Luke 1:53
He has filled the hungry with good things. He has sent the rich away empty.
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In The King James Version
He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he hath sent empty away.
In Context
52He has put down princes from their thrones, and has exalted the lowly.
54He has given help to Israel, his servant, that he might remember mercy,
Cross References
Psalms 34:10The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger, but those who seek the LORD shall not lack any good thing.
Psalms 146:7who executes justice for the oppressed; who gives food to the hungry. The LORD frees the prisoners.
Matthew 5:6Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be filled.
Luke 6:24“But woe to you who are rich! For you have received your consolation.
Luke 16:19“Now there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, living in luxury every day.
Luke 18:24Jesus, seeing that he became very sad, said, “How hard it is for those who have riches to enter into God’s Kingdom!
Matthew Henry on Luke 1:40-57
The Interview of Mary and Elisabeth; The Song of Mary. 39 And Mary arose in those days, and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Juda; 40 And entered into the house of Zacharias, and saluted Elisabeth. 41 And it came to pass, that, when Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost: 42 And she spake out with a loud voice, and said, Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb. 43 And whence is this to me,… Read the whole commentary →