40 He pours out contempt on the nobles and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland. 41 But He lifts the needy from affliction and increases their families like flocks. 42 The upright see and rejoice, and all iniquity shuts its mouth.
Psalms 107:40–42
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Job 12:20–22
20 He deprives the trusted of speech and takes away the discernment of elders. 21 He pours out contempt on nobles and disarms the mighty. 22 He reveals the deep things of darkness and brings deep shadows into light.
Job 5:10–12
10 He gives rain to the earth and sends water upon the fields. 11 He sets the lowly on high, so that mourners are lifted to safety. 12 He thwarts the schemes of the crafty, so that their hands find no success.
Job 22:18–20
18 But it was He who filled their houses with good things; so I stay far from the counsel of the wicked. 19 The righteous see it and are glad; the innocent mock them: 20 ‘Surely our foes are destroyed, and fire has consumed their excess.’
Sirach 40:13–15
13 The goods of the unjust will be dried up like a river, and like a great thunder in rain will go off in noise. (WEB) 14 In opening his hands, a man will be made glad; so lawbreakers will utterly fail. (WEB) 15 The children of the ungodly won’t grow many branches, and are as unhea… (WEB)
Psalms 113:6–8
6 He humbles Himself to behold the heavens and the earth. 7 He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the dump 8 to seat them with nobles, with the princes of His people.
Job 36:6–8
6 He does not keep the wicked alive, but He grants justice to the afflicted. 7 He does not take His eyes off the righteous, but He enthrones them with kings and exalts them forever. 8 And if men are bound with chains, caught in cords of affliction,
2 Samuel 22:27–29
27 to the pure You show Yourself pure, but to the crooked You show Yourself shrewd. 28 You save an afflicted people, but Your eyes are on the haughty to bring them down. 29 For You, O LORD, are my lamp; the LORD lights up my darkness.
Psalms 147:5–7
5 Great is our Lord, and mighty in power; His understanding has no limit. 6 The LORD sustains the humble, but casts the wicked to the ground. 7 Sing to the LORD with thanksgiving; make music on the harp to our God,
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