Psalm 113:7

Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, And lifteth up the needy from the dunghill;

Cross References

1 Kings 16:2

Forasmuch as I exalted thee out of the dust, and made thee prince over my people Israel; and thou hast walked in the way of Jeroboam, and hast made my people Israel to sin, to provoke me to anger with their sins;

Job 2:8

And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat among the ashes.

Job 5:11

So that he setteth up on high those that be low; And those which mourn are exalted to safety.

Psalm 107:41

Yet setteth he the needy on high from affliction, And maketh him families like a flock.

Psalm 22:15

My Strength is dried up like a potsherd; And my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; And thou hast brought me into the dust of death.

Isaiah 26:19

Thy dead shall live; my dead bodies shall arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in the dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast forth the dead.

Ezekiel 17:24

And all the trees of the field shall know that I the LORD have brought down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up the green tree, and have made the dry tree to flourish: I the LORD have spoken and have done it.

James 2:5

Hearken, my beloved brethren; did not God choose them that are poor as to the world to be rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he promised to them that love him?

1 Samuel 24:14

After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom dost thou pursue? after a dead dog, after a flea.