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 Samuel 2:27-28

The Lord Rejects Eli’s Household

27And there came da man of God to Eli and said to him, “Thus says the Lord, e‘Did I indeed reveal myself to the house of your father when they were in Egypt subject to the house of Pharaoh? 28 fDid I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to go up to my altar, to burn incense, gto wear an ephod before me? hI gave to the house of your father all my offerings by fire from the people of Israel.

1 Samuel 15:17-19

17And Samuel said, iThough you are little in your own eyes, are you not the head of the tribes of Israel? The Lord anointed you king over Israel. 18And the Lord sent you on a mission and said, ‘Go, devote to destruction the sinners, the Amalekites, and fight against them until they are consumed.’ 19Why then did you not obey the voice of the Lord? jWhy did you pounce on the spoil and do what was evil in the sight of the Lord?”

2 Samuel 12:7-11

7Nathan said to David, “You are the man! Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, k‘I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you out of the hand of Saul. 8And I gave you your master’s house and your master’s wives into your arms and gave you the house of Israel and of Judah. And if this were too little, I would add to you as much more. 9 lWhy have you despised the word of the Lord, mto do what is evil in his sight? nYou have struck down Uriah the Hittite with the sword and ohave taken his wife to be your wife and have killed him with the sword of the Ammonites. 10Now therefore the sword shall never depart from your house, because you have despised me and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your wife.’ 11Thus says the Lord, ‘Behold, I will raise up evil against you out of your own house. And I will take your wives before your eyes and give them to your neighbor, and he shall lie with your wives in the sight of this sun.

1 Kings 14:7

7Go, tell Jeroboam, ‘Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: pBecause I exalted you from among the people and made you leader over my people Israel

Psalms 113:7-8

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

Luke 1:52

52 she has brought down the mighty from their thrones
tand exalted those of humble estate;
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