promotion
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8For God is judge. This one he humbles and that one he exalts.
5May he grant to you according to your heart, and confirm all your counsels.
10Be humbled in the sight of the Lord, and he will exalt you.
23Whatever you do, do it from the heart, as for the Lord, and not for men.
1Blessed is the man who has not followed the counsel of the impious, and has not remained in the way of sinners, and has not sat in the chair of pestilence. 2But his will is with the law of the Lord, and he will meditate on his law, day and night. 3And he will be like a tree that has been planted beside running waters, which will provide its fruit in its time, and its leaf will not fall away, and all things whatsoever that he does will prosper.
7For it is neither from the east, nor from the west, nor before the desert mountains.
6And so, be humbled under the powerful hand of God, so that he may exalt you in the time of visitation.
2And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and magnify your name, and you will be blessed.
48Then the king raised Daniel to a high rank and gave him many great gifts, and he appointed him as leader over all the provinces of Babylon and as chief of the magistrates over all the other wise men of Babylon.
15Be solicitous in the task of presenting yourself before God as a proven and unashamed worker who has handled the Word of Truth correctly.
30And we have not listened to your precepts, nor have we observed or done as you have ordered us, so that it might go well with us.
7He lifts up the needy from the ground, and he urges the poor away from filth,
8Concerning the rest, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is chaste, whatever is just, whatever is holy, whatever is worthy to be loved, whatever is of good repute, if there is any virtue, if there is any praiseworthy discipline: meditate on these.
70And he chose his servant David, and he took him from the flocks of the sheep: he received him from following the ewes with their young,
7He lifts up the needy from the ground, and he urges the poor away from filth, 8so that he may place him with the leaders, with the leaders of his people.
7For it is neither from the east, nor from the west, nor before the desert mountains. 8For God is judge. This one he humbles and that one he exalts.