1Sa 2:8, Luk 16:20-21, Joh 9:8, Act 3:2 | 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 .

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.

Luke 16:20-21

20 And at his gate ^dwas laid a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, 21 who desired to be fed with ^ewhat fell from the rich man’s table. Moreover, even the dogs came and licked his sores.

John 9:8

8 The neighbors and those who had seen him before as a beggar were saying, ^f“Is this not the man who used to sit and beg?”

Acts 3:2

2 And a man ^glame from birth was being carried, ^hwhom they laid daily at the gate of the temple that is called the Beautiful Gate ⁱto ask alms of those entering the temple.