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1 Samuel 2:6–8

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The Lord killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up.
The Lord maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up.
He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, 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 hath set the world upon them.
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From verse 6

  1. Deuteronomy 32:39Rank 1 from verse 6
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    39See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand.

  2. Isaiah 26:19Rank 2 from verse 6
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    19Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.

  3. 2 Kings 5:7Rank 3 from verse 6
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    7And it came to pass, when the king of Israel had read the letter, that he rent his clothes, and said, Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man doth send unto me to recover a man of his leprosy? wherefore consider, I pray you, and see how he seeketh a quarrel against me.

  4. Job 5:18Rank 4 from verse 6
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    18For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.

  5. Jonah 2:2–6Rank 5 from verse 6
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    2And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the Lord, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my voice.

    3For thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas; and the floods compassed me about: all thy billows and thy waves passed over me.

    4Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again toward thy holy temple.

    5The waters compassed me about, even to the soul: the depth closed me round about, the weeds were wrapped about my head.

    6I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars was about me for ever: yet hast thou brought up my life from corruption, O Lord my God.

  6. Revelation 1:18Rank 6 from verse 6
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    18I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.

  7. John 5:25–29Rank 7 from verse 6
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    25Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live.

    26For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself;

    27And hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man.

    28Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,

    29And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.

  8. Hosea 6:1–2Rank 8 from verse 6
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    1COME, and let us return unto the Lord: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.

    2After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight.

  9. John 11:25Rank 9 from verse 6
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    25Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:

  10. 1 Samuel 20:3Rank 10 from verse 6
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    3And David sware moreover, and said, Thy father certainly knoweth that I have found grace in thine eyes; and he saith, Let not Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved: but truly as the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, there is but a step between me and death.

  11. 2 Corinthians 1:9–10Rank 11 from verse 6
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    9But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead:

    10Who delivered us from so great a death, and doth deliver: in whom we trust that he will yet deliver us;

  12. Matthew 12:40Rank 12 from verse 6
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    40For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale’s belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

  13. Psalms 116:3Rank 13 from verse 6
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    3The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.

  14. Psalms 68:20Rank 14 from verse 6
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    20He that is our God is the God of salvation; and unto God the Lord belong the issues from death.

From verse 7

  1. Psalms 75:7Rank 1 from verse 7
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    7But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another.

  2. Deuteronomy 8:17–18Rank 2 from verse 7
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    17And thou say in thine heart, My power and the might of mine hand hath gotten me this wealth.

    18But thou shalt remember the Lord thy God: for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day.

  3. Job 5:11Rank 3 from verse 7
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    11To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety.

  4. James 4:10Rank 4 from verse 7
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    10Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.

  5. Job 1:21Rank 5 from verse 7
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    21And said, Naked came I out of my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return thither: the Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.

  6. James 1:9–10Rank 6 from verse 7
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    9Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted:

    10But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.

  7. Isaiah 2:12Rank 7 from verse 7
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    12For the day of the Lord of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up; and he shall be brought low:

  8. Psalms 102:10Rank 8 from verse 7
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    10Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: for thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down.

From verse 8

  1. Psalms 113:7–8Rank 1 from verse 8
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    7He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the needy out of the dunghill;

    8That he may set him with princes, even with the princes of his people.

  2. Daniel 2:48Rank 2 from verse 8
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    48Then the king made Daniel a great man, and gave him many great gifts, and made him ruler over the whole province of Babylon, and chief of the governors over all the wise men of Babylon.

  3. James 2:5Rank 3 from verse 8
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    5Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?

  4. Daniel 6:3Rank 4 from verse 8
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    3Then this Daniel was preferred above the presidents and princes, because an excellent spirit was in him; and the king thought to set him over the whole realm.

  5. 1 Samuel 15:17Rank 5 from verse 8
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    17And Samuel said, When thou wast little in thine own sight, wast thou not made the head of the tribes of Israel, and the Lord anointed thee king over Israel?

  6. Ecclesiastes 4:14Rank 6 from verse 8
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    14For out of prison he cometh to reign; whereas also he that is born in his kingdom becometh poor.

  7. Revelation 1:6Rank 7 from verse 8
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    6And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.

  8. 2 Samuel 7:8Rank 8 from verse 8
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    8Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people, over Israel:

  9. Revelation 22:5Rank 9 from verse 8
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    5And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever.

  10. Revelation 5:10Rank 10 from verse 8
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    10And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth.

  11. Job 42:10–12Rank 11 from verse 8
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    10And the Lord turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: also the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before.

    11Then came there unto him all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all they that had been of his acquaintance before, and did eat bread with him in his house: and they bemoaned him, and comforted him over all the evil that the Lord had brought upon him: every man also gave him a piece of money, and every one an earring of gold.

    12So the Lord blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses.

  12. Luke 1:51–52Rank 12 from verse 8
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    51He hath shewed strength with his arm; he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.

    52He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them of low degree.

  13. Revelation 3:21Rank 13 from verse 8
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    21To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.

  14. Genesis 41:14Rank 14 from verse 8
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    14¶ Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon: and he shaved himself, and changed his raiment, and came in unto Pharaoh.

