TSK
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge references in NET.
He lifts the weak from the dust; he raises the poor from the ash heap to seat them with princes– he bestows on them an honored position. The foundations of the earth belong to the LORD– he placed the world on them.
He raises the poor from the dirt, and lifts up the needy from the garbage pile,
Better is a poor person who walks in his integrity than one who is perverse in his speech and is a fool.
For this is what the high and exalted one says, the one who rules forever, whose name is holy:“I dwell in an exalted and holy place, but also with the discouraged and humiliated, in order to cheer up the humiliated and to encourage the discouraged.
I will leave in your midst a humble and meek group of people, and they will find safety in the LORD’s presence.
Then he began to teach them by saying:
And pointing toward his disciples he said,“Here are my mother and my brothers!
And looking at those who were sitting around him in a circle, he said,“Here are my mother and my brothers!
Then he looked up at his disciples and said:“Blessed are you who are poor, for the kingdom of God belongs to you.
There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets in the kingdom of God but you yourselves thrown out.
But Abraham said,‘Child, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things and Lazarus likewise bad things, but now he is comforted here and you are in anguish.
They strengthened the souls of the disciples and encouraged them to continue in the faith, saying,“We must enter the kingdom of God through many persecutions.”
So then, no more boasting about mere mortals! For everything belongs to you,
that during a severe ordeal of suffering, their abundant joy and their extreme poverty have overflowed in the wealth of their generosity.
And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, when you received the message with joy that comes from the Holy Spirit, despite great affliction.
Now the believer of humble means should take pride in his high position.
Listen, my dear brothers and sisters! Did not God choose the poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom that he promised to those who love him?