Psalm 113:7
He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the needy out of the dunghill;
Cross-references
Psalm 107:41 says God sets the poor on high from affliction — a clear parallel to raising them from the dust.
Psalm 75:7 directly states that God puts down one and sets up another — the same sovereign action as raising the poor.
Psalm 136:23 directly says God remembered us in our low estate — same theme of God lifting the lowly.
Psalm 78:71 shows God raising David from shepherd to king — a specific example of lifting the lowly.
In 1 Samuel 2:7, Hannah's prayer declares the same truth: God brings low and exalts — a direct thematic parallel to raising the poor.
James 2:5 affirms that God chooses the poor to be rich in faith, echoing the lifting of the needy from the ash heap in Psalm 113:7.
Luke 1:53 continues the reversal: God fills the hungry and sends the rich away empty, paralleling the lifting of the poor from the dust.
Luke 1:52 in Mary's song directly echoes the same divine reversal: God exalts the humble and brings down the mighty, mirroring Psalm 113:7.
Ezekiel 21:26 explicitly states the same principle: God exalts the low and brings low the high, directly paralleling the lifting of the needy.
Ezekiel 17:24 echoes the same divine reversal: God exalts the low and humbles the high, mirroring the lifting of the poor from the dust.
Job 36:7 describes God exalting the righteous to sit with kings — directly paralleling Psalm 113:7-8 where the poor are raised to sit with princes.
Job 5:11 says God sets up on high those that are low — identical theme of exalting the humble.
In 1 Samuel 2:8, the identical wording 'raises the poor from the dust' appears — this is the original source of the phrase.
In 2 Samuel 7:8, God took David from shepherding to kingship — a direct example of raising the poor from the dust.
Daniel 4:17 explicitly states God sets the lowliest over kingdoms — a direct parallel to raising the poor from dust.
In James 4:10, humbling leads to exaltation—same principle as God lifting the needy from the dust.
Genesis 41:14 shows Joseph brought out of the pit to stand before Pharaoh — a concrete example of God raising the lowly from the dust as in Psalm 113:7.
In James 1:9, the lowly brother boasts in his exaltation—direct parallel to God raising the poor.
In Luke 1:48, Mary's song echoes this: God looks on the humble estate of His servant, raising the lowly.
Daniel 2:21 says God deposes kings and raises others — directly about God lifting the lowly to power.
In 1 Kings 16:2, God says He lifted Baasha out of the dust to be leader — using the same 'raise from dust' imagery as Psalm 113:7.
Ecclesiastes 4:14 describes a poor youth rising from prison to throne — a specific example of being raised from lowliness.
Esther 2:17 shows Esther, a lowly orphan, elevated to queen — an example of the lowly being raised, as in Psalm 113:7.
In Job 36:6, God gives the afflicted their right — echoing the same divine justice that raises the poor from the dust in Psalm 113:7.
1 Chronicles 29:12 affirms that God gives honor and makes great — underlying the same divine prerogative seen in Psalm 113:7's raising of the poor.
In Luke 6:20, Jesus blesses the poor, promising the kingdom—same theme of God favoring the lowly.
In Luke 14:21, the master invites the poor and needy to the banquet—God's pattern of lifting the lowly.
In Acts 7:35, Moses, rejected then sent as ruler, mirrors God raising the lowly to authority.
Job 5:15 says God saves the poor from the sword and the mighty — a specific deliverance parallel to raising from the dust.
Job 5:16 says the poor have hope and iniquity is silenced — the result of God's raising them up.
Job 34:24 describes God shattering the mighty and setting others in their place — a reversal that aligns with raising the poor from the dust in Psalm 113:7.