Deuteronomy 28:43

43 aThe sojourner who is among you shall rise higher and higher above you, and you shall come down lower and lower.

1 Samuel 2:7

7 bThe Lord makes poor and makes rich;
che brings low and he exalts.

1 Samuel 2:30

30Therefore the Lord, the God of Israel, declares: d‘I promised that your house and the house of your father should go in and out before me forever,’ ebut now the Lord declares: ‘Far be it from me, for those who honor me I will honor, and those who despise me shall be lightly esteemed.

Nehemiah 9:36-37

36Behold, fwe are slaves this day; in the land that you gave to our fathers to enjoy its fruit and its good gifts, behold, we are slaves. 37 gAnd its rich yield goes to the kings whom you have set over us because of our sins. They rule over our bodies and over our livestock as they please, and we are in great distress.

Lamentations 5:10

10 hOur skin is hot as an oven
with ithe burning heat of famine.

Ezekiel 17:6

6and it sprouted and became a jlow kspreading vine, and its branches turned toward him, and its roots remained where it stood. So it became a vine and produced branches and put out boughs.

Ezekiel 29:14

14and lI will restore the fortunes of Egypt and bring them back to mthe land of Pathros, the land of their origin, and there they shall be a lowly kingdom.

Matthew 22:17-21

17Tell us, then, what you think. Is it lawful to pay ntaxes to oCaesar, or not?” 18But Jesus, aware of their malice, said, Why pput me to the test, you hypocrites? 19Show me the coin for the tax.” And they brought him a denarius.
A  denarius was a day’s wage for a laborer
20And Jesus said to them, Whose likeness and inscription is this?” 21They said, “Caesar’s.” Then he said to them, rTherefore render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.”
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