1 Samuel 2:8

The English Standar Version

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 and called Joseph, and they quickly brought him out of the pit. And 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.[4] Only as regards 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, that you should 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 made my people Israel to sin, provoking me to anger with their sins,

2 Kings 9:6

So he arose and went into the house. And 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

And he said, "Naked I came from my mother's womb, and naked shall I return. The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD."

Job 2:8

And he took a piece of broken pottery with which to scrape himself while he sat in 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

He set the earth on its foundations, so that it should never be moved.

Psalm 107:41

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

Psalm 24:2

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

Psalm 75:3

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

For he went from prison to the throne, though in his own kingdom he had been born poor.

Isaiah 22:23

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

Daniel 2:48

Then the king gave Daniel high honors and 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 by the decree of the watchers, the decision by the word of the holy ones, to the end that the living may know that the Most High rules the kingdom of men and gives it to whom he will and sets over it the lowliest of men.'

Daniel 6:3

Then this Daniel became distinguished above all the other presidents and satraps, because an excellent spirit was in him. And the king planned to set him over the whole kingdom.

Hebrews 1:3

He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power. After making purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,

James 2:5

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

Revelation 1:6

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

Revelation 22:5

And night will be no more. They will 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

The one who conquers, I will grant him to sit with me on my throne, as I also conquered and sat down with my Father on his throne.

Revelation 5:10

and you have made them a kingdom and priests to our God, and they shall reign on the earth."

1 Samuel 15:17

And 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.