75 Bible Verses about disabilities
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You will become insane and go blind. Jehovah will make you so confused,
Saul's son Jonathan had a son who was crippled. When the boy was five years old, the news about the death of Saul and Jonathan came from Jezreel. His nurse picked him up and fled to Gittaim. She was in a hurry when she left. He fell from her arms and became disabled. His name was Mephibosheth.
King Ahaziah of Israel fell off the balcony on the roof of his palace in Samaria and was seriously injured. He sent some messengers and said to them: Go to consult Baalzebub, the god of the Philistine city of Ekron, to find out whether or not I will recover from this.
Isaac was old and going blind. He called his older son Esau and said to him: Son! Esau answered: Here I am.
Do not curse a deaf man. Do not place a stumbling block before the blind. You must deeply respect your God. I am Jehovah.
Cursed is the man who misleads a blind person on the road. And all the people answer: Amen.
I am already eighty years old. Nothing gives me pleasure any more. I cannot taste what I eat and drink. I cannot hear the voices of singers. I would only be a burden to my lord the king.
I will lead my blind people by roads they have never traveled. I will turn their darkness into light and make rough country smooth before them. I will keep my promises without fail.
I am bringing them from the North Country. I will gather them from the remote parts of the earth. Among them are the blind and the lame, the woman with child and she who is in labor with child. As a great company they will return here.
Isaac prayed to Jehovah for his wife because she was childless. Jehovah answered his prayer. His wife Rebekah became pregnant.
Jehovah of Hosts said: Old men and old women walk with the help of canes in the streets of Jerusalem. They sit in the city square.
In that day, said Jehovah, I will assemble the lame, and I will gather the outcasts, and those I have afflicted. I will make the lame a remnant and the outcast far off a strong nation. Jehovah will reign over them in mount Zion from now on and forever.
You must serve Jehovah your God! I will bless your food and water. I will take away all sickness from among you. No woman in your land will miscarry or be unable to have children. I will let you live a normal life span.
By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph. He worshipped while leaning upon the top of his staff.
I will deal at that time with all your oppressors. I will save the lame and gather the outcast. I will turn their shame into praise and renown in all the earth.
For there are men who, from birth, were without sex. There are some who were made that way by men. There are others who have made themselves so for the kingdom of heaven. He who is able to accept this let him accept it.
Jesus left that place and walked along the road. Two blind men followed him. They shouted: Have mercy on us, Son of David! He went into a nearby house. The blind men followed him. Jesus asked them: Do you believe that I can heal you? They said: Yes Lord. He touched their eyes. Let it be done, he said, according to your faith.read more.
Their eyes were opened. Jesus strictly warned them: Do not let anyone know about this. They spread the news about Jesus all over that part of the country. Next, a dumb man possessed with a demon was brought to him. When the demon was cast out, the dumb man spoke. The crowd marveled, saying: We have never seen anything like this in Israel!
Jesus went from there to the Sea of Galilee. He went up into the mountain and sat down. Many people came to him. They brought those who were lame, crippled, blind, mute, and many other people. They laid them down at his feet and he healed them. The people marveled as they saw the mute speak, the crippled and lame walk, and the blind see. They glorified the God of Israel.
You will think in your heart: 'Who brought these children to birth? I am barren (sterile) and bereaved of my children. I am an exiled wonderer. Who gave birth to these? From where did these come?'
Sing joyfully, O barren woman, you who never bore a child! Burst into song and shout for joy, you who were never in labor! More are the children of the desolate woman than of the woman, who has a husband, proclaims Jehovah.
A man with crippled feet sat in Lystra. He had never walked for he was lame from birth.
He left the borders of Tyre through Sidon, through the region of Decapolis to the Sea of Galilee. They brought a deaf man with an impediment in his speech to him and asked him to lay his hands on him. Jesus took him aside from the crowd privately, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spat, and touched his tongue.read more.
Looking up to heaven he sighed and said to him: Ephphatha, that is, be opened. His ears were opened. His tongue was freed and he spoke plainly. Jesus told them not to tell anyone. The more he told them not to talk the more they talked. They were beside themselves with amazement saying: He makes even the deaf hear and the dumb speak.
Your relative Elisabeth has also conceived a son even in her old age. This so-called barren woman is in her sixth month.
Adoni-bezek fled and they chased him, caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his big toes. And Adoni-bezek said: Seventy kings with their big toes cut off have gathered food scrapes under my table. God has repaid me for what I have done. So they brought him to Jerusalem where he died.
The blind and the crippled came to him in the Temple, and he made them well.
In that hour he cured many diseases, plagues and evil spirits. Sight was restored to the blind. He answered John's disciples: Go and tell John the things you have seen and heard. The blind receive their sight! The lame walk and lepers are cleansed. The deaf hear! The dead are raised up and the poor have good news preached to them. Blessed is he who is not offended by me.
By faith Sarah received strength to conceive seed when she was past age, since she counted him faithful who promised.
The Philistines captured him and put his eyes out. They took him to Gaza, chained him with copper chains. They put him to work grinding at the mill in the prison.
Nahash answered: I will make a treaty with you on one condition. I will put out everyone's right eye and so bring disgrace on all Israel.
