1Sa 2:7-8, 30, Psa 53:5, Obd 2, Mic 7:10, Luk 1:51 | ESV | STEP | The Lord makes poor and makes rich ; he brings low and he exalts .

1 Samuel 2:7-8

7 ^aThe Lord makes poor and makes rich;
^bhe brings low and he exalts.
8 ^cHe raises up the poor from the dust;
he lifts the needy from the ash heap
^dto make them sit with princes
and inherit a seat of honor.
^eFor the pillars of the earth are the Lord’s,
and on them he has set the world.

1 Samuel 2:30

30 Therefore the Lord, the God of Israel, declares: ^f‘I promised that your house and the house of your father should go in and out before me forever,’ ^gbut now the Lord declares: ‘Far be it from me, for those who honor me I will honor, and those who despise me shall be lightly esteemed.

Psalms 53:5

5 There they are, in great terror,
^hwhere there is no terror!
For God ⁱscatters the bones of him who encamps against you;
you put them to shame, for God has rejected them.

Obadiah 2

2 Behold, I will make you small among the nations;
you shall be utterly despised. ^{▼▼Or Behold, I have made you small among the nations; you are utterly despised}

Micah 7:10

10 Then ^kmy enemy will see,
and shame will cover her who ^lsaid to me,
“Where is the Lord your God?”
^mMy eyes will look upon her;
now she will be trampled down
ⁿlike the mire of the streets.

Luke 1:51

51 ^oHe has shown strength with his arm;
^phe has scattered the proud in the thoughts of their hearts;