1Sa 2:7-8, Psa 72:11, 113:7-8, Pro 8:15, Jer 27:5-6, Dan 2:37-38, 4:32 | 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.

Psalms 72:11

11 May all kings ^ffall down before him,
all nations serve him!

Psalms 113:7-8

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

Proverbs 8:15

15 By me ⁱkings reign,
and rulers decree what is just;

Jeremiah 27:5-6

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

Daniel 2:37-38

37 You, O king, ^pthe king of kings, to whom ^qthe God of heaven ^rhas given the kingdom, the power, and the might, and the glory, 38 and into whose hand he has given, wherever they dwell, the children of man, ^sthe beasts of the field, and the birds of the heavens, making you rule over them all—you are ^tthe head of gold.

Daniel 4:32

32 ^uand 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, ^vuntil you know that the Most High rules the kingdom of men and gives it to whom he will.”