  15. Hebrews 1:3Rank 15 from verse 8
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    3Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;

  16. Job 36:6–7Rank 16 from verse 8
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    6He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to the poor.

    7He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous: but with kings are they on the throne; yea, he doth establish them for ever, and they are exalted.

  17. Job 38:4–6Rank 17 from verse 8
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    4Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.

    5Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?

    6Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;

  18. Psalms 102:25Rank 18 from verse 8
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    25Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of thy hands.

  19. Psalms 104:5Rank 19 from verse 8
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    5Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed for ever.

  20. Psalms 24:2Rank 20 from verse 8
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    2For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods.

  21. Genesis 41:40Rank 21 from verse 8
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    40Thou shalt be over my house, and according unto thy word shall all my people be ruled: only in the throne will I be greater than thou.

  22. Job 2:8Rank 22 from verse 8
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    8And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes.

  23. Daniel 4:17Rank 23 from verse 8
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    17This matter is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the word of the holy ones: to the intent that the living may know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will, and setteth up over it the basest of men.

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1 Samuel 2:6

COMBINED MEANING

maketh

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Third-person singular present form of make (to form, create, produce, cause, appoint, perform, or render into a stated condition).

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

alive

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Sense 1: Living; having life; not dead. Sense 2: Continuing or active in life, force, or operation.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

grave

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Sense 1: The place of the dead or of burial; a tomb, burial place, or pit. Sense 2: To cut, carve, or engrave. Sense 3: As an adjective, serious, sober, dignified, or worthy of respect.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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1 Samuel 2:7

COMBINED MEANING

maketh

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Third-person singular present form of make (to form, create, produce, cause, appoint, perform, or render into a stated condition).

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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rich

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Possessing abundance, wealth, resources, value, fruitfulness, or fullness.

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low

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Sense 1: Not high; beneath in place, rank, amount, strength, or condition. Sense 2: Humble or brought down.

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lifteth

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Third-person singular present form of lift. Sense 1: To raise, bear up, or elevate physically. Sense 2: To direct upward or raise in expression, as the eyes, hands, voice, soul, prayer, or countenance. Sense 3: To exalt, restore, strengthen, or raise in condition or honour. Sense 4: To raise or wield against, as a hand, tool, weapon, or standard. Sense 5: In lift from off, to remove or take away.

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1 Samuel 2:8

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out

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Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.

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lifteth

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Third-person singular present form of lift. Sense 1: To raise, bear up, or elevate physically. Sense 2: To direct upward or raise in expression, as the eyes, hands, voice, soul, prayer, or countenance. Sense 3: To exalt, restore, strengthen, or raise in condition or honour. Sense 4: To raise or wield against, as a hand, tool, weapon, or standard. Sense 5: In lift from off, to remove or take away.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

dunghill

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1. A heap of dung. 2. By figure, a low or degraded condition represented by such a heap.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

set

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1. To put or place a person or thing in a position, relation, or condition; when passive, to be so placed, fixed, or adorned. 2. To establish, fix, appoint, assign, prescribe, or determine. 3. To arrange, prepare, present, display, or put in order or array. 4. To direct, turn, or firmly apply the face, heart, eyes, mind, affection, or action toward something. 5. To start, advance, send out, proceed on a course or work, or make an attack, as in set forward, set forth, or set upon where those meanings apply. 6. To value or esteem; or, in set at nought or set light by, to despise. 7. Of the sun, to go down.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

make

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To form, create, produce, cause, appoint, perform, or render into a stated condition.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

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glory

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Sense 1: Splendour, honour, praise, majesty, or a ground of rejoicing or boasting. Sense 2: To boast, exult, take pride, or rejoice in a person or thing.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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earth

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Sense 1: The world in distinction from heaven. Sense 2: Dry land, ground, soil, or dust. Sense 3: A land, region, or its inhabitants.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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Lord

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1. A title of God or Jesus Christ acknowledging authority and rule. 2. A respectful title or address for one in authority.

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upon

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1. Marks the person, place, thing, or basis to which something is related: on or onto; above or over; toward or against as the target of action, speech, thought, attention, or force; resting on, assigned to, or affecting as a state, gift, burden, duty, guilt, or judgment; supported by or based on; or one placed, added, or repeated on or after another. 2. With a stated time or occasion, or a preceding event, at that time or point, or at or after that event: on, at, when, then, or following it.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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2:1AND Hannah prayed, and said, My heart rejoiceth in the Lord, mine horn is exalted in the Lord: my mouth is enlarged over mine enemies; because I rejoice in thy salvation.

2:2There is none holy as the Lord: for there is none beside thee: neither is there any rock like our God.

2:3Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the Lord is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.

2:4The bows of the mighty men are broken, and they that stumbled are girded with strength.

2:5They that were full have hired out themselves for bread; and they that were hungry ceased: so that the barren hath born seven; and she that hath many children is waxed feeble.

2:6The Lord killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up.

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2:7The Lord maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up.

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2:8He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, 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 hath set the world upon them.

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2:9He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.

2:10The adversaries of the Lord shall be broken to pieces; out of heaven shall he thunder upon them: the Lord shall judge the ends of the earth; and he shall give strength unto his king, and exalt the horn of his anointed.

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