35 Bible Verses about vulnerability

For some of these men go into homes and deceive foolish women who are burdened with sins and swayed by all kinds of desires.

They must be silenced, because they are the kind of people who ruin whole families by teaching what they should not teach in order to make money in a shameful way.

If I must boast, I will boast about the things that show how weak I am.

No one is to cheat his neighbor. Instead, you are to fear your God, because I am the LORD your God.

But Joseph kept insisting, "It's just as I've said you've come here to spy on our unguarded territories!"

They will hold to an outward form of godliness but deny its power. Stay away from such people.

and he has given him authority to judge, because he is the Son of Man.

Why should I be afraid when evil days come my way, when the wickedness of those who deceive me surrounds me

For some people have slipped in among you unnoticed. They were written about long ago as being deserving of this condemnation because they are ungodly. They turn the grace of our God into uncontrollable lust and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus the Messiah.

When Moses saw that the people were out of control since Aaron had let them get out of control, something that incited ridicule from their enemies

So I stationed the people by families behind the wall in the lower exposed areas, equipping them with their swords, spears, and bows.

"Let me tell you about this dream that I had!" he said.

These women are always studying but are never able to arrive at a full knowledge of the truth.

But the self-indulgent widow is just as good as dead.

We're all sons of a common father. We're honest men, your majesty. We're not spies!"

A wise man's heart tends toward his right, but a fool's heart tends toward his left.

Don't rob the poor person because he is poor, and don't crush the helpless in court,

After all, we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, and misled. We were slaves to many kinds of lusts and pleasures, spending our days in malice and jealousy. We were despised, and we hated one another.

But Peter kept saying emphatically, "Even if I have to die with you, I'll never deny you!" And all the others kept saying the same thing.

In the same way, it is not the will of your Father in heaven that one of these little ones should be lost."

Looking things over, I stood up and spoke to the officials, the military leaders, and the rest of the people: "Don't fear them. Remember the great and awe-inspiring Lord. Fight for your brothers, your sons, your daughters, your wives, and your homes."

So she enticed him to fall asleep on her lap, called for a man to shave off his seven locks of hair from his head, and so began to humiliate him. Then his strength abandoned him.

Learn to practice what is good; seek justice, alleviate oppression, defend orphans in court, and plead the widow's case.

"But your majesty," they pleaded, "your servants include twelve brothers, the sons of a common father back in the land of Canaan. Please! Our youngest brother remains with our father, and the other one is no longer alive."

If you do mistreat them, they'll certainly cry out to me, and I'll immediately hear their cry.

When they had finished breakfast, Jesus asked Simon Peter, "Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?" Peter told him, "Yes, Lord, you know that I love you." Jesus told him, "Feed my lambs."

Will you fill his flesh with harpoons, or his head with lances?

Furthermore, Joseph remembered the dreams that he had about them. So he accused them, "You're spies! You've come here to spy on our undefended territories!"

Now to the one who is able to keep you from falling and to make you stand joyful and faultless in his glorious presence,

The Jews who lived near them kept coming to us, reporting at least ten times, "They'll attack us from every direction."

"We were tying sheaves together out in the middle of the fields, when all of a sudden, my sheaf stood up erect! And then your sheaves gathered around it and bowed down to my sheaf!"

But Joseph had already recognized his brothers, even though they had not recognized him.

Each builder worked with a sword strapped to his side, while a trumpeter remained beside me to sound an alarm.

When the king of Moab realized that the battle was going strongly against him, he took 700 expert swordsmen to attempt to break through to the king of Edom, but was unable to do so.

"No, your majesty," they replied. "Your servants have come here to buy food.