Psalm 113:7

New Living Translation

He lifts the poor from the dust and the needy from the garbage dump.

Cross References

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.

Job 2:8

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

Job 5:11

He gives prosperity to the poor and protects those who suffer.

Psalm 107:41

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

Psalm 22:15

My strength has dried up like sunbaked clay. My tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You have laid me in the dust and left me for dead.

Isaiah 26:19

But those who die in the Lord will live; their bodies will rise again! Those who sleep in the earth will rise up and sing for joy! For your life-giving light will fall like dew on your people in the place of the dead!

Ezekiel 17:24

And all the trees will know that it is I, the Lord, who cuts the tall tree down and makes the short tree grow tall. It is I who makes the green tree wither and gives the dead tree new life. I, the Lord, have spoken, and I will do what I said!”

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?

1 Samuel 24:14

Who is the king of Israel trying to catch anyway? Should he spend his time chasing one who is as worthless as a dead dog or a single flea?