1Sa 2:8, Est 4:14, Psa 75:6-7, 113:7-8, Eze 17:24, Luk 1:48-52 | ESV | STEP | He raises up the poor from the dust ; he lifts the needy from the ash heap to make them sit with princes and inherit a seat of honor . For the pillars of the earth are the Lord’s , and on them he has set the world .

u[See ver. 51 above]

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

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.

Esther 4:14

14 For if you keep silent at this time, relief and deliverance will rise for the Jews from another place, but you and your father’s house will perish. And who knows whether you have not come to the kingdom for such a time as this?”

Psalms 75:6-7

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

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.

Ezekiel 17:24

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

Luke 1:48-52

48 for ^mhe has looked on the humble estate of his servant.
For behold, from now on all generations ⁿwill call me blessed;
49 for ^ohe who is mighty ^phas done great things for me,
and ^qholy is his name.
50 And ^rhis mercy is for those who fear him
from generation to generation.
51 ^sHe has shown strength with his arm;
^the has scattered the proud in the thoughts of their hearts;
52 ^uhe has brought down the mighty from their thrones
^vand exalted those of humble estate;