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.
Psalms 51:17
17The sacrifices of God are fa broken spirit;a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
Psalms 113:5-6
5 gWho is like the Lord our God,who is seated on high,
6who hlooks far down
on the heavens and the earth?
Proverbs 3:34
34Toward the iscorners he jis scornful,kbut to the humble he gives favor. ▼
▼Or grace
Isaiah 57:15
15For thus says mthe One who is high and lifted up,who inhabits eternity, whose name is nHoly:
o“I dwell in the high and holy place,
and also pwith him who is of a contrite and lowly spirit,
qto revive the spirit of the lowly,
and to revive the heart of the contrite.
Isaiah 66:2
2 rAll these things my hand has made,and so all these things came to be,
declares the Lord.
sBut this is the one to whom I will look:
he who is humble and contrite in spirit
and trembles at my word.
Luke 1:51-53
51 tHe has shown strength with his arm;uhe has scattered the proud in the thoughts of their hearts;
52 vhe has brought down the mighty from their thrones
wand exalted those of humble estate;
53he has filled xthe hungry with good things,
and the rich yhe has sent away empty.
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