“The LORD killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up.”

1 Samuel 2:6 (KJV) |

1 Samuel 2:6

From 1 Samuel 2, in the Book of 1 Samuel (Old Testament).

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

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They 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.

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The LORD killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up.

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The LORD maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up.

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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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