1Sa 2:7-8, Job 5:11, 40:12, Psa 75:6-7, 89:38, 45, Isa 2:13-14, 9:6-7 | 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.

Job 5:11

11 he ^fsets on high those who are lowly,
and those who mourn are lifted to safety.

Job 40:12

12 Look on everyone who is proud and bring him low
and ^gtread down the wicked ^hwhere they stand.

Psalms 75:6-7

6 For not from the east or from the west
and not from the wilderness comes ⁱlifting up,
7 but it is ^jGod who executes judgment,
^kputting down one and lifting up another.

Psalms 89:38

38 But now you have ^lcast off and rejected;
you are full of wrath against your ^manointed.

Psalms 89:45

45 You have cut short ⁿthe days of his youth;
you have ^ocovered him with shame. Selah

Isaiah 2:13-14

13 against all the ^pcedars of Lebanon,
lofty and lifted up;
and against all the ^qoaks of Bashan;
14 against all ^rthe lofty mountains,
and against all the uplifted hills;

Isaiah 9:6-7

6 ^sFor to us a child is born,
to us ^ta son is given;
^uand the government shall be ^vupon ^{▼▼Or is upon} his shoulder,
and his name shall be called ^{▼▼Or is called}
Wonderful ^yCounselor, ^zMighty God,
^aaEverlasting ^abFather, Prince of ^acPeace.
7 Of the increase of his government and of peace
^adthere will be no end,
on the throne of David and over his kingdom,
to establish it and to uphold it
^aewith justice and with righteousness
from this time forth and forevermore.
^afThe zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this.