54 Bible Verses about Weakness

But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore, I will most gladly boast all the more about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may reside in me.

He gives strength to the weary
and strengthens the powerless.

If boasting is necessary, I will boast about my weaknesses.

sown in dishonor, raised in glory;
sown in weakness, raised in power;

Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is made to stumble, and I do not burn with indignation?

To the weak I became weak, in order to win the weak. I have become all things to all people, so that I may by every possible means save some.

because God’s foolishness is wiser than human wisdom, and God’s weakness is stronger than human strength.

But be careful that this right of yours in no way becomes a stumbling block to the weak.

Instead, God has chosen what is foolish in the world to shame the wise, and God has chosen what is weak in the world to shame the strong.

I came to you in weakness, in fear, and in much trembling.

In the same way the Spirit also joins to help in our weakness, because we do not know what to pray for as we should, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with unspoken groanings.

So I take pleasure in weaknesses, insults, catastrophes, persecutions, and in pressures, because of Christ. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

In fact, He was crucified in weakness, but He lives by God’s power. For we also are weak in Him, yet toward you we will live with Him by God’s power.

Now we who are strong have an obligation to bear the weaknesses of those without strength, and not to please ourselves.

In fact, we rejoice when we are weak and you are strong. We also pray that you become fully mature.

My flesh and my heart may fail,
but God is the strength of my heart,
my portion forever.

If you do nothing in a difficult time,
your strength is limited.

This is why many are sick and ill among you, and many have fallen asleep.

For if someone sees you, the one who has this knowledge, dining in an idol’s temple, won’t his weak conscience be encouraged to eat food offered to idols?

Strengthen the weak hands,
steady the shaking knees!

What the law could not do since it was limited by the flesh, God did. He condemned sin in the flesh by sending His own Son in flesh like ours under sin’s domain, and as a sin offering,

Stay awake and pray, so that you won’t enter into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

We are fools for Christ, but you are wise in Christ! We are weak, but you are strong! You are distinguished, but we are dishonored!

“I will seek the lost, bring back the strays, bandage the injured, and strengthen the weak, but I will destroy the fat and the strong. I will shepherd them with justice.

My knees are weak from fasting,
and my body is emaciated.

But as for you, be strong; don’t be discouraged, for your work has a reward.”

One person believes he may eat anything, but one who is weak eats only vegetables.

you know that previously I preached the gospel to you because of a physical illness.

For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but One who has been tested in every way as we are, yet without sin.

It is a noble thing not to eat meat, or drink wine, or do anything that makes your brother stumble.

Accept anyone who is weak in faith, but don’t argue about doubtful issues.

For the choir director. A Davidic psalm.Happy is one who cares for the poor;
the Lord will save him in a day of adversity.

He is able to deal gently with those who are ignorant and are going astray, since he is also subject to weakness.

Indeed, you have instructed many
and have strengthened weak hands.

He considered his own body to be already dead (since he was about 100 years old) and also considered the deadness of Sarah’s womb, without weakening in the faith.

He will have pity on the poor and helpless
and save the lives of the poor.

For they were all trying to intimidate us, saying, “They will become discouraged in the work, and it will never be finished.”

But now, my God, strengthen me.

Young lions lack food and go hungry,
but those who seek the Lord
will not lack any good thing.

Rescue the poor and needy;
save them from the power of the wicked.”

for I satisfy the thirsty person and feed all those who are weak.”

All their hands will become weak,
and all their knees will turn to water.

For He knows what we are made of,
remembering that we are dust.

But now, since you know God, or rather have become known by God, how can you turn back again to the weak and bankrupt elemental forces? Do you want to be enslaved to them all over again?

A wise warrior is better than a strong one,
and a man of knowledge than one of strength;

For it is said, “His letters are weighty and powerful, but his physical presence is weak, and his public speaking is despicable.”

You have not strengthened the weak, healed the sick, bandaged the injured, brought back the strays, or sought the lost. Instead, you have ruled them with violence and cruelty.

They said to him, “This is what Hezekiah says: ‘Today is a day of distress, rebuke, and disgrace, for children have come to the point of birth, and there is no strength to deliver them.

I am able to do all things through Him who strengthens me.

Therefore strengthen your tired hands and weakened knees,

Be gracious to me, Lord, for I am weak;
heal me, Lord, for my bones are shaking;