1Sa 2:7-8, Psa 75:7, 113:7-8, Eze 17:24, Luk 1:52 | ESV | STEP | The Lord makes poor and makes rich ; he brings low and he exalts .

n[See ver. 51 above]

o Job 5:11; Ps. 75:7; 107:40, 41; 113:7, 8; 147:6; Ezek. 21:26; [James 4:10]

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 75:7

7 but it is ^fGod who executes judgment,
^gputting down one and lifting up another.

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.

Ezekiel 17:24

24 And all the trees of the field shall know that I am the Lord; ^jI bring low the high tree, and make high the low tree, dry up ^kthe green tree, and make ^lthe dry tree flourish. ^mI am the Lord; I have spoken, and I will do it.”

Luke 1:52

52 ⁿhe has brought down the mighty from their thrones
^oand exalted those of humble estate;