of the holy ones, In order that the living may know That the Most High rules in the kingdom of men, Gives it to whomever He will, And sets over it the lowest of men.’

Daniel 6:3

Then this Daniel distinguished himself above the governors and satraps, because an excellent spirit was in him; and the king gave thought to setting him over the whole realm.

Hebrews 1:3

who being the brightness of His glory and the express image of His person, and upholding all things by the word of His power, when He had by Himself purged our sins, sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,

James 2:5

Listen, my beloved brethren: Has God not chosen 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 has made us kings and priests to His God and Father, to Him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.

Revelation 22:5

There shall be no night there: They need no lamp nor light of the sun, for the Lord God gives them light. And they shall reign forever and ever.

Revelation 3:21

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

Revelation 5:10

And have made us kings and priests to our God; And we shall reign on the earth.”

1 Samuel 15:17

So Samuel said, “When you were little in your own eyes, were you not head of the tribes of Israel? And did not the Lord anoint you king over Israel?