1Sa 2:7-8, Psa 75:6-7, 113:7-8, Jer 27:5-6 | 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 75:6-7

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

Psalms 113:7-8

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

Jeremiah 27:5-6

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