1Sa 2:4, 6-8, Job 5:11-13, 34:24-28, Psa 107:40-41, 113:6-8, Luk 18:14 | ESV | STEP | The bows of the mighty are broken , but the feeble bind on strength .

1 Samuel 2:4

4 ^aThe bows of the mighty are broken,
but the feeble bind on strength.

1 Samuel 2:6-8

6 ^bThe Lord kills and brings to life;
he brings down to Sheol and raises up.
7 ^cThe Lord makes poor and makes rich;
^dhe brings low and he exalts.
8 ^eHe raises up the poor from the dust;
he lifts the needy from the ash heap
^fto make them sit with princes
and inherit a seat of honor.
^gFor the pillars of the earth are the Lord’s,
and on them he has set the world.

Job 5:11-13

11 he ^hsets on high those who are lowly,
and those who mourn are lifted to safety.
12 He ⁱfrustrates the devices of the crafty,
so that their hands achieve no success.
13 He ^jcatches the wise in their own craftiness,
and the schemes of the wily are brought to a quick end.

Job 34:24-28

24 He ^kshatters the mighty without investigation
and sets ^lothers in their place.
25 Thus, knowing their works,
he ^moverturns them in the night, and they are crushed.
26 He strikes them for their wickedness
in a place for all to see,
27 because they turned aside from ⁿfollowing him
and had no regard for any of his ways,
28 so that they ^ocaused the cry of the poor to come to him,
and he ^pheard the cry of the afflicted—

Psalms 107:40-41

40 ^qhe pours contempt on princes
and ^rmakes them wander ^sin trackless wastes;
41 but ^the raises up the needy out of affliction
and ^umakes their families like flocks.

Psalms 113:6-8

6 who ^vlooks far down
on the heavens and the earth?
7 He ^wraises the poor from the dust
and lifts the needy from the ash heap,
8 to make them ^xsit with princes,
with the princes of his people.

Luke 18:14

14 I tell you, this man went down to his house justified, rather than the other. For ^yeveryone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”