1 Samuel 2:8

New Living Translation

He lifts the poor from the dust and the needy from the garbage dump. He sets them among princes, placing them in seats of honor. For all the earth is the Lord’s, and he has set the world in order.

Cross References

Genesis 41:14

Pharaoh sent for Joseph at once, and he was quickly brought from the prison. After he shaved and changed his clothes, he went in and stood before Pharaoh.

Genesis 41:40

You will be in charge of my court, and all my people will take orders from you. Only I, sitting on my throne, will have a rank higher than yours.”

2 Samuel 7:8

“Now go and say to my servant David, ‘This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies has declared: I took you from tending sheep in the pasture and selected you to be the leader of my people Israel.

1 Kings 16:2

“I lifted you out of the dust to make you ruler of my people Israel, but you have followed the evil example of Jeroboam. You have provoked my anger by causing my people Israel to sin.

2 Kings 9:6

So Jehu left the others and went into the house. Then the young prophet poured the oil over Jehu’s head and said, “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: I anoint you king over the Lord’s people, Israel.

Job 1:21

He said, “I came naked from my mother’s womb, and I will be naked when I leave. The Lord gave me what I had, and the Lord has taken it away. Praise the name of the Lord!”

Job 2:8

Job scraped his skin with a piece of broken pottery as he sat among the ashes.

Psalm 102:25

Long ago you laid the foundation of the earth and made the heavens with your hands.

Psalm 104:5

You placed the world on its foundation so it would never be moved.

Psalm 107:41

But he rescues the poor from trouble and increases their families like flocks of sheep.

Psalm 24:2

For he laid the earth’s foundation on the seas and built it on the ocean depths.

Psalm 75:3

When the earth quakes and its people live in turmoil, I am the one who keeps its foundations firm. Interlude

Psalm 75:4

“I warned the proud, ‘Stop your boasting!’ I told the wicked, ‘Don’t raise your fists!

Psalm 75:7

It is God alone who judges; he decides who will rise and who will fall.

Ecclesiastes 4:14

Such a youth could rise from poverty and succeed. He might even become king, though he has been in prison.

Isaiah 22:23

He will bring honor to his family name, for I will drive him firmly in place like a nail in the wall.

Daniel 2:48

Then the king appointed Daniel to a high position and gave him many valuable gifts. He made Daniel ruler over the whole province of Babylon, as well as chief over all his wise men.

Daniel 4:17

For this has been decreed by the messengers; it is commanded by the holy ones, so that everyone may know that the Most High rules over the kingdoms of the world. He gives them to anyone he chooses— even to the lowliest of people.”

Daniel 6:3

Daniel soon proved himself more capable than all the other administrators and high officers. Because of Daniel’s great ability, the king made plans to place him over the entire empire.

Hebrews 1:3

The Son radiates God’s own glory and expresses the very character of God, and he sustains everything by the mighty power of his command. When he had cleansed us from our sins, he sat down in the place of honor at the right hand of the majestic God in heaven.

James 2:5

Listen to me, dear brothers and sisters. Hasn’t God chosen the poor in this world to be rich in faith? Aren’t they the ones who will inherit the Kingdom he promised to those who love him?

Revelation 1:6

He has made us a Kingdom of priests for God his Father. All glory and power to him forever and ever! Amen.

Revelation 22:5

And there will be no night there—no need for lamps or sun—for the Lord God will shine on them. And they will reign forever and ever.

Revelation 3:21

Those who are victorious will sit with me on my throne, just as I was victorious and sat with my Father on his throne.

Revelation 5:10

And you have caused them to become a Kingdom of priests for our God. And they will reign on the earth.”

1 Samuel 15:17

And Samuel told him, “Although you may think little of yourself, are you not the leader of the tribes of Israel? The Lord has anointed you king of Israel.