1Sa 2:7-8, Jer 27:5-6, Dan 4:17, 32, Joh 19:11, Rom 13:1 | ESV | STEP | The Lord makes poor and makes rich ; he brings low and he exalts .

l[See ver. 13 above]

m[See ver. 13 above]

n ver. 25, 32; ch. 5:21

o Jer. 27:5

pSee 1 Sam. 2:8

q ver. 17, 25; ch. 5:21

r ver. 17, 25; ch. 5:21

s[Rom. 13:1]

t[ch. 18:14, 28-32; Matt. 27:2]

uSee ch. 9:41

v Titus 3:1; 1 Pet. 2:13

w[John 19:11]; See Dan. 2:21

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.

Jeremiah 27:5-6

5 “It is I who ^fby my great power and my outstretched arm ^ghave made the earth, with the men and animals that are on the earth, ^hand I give it to whomever it seems right to me. 6 ⁱNow I have given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, ^jmy servant, ^kand I have given him also the beasts of the field to serve him.

Daniel 4:17

17 The sentence is by the decree of ^lthe watchers, the decision by the word of ^mthe holy ones, to the end that the living may know that the Most High ⁿrules the kingdom of men ^oand gives it to whom he will and ^psets over it the lowliest of men.’

Daniel 4:32

32 ^qand you shall be driven from among men, and your dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field. And you shall be made to eat grass like an ox, and seven periods of time shall pass over you, ^runtil you know that the Most High rules the kingdom of men and gives it to whom he will.”

John 19:11

11 Jesus answered him, ^s“You would have no authority over me at all unless it had been given you from above. Therefore ^the who delivered me over to you ^uhas the greater sin.”

Romans 13:1

Submission to the Authorities

1 Let every person ^vbe subject to the governing authorities. For ^wthere is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God.