this is the joy

Job 20:5
the triumph of the wicked has been brief and the joy of the godless momentary?

Matthew 13:20, 21
The seed sown on rocky ground is the one who hears the word and promptly receives it with joy. . . .

out of the earth

1 Samuel 2:8
He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap. He seats them among princes and bestows on them a throne of honor. For the foundations of the earth are the LORD's, and upon them He has set the world.

Psalm 75:7
but it is God who judges; He brings one down and exalts another.

Psalm 113:7
He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the dump

Ezekiel 17:24
Then all the trees of the field will know that I am the LORD. I bring the tall tree down, and make the low tree tall. I dry up the green tree and make the withered tree flourish. I, the LORD, have spoken, and I will do it.'"

Matthew 3:9
And do not presume to say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our father.' For I tell you that out of these stones God can raise up children for Abraham.