Luke 1:48

WEB

⁴⁸for he has looked at the humble state of his servant. For behold, from now on, all generations will call me blessed.

KJV

⁴⁸For he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden: for, behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.

BSB

⁴⁸For He has looked with favor on the humble state of His servant. From now on all generations will call me blessed.

FBV

⁴⁸because he decided that I, his servant, was worthy of his consideration, despite my humble background. From now on every generation will say I was blessed.

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Psalms 138:6

⁶For though the LORD is high, yet he looks after the lowly; but he knows the proud from afar.

²⁶For you see your calling, brothers, that not many are wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, and not many noble; ²⁷but God chose the foolish things of the world that he might put to shame those who are wise. God chose the weak things of the world that he might put to shame the things that are strong. ²⁸God chose the lowly things of the world, and the things that are despised, and the things that don’t exist, that he might bring to nothing the things that exist,

Malachi 3:12

¹²“All nations shall call you blessed, for you will be a delightful land,” says the LORD of Armies.

1 Samuel 1:11

¹¹She vowed a vow, and said, “LORD of Armies, if you will indeed look at the affliction of your servant and remember me, and not forget your servant, but will give to your servant a boy, then I will give him to the LORD all the days of his life, and no razor shall come on his head.”

Psalms 136:23

²³who remembered us in our low estate, for his loving kindness endures forever;

Luke 11:27

²⁷It came to pass, as he said these things, a certain woman out of the multitude lifted up her voice and said to him, “Blessed is the womb that bore you, and the breasts which nursed you!”

Luke 1:28

²⁸Having come in, the angel said to her, “Rejoice, you highly favored one! The Lord is with you. Blessed are you among women!”

2 Samuel 7:18-19

¹⁸Then David the king went in and sat before the LORD; and he said, “Who am I, Lord^[+] GOD, and what is my house, that you have brought me this far? ¹⁹This was yet a small thing in your eyes, Lord GOD, but you have spoken also of your servant’s house for a great while to come; and this among men, Lord GOD!

James 2:5-6

⁵Listen, my beloved brothers. Didn’t God choose those who are poor in this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the Kingdom which he promised to those who love him? ⁶But you have dishonored the poor man. Don’t the rich oppress you and personally drag you before the courts?

1 Samuel 2:8

⁸He raises up the poor out of the dust. He lifts up the needy from the dunghill to make them sit with princes and inherit the throne of glory. For the pillars of the earth are the LORD’s. He has set the world on them.