Luke 1:52 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁵²He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them of low degree.

Luke 1:52 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ezekiel 17:24
And all the trees of the field shall know that I the LORD have brought down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up the green tree, and have made the dry tree to flourish: I the LORD have spoken and have done it.
James 4:10
Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.
Psalms 107:40-41
He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander in the wilderness, where there is no way. …
1 Samuel 2:6-8
The LORD killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up. …
Luke 18:14
I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.

Topics

Ambition Arrogance Conceit Doxology Elisabeth (elizabeth)Fasting Gentleness God

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 39-56)

We have here an interview between the two happy mothers, Elisabeth and Mary: the angel, by intimating to Mary the favour bestowed on her cousin Elisabeth (Luke 1:36), gave occasion for it; and sometimes it may prove a better piece of service that we think to bring good people together, to compare notes. Here is, I. The visit which Mary made to Elisabeth. Mary was the younger, and younger with chil…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 52)

46-55. A magnificent canticle, in which the strain of Hannah’s ancient song, in like circumstances, is caught up, and just slightly modified and sublimed. Is it unnatural to suppose that the spirit of the blessed Virgin had been drawn beforehand into mysterious sympathy with the ideas and the tone of this hymn, so that when the life and fire of inspiration penetrated her whole soul it spontaneousl…