Jehovah said to him: Who has made man's mouth? Or who makes him mute or deaf, or seeing or blind? Is it not I, Jehovah?
The Syrians attacked! Elisha prayed, O Jehovah, strike these men blind! Jehovah answered his prayer and struck them blind.
They put the sons of Zedekiah to death before his eyes. Then they put out his eyes, chained him with iron bands and took him to Babylon.
When you give a feast, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind. You will be blessed because they are not able to pay you back. God will repay you on the day the good people rise from death.
I will set my jealousy against you, that they may deal with you in wrath. They will remove your nose and your ears. Your survivors will fall by the sword. They will take your sons and your daughters. The fire will consume your survivors.
Hannah was filled with grief and wept bitterly. She prayed and pledged an oath to Jehovah:
The rest of the events of Asa's reign, the extent of his power and the names of the cities he built are all recorded in the Book of the History of the Kings of Judah. His feet became diseased, as he grew old.
Abram had intercourse with Hagar, and she conceived. When she knew she was pregnant, she began to despise her mistress.
In the thirty-ninth year that Asa was king a severe foot disease crippled him. Even then he did not turn to Jehovah for help, but to doctors.
The other wife did everything possible to make her unhappy. This is because Jehovah had not given her children.
You know that because of an infirmity of the flesh I preached the good news to you the first time. That which was a temptation to you in my flesh, you did not despise or reject. You received me like an angel (messenger) of God, even like Christ Jesus. Where then is your positive attitude? I bear you witness, that, if possible, you would have plucked out your eyes and given them to me.
Elisha left Jericho to go to Bethel. On the way some boys came out of a town and taunted and made fun of him. They shouted: Get out of here, baldy!
Someone possessed with a demon, blind and dumb was brought to him. He healed him and the dumb man spoke and could see.
When you mock the poor you disgrace your Maker. He who is glad at calamity will be punished.
Many people came to him. They brought those who were lame, crippled, blind, mute, and many other people. They laid them down at his feet and he healed them.
Jesus saw him lying there. He knew that he had been sick for a long time. So he asked him: Do you want to get well?
The man saw that he was not able to overcome Jacob. He gave him a blow in the hollow part of his thigh, so that his leg was damaged.
He told me: My grace is sufficient for you for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore, I would rather glory in my infirmities (frailities), that the power of Christ may rest upon me (cover me like a tent) (descend upon me) (abide with me). (Isaiah 40:29-31) Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then I am strong.
Two blind men sitting by the side of the road heard Jesus pass by and cried out: Have mercy on us, O Lord, Son of David!
then this is what I will do to you: I will terrorize you with disease and fever. You will suffer from eye problems and depression. You will plant your crops and get nothing because your enemies will eat them.
They arrived at Bethsaida. A blind man was brought to him with the request to touch him.
King Jeroboam heard this. He pointed his outstretched hand at him and ordered: Seize that man! At once the king's arm became paralyzed so that he could not pull it back.
Jehovah sent disease on the king and he became a leper. To the day of his death he lived separately in his private house. Jotham his son was over his house, judging the people of the land.
But I am like some one deaf and speechless.
After this happened; Jehovah struck Jehoram with an incurable stomach disease. Two years later Jehoram died in terrible pain. No bonfire was built to honor him. The people had done this for his ancestors, but not him.
They brought a deaf man with an impediment in his speech to him and asked him to lay his hands on him.
Uzziah held an incense burner in his hand. He became angry. As his anger with the priests grew, a skin disease broke out on his forehead. This happened in front of the priests in Jehovah's Temple as Uzziah was at the incense altar. When the chief priest Azariah and all the priests turned toward him, a skin disease was on his forehead. They rushed him away. Uzziah was in a hurry to get out because Jehovah had inflicted him with the disease. King Uzziah had a skin disease until the day he died. Since he had a skin disease, he lived in a separate house and was barred from Jehovah's Temple. His son Jotham was in charge of the royal palace and governed the country.
He cast out a demon from a dumb man. When the demon left the man he spoke and the crowds were astonished.
No one who has a physical defect may ever come near the altar. That means anyone who is blind or lame, who has a disfigured face, a deformity,
You will be without voice or language till the day when these things happen. Your lack of faith in what I say has caused this.
The king and his men went to Jerusalem to attack the Jebusites, who lived in that region. The Jebusites told David: You will never get in here. Even the blind and the lame could turn you away. In other words he could not enter there.
Saul got up from the ground. Even though he opened his eyes, he saw nothing. They led him by the hand into Damascus.
Look Jehovah's hand is on you. You will be blind and not see the sun for a season. Immediately there fell on him a mist and darkness. He went about seeking some to lead him by the hand.
The people marveled as they saw the mute speak, the crippled and lame walk, and the blind see. They glorified the God of Israel.
I was blind because of the bright light. So my companions took me by the hand and led me to Damascus.
Next, a dumb man possessed with a demon was brought to him. When the demon was cast out, the dumb man spoke. The crowd marveled, saying: We have never seen anything like this in Israel!
One of the people answered him: Teacher I brought my son who is unable to talk because of a spirit.
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Psalm 71:9Do not reject me when I am old or abandon me when I lose my strength.
