1 Samuel 2:8

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

He raises up the poor from the dust; he lifts the needy from the ash heap to make them sit with princes and inherit a seat of honor. For the pillars of the earth are the Lord’s, and on them he has set the world.

Cross References

Genesis 41:14

Then Pharaoh sent for Joseph, and he was hurriedly brought out of the dungeon. When he had shaved himself and changed his clothes, he came in before Pharaoh.

Genesis 41:40

You shall be over my house, and all my people shall order themselves as you command; only with regard to the throne will I be greater than you.”

2 Samuel 7:8

Now therefore thus you shall say to my servant David: Thus says the Lord of hosts: I took you from the pasture, from following the sheep to be prince over my people Israel,

1 Kings 16:2

“Since I exalted you out of the dust and made you leader over my people Israel, and you have walked in the way of Jeroboam and have caused my people Israel to sin, provoking me to anger with their sins,

2 Kings 9:6

So Jehu got up and went inside; the young man poured the oil on his head, saying to him, “Thus says the Lord the God of Israel: I anoint you king over the people of the Lord, over Israel.

Job 1:21

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

Job took a potsherd with which to scrape himself and sat among the ashes.

Psalm 102:25

Long ago you laid the foundation of the earth, and the heavens are the work of your hands.

Psalm 104:5

You set the earth on its foundations, so that it shall never be shaken.

Psalm 107:41

but he raises up the needy out of distress and makes their families like flocks.

Psalm 24:2

for he has founded it on the seas and established it on the rivers.

Psalm 75:3

When the earth totters, with all its inhabitants, it is I who keep its pillars steady. Selah

Psalm 75:4

I say to the boastful, “Do not boast,” and to the wicked, “Do not lift up your horn;

Psalm 75:7

but it is God who executes judgment, putting down one and lifting up another.

Ecclesiastes 4:14

One can indeed come out of prison to reign, even though born poor in the kingdom.

Isaiah 22:23

I will fasten him like a peg in a secure place, and he will become a throne of honor to his ancestral house.

Daniel 2:48

Then the king promoted Daniel, gave him many great gifts, and made him ruler over the whole province of Babylon and chief prefect over all the wise men of Babylon.

Daniel 4:17

The sentence is rendered by decree of the watchers, the decision is given by order of the holy ones, in order that all who live may know that the Most High is sovereign over the kingdom of mortals; he gives it to whom he will and sets over it the lowliest of human beings.’

Daniel 6:3

Soon Daniel distinguished himself above the other administrators and satraps because an excellent spirit was in him, and the king planned to appoint him over the whole kingdom.

Hebrews 1:3

He is the reflection of God’s glory and the exact imprint of God’s very being, and he sustains all things by his powerful word. When he had made purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,

James 2:5

Listen, my beloved brothers and sisters. Has not God chosen the poor in the world to be rich in faith and to be heirs of the kingdom that he has promised to those who love him?

Revelation 1:6

and made us a kingdom, priests serving his God and Father, to him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.

Revelation 22:5

And there will be no more night; they need no light of lamp or sun, for the Lord God will be their light, and they will reign forever and ever.

Revelation 3:21

To the one who conquers I will give a place with me on my throne, just as I myself conquered and sat down with my Father on his throne.

Revelation 5:10

you have made them a kingdom and priests serving our God, and they will reign on earth.”

1 Samuel 15:17

Samuel said, “Though you are little in your own eyes, are you not the head of the tribes of Israel? The Lord anointed you king over Israel.