1 Samuel 2:8

8 aHe raises up the poor from the dust;
he lifts the needy from the ash heap
bto make them sit with princes
and inherit a seat of honor.
cFor the pillars of the earth are the Lord’s,
and on them he has set the world.

1 Kings 16:2

2Since I dexalted you out of the dust and made you leader over my people Israel, and eyou have walked in the way of Jeroboam and have made my people Israel to sin, provoking me to anger with their sins,

Psalms 22:29

29 All fthe prosperous of the earth eat and worship;
before him shall gbow all who go down to the dust,
even the one who could not hkeep himself alive.

Lamentations 4:5

5 Those who once feasted on delicacies
perish in the streets;
ithose who were brought up in purple
embrace ash heaps.
Copyright information for ESV