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1 Samuel 2 8
He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the trash heap. He seats them with noblemen and gives them a throne of honor. For the foundations of the earth are the LORD’s; he has set the world on them.
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Job 21:11
They let their little ones run around like lambs; their children skip about,
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Isaiah 49:20-22
Yet as you listen, the children that you have been deprived of will say,‘ This place is too small for me; make room for me so that I may settle.’Then you will say within yourself,‘ Who fathered these for me? I was deprived of my children and unable to conceive, exiled and wandering— but who brought them up? See, I was left by myself— but these, where did they come from?’”This is what the Lord GOD says: Look, I will lift up my hand to the nations, and raise my banner to the peoples. They will bring your sons in their arms, and your daughters will be carried on their shoulders.
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Psalms 78:52
He led his people out like sheep and guided them like a flock in the wilderness.
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Job 5:11
He sets the lowly on high, and mourners are lifted to safety.
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Esther 8:15-17
Mordecai went from the king’s presence clothed in royal blue and white, with a great gold crown and a purple robe of fine linen. The city of Susa shouted and rejoiced,and the Jews celebrated with gladness, joy, and honor.In every province and every city where the king’s command and edict reached, gladness and joy took place among the Jews. There was a celebration and a holiday. And many of the ethnic groups of the land professed themselves to be Jews because fear of the Jews had overcome them.
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Job 8:7
Then, even if your beginnings were modest, your final days will be full of prosperity.
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1 Samuel 2 21
The LORD paid attention to Hannah’s need, and she conceived and gave birth to three sons and two daughters. Meanwhile, the boy Samuel grew up in the presence of the LORD.
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Job 42:10-12
After Job had prayed for his friends, the LORD restored his fortunes and doubled his previous possessions.All his brothers, sisters, and former acquaintances came to him and dined with him in his house. They sympathized with him and comforted him concerning all the adversity the LORD had brought on him. Each one gave him a piece of silver and a gold earring.So the LORD blessed the last part of Job’s life more than the first. He owned fourteen thousand sheep and goats, six thousand camels, one thousand yoke of oxen, and one thousand female donkeys.
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Job 11:15-19
then you will hold your head high, free from fault. You will be firmly established and unafraid.For you will forget your suffering, recalling it only as water that has flowed by.Your life will be brighter than noonday; its darkness will be like the morning.You will be confident, because there is hope. You will look carefully about and lie down in safety.You will lie down with no one to frighten you, and many will seek your favor.
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Ruth 4:14-17
The women said to Naomi,“ Blessed be the LORD, who has not left you without a family redeemer today. May his name become well known in Israel.He will renew your life and sustain you in your old age. Indeed, your daughter-in-law, who loves you and is better to you than seven sons, has given birth to him.”Naomi took the child, placed him on her lap, and became a mother to him.The neighbor women said,“ A son has been born to Naomi,” and they named him Obed. He was the father of Jesse, the father of David.
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Jeremiah 52:31-34
On the twenty-fifth day of the twelfth month of the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Judah’s King Jehoiachin, King Evil-merodach of Babylon, in the first year of his reign, pardoned King Jehoiachin of Judah and released him from prison.He spoke kindly to him and set his throne above the thrones of the kings who were with him in Babylon.So Jehoiachin changed his prison clothes, and he dined regularly in the presence of the king of Babylon for the rest of his life.As for his allowance, a regular allowance was given to him by the king of Babylon, a portion for each day until the day of his death, for the rest of his life.
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Genesis 48:11
Israel said to Joseph,“ I never expected to see your face again, but now God has even let me see your offspring.”
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Genesis 23:5-7
The Hethites replied to Abraham,“ Listen to us, my lord. You are a prince of God among us. Bury your dead in our finest burial place. None of us will withhold from you his burial place for burying your dead.”Then Abraham rose and bowed down to the Hethites, the people of the land.
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Proverbs 17:6
Grandchildren are the crown of the elderly, and the pride of children is their fathers.
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Job 42:16
Job lived 140 years after this and saw his children and their children to the fourth generation.
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James 5:11
See, we count as blessed those who have endured. You have heard of Job’s endurance and have seen the outcome that the Lord brought about— the Lord is compassionate and merciful.
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Psalms 113:7-9
He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the trash heapin order to seat them with nobles— with the nobles of his people.He gives the childless woman a household, making her the joyful mother of children. Hallelujah!
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Psalms 128:6
and will see your children’s children! Peace be with Israel.