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1 Samuel 2:7
1 Samuel 2:7 is verse 7 of 1 Samuel chapter 2, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
The LORD sends poverty and wealth; He humbles and He exalts.
King James Version
The LORD maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up.
World English Bible
Yahweh makes poor and makes rich. He brings low, he also lifts up.
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1 Samuel 2:5–9 · Berean Standard Bible
5 The well-fed hire themselves out for food, but the starving hunger no more. The barren woman gives birth to seven, but she who has many sons pines away.
6 The LORD brings death and gives life; He brings down to Sheol and raises up.
7 The LORD sends poverty and wealth; He humbles and He exalts.
8 He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap. He seats them among princes and bestows on them a throne of honor. For the foundations of the earth are the LORD’s, and upon them He has set the world.
9 He guards the steps of His faithful ones, but the wicked perish in darkness; for by his own strength shall no man prevail.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Deuteronomy 8:17You might say in your heart, “The power and strength of my hands have made this wealth for me.”
Deuteronomy 8:18But remember that it is the LORD your God who gives you the power to gain wealth, in order to confirm His covenant that He swore to your fathers even to this day.
Job 1:21saying: “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will return. The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away. Blessed be the name of the LORD.”
Job 5:11He sets the lowly on high, so that mourners are lifted to safety.
Psalms 102:10because of Your indignation and wrath, for You have picked me up and cast me aside.
Psalms 75:7but it is God who judges; He brings down one and exalts another.
Isaiah 2:12For the Day of the LORD of Hosts will come against all the proud and lofty, against all that is exalted— it will be humbled—
James 1:9The brother in humble circumstances should exult in his high position.
James 1:10But the one who is rich should exult in his low position, because he will pass away like a flower of the field.
James 4:10Humble yourselves before the Lord, and He will exalt you.