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Ezekiel 17:24
Then all the trees of the field will know that I am the LORD. I bring down the tall tree, and make the low tree tall. I cause the green tree to wither and make the withered tree thrive. I, the LORD, have spoken and I will do it.’”
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Psalms 107:40-41
he pours contempt on nobles and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland.But he lifts the needy out of their suffering and makes their families multiply like flocks.
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James 4:10
Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will exalt you.
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Job 5:11-13
He sets the lowly on high, and mourners are lifted to safety.He frustrates the schemes of the crafty so that they achieve no success.He traps the wise in their craftiness so that the plans of the deceptive are quickly brought to an end.
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Luke 18:14
I tell you, this one went down to his house justified rather than the other, because everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”
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Psalms 113:6-8
who stoops down to look on the heavens and the earth?He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the trash heapin order to seat them with nobles— with the nobles of his people.
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1 Samuel 2 6-1 Samuel 2 8
The LORD brings death and gives life; he sends some down to Sheol, and he raises others up.The LORD brings poverty and gives wealth; he humbles and he exalts.He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the trash heap. He seats them with noblemen and gives them a throne of honor. For the foundations of the earth are the LORD’s; he has set the world on them.
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Ecclesiastes 4:14
For he came from prison to be king, even though he was born poor in his kingdom.
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Job 34:24-28
He shatters the mighty without an investigation and sets others in their place.Therefore, he recognizes their deeds and overthrows them by night, and they are crushed.In full view of the public, he strikes them for their wickedness,because they turned aside from following him and did not understand any of his waysbut caused the poor to cry out to him, and he heard the outcry of the needy.
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James 1:9-10
Let the brother of humble circumstances boast in his exaltation,but let the rich boast in his humiliation because he will pass away like a flower of the field.
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Mark 6:3
Isn’t this the carpenter, the son of Mary, and the brother of James, Joses, Judas, and Simon? And aren’t his sisters here with us?” So they were offended by him.
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1 Samuel 2 4
The bows of the warriors are broken, but the feeble are clothed with strength.
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Amos 9:11
In that day I will restore the fallen shelter of David: I will repair its gaps, restore its ruins, and rebuild it as in the days of old,
