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Hesekiel 17:24
All the trees of the forest will know that I the Lord bring down the tall tree and make the low tree grow tall. I dry up the green tree and make the dry tree flourish.“‘ I the Lord have spoken, and I will do it.’” (niv)
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Psalm 107:40-41
he who pours contempt on nobles made them wander in a trackless waste.But he lifted the needy out of their affliction and increased their families like flocks. (niv)
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Jakobus 4:10
Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up. (niv)
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Hiob 5:11-13
The lowly he sets on high, and those who mourn are lifted to safety.He thwarts the plans of the crafty, so that their hands achieve no success.He catches the wise in their craftiness, and the schemes of the wily are swept away. (niv)
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Lukas 18:14
“ I tell you that this man, rather than the other, went home justified before God. For all those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.” (niv)
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Psalm 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 ash heap;he seats them with princes, with the princes of his people. (niv)
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1 Samuel 2 6-1 Samuel 2 8
“ The Lord brings death and makes alive; he brings down to the grave and raises up.The Lord sends poverty and wealth; he humbles and he exalts.He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap; he seats them with princes and has them inherit a throne of honor.“ For the foundations of the earth are the Lord’s; on them he has set the world. (niv)
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Prediger 4:14
The youth may have come from prison to the kingship, or he may have been born in poverty within his kingdom. (niv)
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Hiob 34:24-28
Without inquiry he shatters the mighty and sets up others in their place.Because he takes note of their deeds, he overthrows them in the night and they are crushed.He punishes them for their wickedness where everyone can see them,because they turned from following him and had no regard for any of his ways.They caused the cry of the poor to come before him, so that he heard the cry of the needy. (niv)
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Jakobus 1:9-10
Believers in humble circumstances ought to take pride in their high position.But the rich should take pride in their humiliation— since they will pass away like a wild flower. (niv)
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Markus 6:3
Isn’t this the carpenter? Isn’t this Mary’s son and the brother of James, Joseph, Judas and Simon? Aren’t his sisters here with us?” And they took offense at him. (niv)
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1 Samuel 2 4
“ The bows of the warriors are broken, but those who stumbled are armed with strength. (niv)
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Amos 9:11
“ In that day I will restore David’s fallen shelter— I will repair its broken walls and restore its ruins— and will rebuild it as it used to be, (niv)