53 He has filled the hungry with good things, but has sent the rich away empty.
Luke 1:53
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Luke 1:48–50
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Luke 6:23–25
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Sirach 10:13–15
13 For the beginning of pride is sin. He who keeps it will pour out abomination. For this cause the Lord brought upon them strange calamities and utterly overthrew them. (WEB) 14 The Lord cast down the thrones of rulers and set the lowly in their place. (WEB) 15 The Lord plucked up… (WEB)
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