1Sa 2:7-8, Job 12:18, Psa 75:5-6, 113:7-8, Pro 8:15-16, Dan 4:17, 32 | 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]

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.

Job 12:18

18 He ^flooses the bonds of kings
and binds a waistcloth on their hips.

Psalms 75:5-6

5 do not lift up your horn on high,
or speak with haughty neck.’”
6 For not from the east or from the west
and not from the wilderness comes ^glifting up,

Psalms 113:7-8

7 He ^hraises the poor from the dust
and lifts the needy from the ash heap,
8 to make them ⁱsit with princes,
with the princes of his people.

Proverbs 8:15-16

15 By me ^jkings reign,
and rulers decree what is just;
16 by me princes rule,
and nobles, all who govern justly. ^{▼▼Most Hebrew manuscripts; many Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint govern the earth}

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.”