Luke 1:52

KJV1611 – Modern English

He has put down the mighty from their thrones, and exalted the lowly.

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  • Ps 107:40-41 : 40 He pours contempt upon princes, and causes them to wander in the wilderness where there is no way. 41 Yet he sets the poor on high from affliction, and makes him families like a flock.
  • Jas 4:10 : 10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he will lift you up.
  • Ezek 17:24 : 24 And all the trees of the field shall know that I the LORD have brought down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up the green tree, and have made the dry tree flourish: I the LORD have spoken and have done it.
  • Amos 9:11 : 11 In that day I will raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof; and I will raise up his ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old.
  • Mark 6:3 : 3 Is this not the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, Joses, Judas, and Simon? And are not his sisters here with us? And they took offense at him.
  • Luke 18:14 : 14 I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for everyone who exalts himself shall be humbled; and he who humbles himself shall be exalted.
  • Jas 1:9-9 : 9 Let the brother of low position rejoice in that he is lifted up; 10 But the rich in that he is made low, because as the flower of the grass he will pass away.
  • 1 Sam 2:4 : 4 The bows of the mighty men are broken, and those who stumbled are girded with strength.
  • 1 Sam 2:6-8 : 6 The LORD kills and makes alive: he brings down to the grave and brings up. 7 The LORD makes poor and makes rich: he brings low and lifts up. 8 He raises up the poor from the dust, and lifts up the needy from the ashes, to set them among princes and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the LORD's, and he has set the world upon them.
  • Job 5:11-13 : 11 To set on high those that are low; that those who mourn may be lifted to safety. 12 He frustrates the plans of the crafty, so that their hands cannot accomplish their schemes. 13 He catches the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the perverse is brought to a rapid end.
  • Job 34:24-28 : 24 He shall break in pieces mighty men without number and set others in their place. 25 Therefore He knows their works, and He overturns them in the night, so that they are destroyed. 26 He strikes them as wicked men in the open sight of others, 27 Because they turned back from Him and would not consider any of His ways. 28 So that they cause the cry of the poor to come to Him, and He hears the cry of the afflicted.
  • Ps 113:6-8 : 6 Who humbles Himself to behold the things that are in heaven and on the earth! 7 He raises up the poor out of the dust, and lifts the needy out of the ash heap; 8 That He may set them with princes, even with the princes of His people.
  • Eccl 4:14 : 14 For out of prison he comes to reign, whereas he who is born in his kingdom becomes poor.

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    48For He has regarded the lowly state of His maidservant; for behold, henceforth all generations will call me blessed.

    49For He who is mighty has done great things for me, and holy is His name.

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