Romans 14:1

Accept anyone who is weak in faith, but not for the purpose of arguing over differences of opinion.

Romans 15:1

Now we who are strong ought to be patient with the weaknesses of those who are not strong and must stop pleasing ourselves.

Romans 15:7

Therefore, accept one another, just as the Messiah accepted you, for the glory of God.

1 Corinthians 9:22

To the weak I became weak in order to win the weak. I have become all things to all people so that by all possible means I might save some of them.

Job 4:3

Look! You've admonished many people, and you've strengthened feeble hands.

Isaiah 35:3-4

Strengthen the feeble hands, and support the stumbling knees.

Isaiah 40:11

Like a shepherd, he tends his flock. He gathers the lambs in his arms, carries them close to his heart, and gently leads the mother sheep."

Isaiah 42:3

A crushed reed he will not break, and a fading candle he won't snuff out. He'll bring forth justice for the truth.

Ezekiel 34:4

You haven't strengthened the weak, treated the sick, set broken bones, regathered the scattered, or looked for the lost. Instead, you've dominated them with brutal force and ruthlessness.

Ezekiel 34:16

"I'm going to seek both the lost as well as the scattered, and bring them both back so their broken bones can be set and the sick can be healed. But in righteousness I'll exterminate the fat and the stiff-necked.'"

Zechariah 11:16

for I am now raising up a shepherd in the land who will neither search for the lost, nor care for the young, nor fix the broken, nor sustain the healthy. Instead, he will devour the meat of the best of the sheep, tearing off their hoofs."

Matthew 10:40-42

"The one who receives you receives me, and the one who receives me receives the one who sent me.

Matthew 12:20

He will not snap off a broken reed or snuff out a smoldering wick until he has brought justice through to victory.

Matthew 14:31

At once Jesus reached out his hand, caught him, and asked him, "You who have so little faith, why did you doubt?"

Matthew 18:5-6

and whoever receives a little child like this in my name receives me."

Matthew 18:10

"See to it that you do not despise one of these little ones, because I tell you, their angels in heaven always have access to my Father in heaven.

Luke 17:2

It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea than for him to cause one of these little ones to sin.

John 13:20

Truly, I tell all of you emphatically, the one who receives whomever I send receives me, and the one who receives me receives the one who sent me."

Romans 4:19

His faith did not weaken when he thought about his own body (which was already as good as dead now that he was about a hundred years old) or about Sarah's inability to have children,

Romans 14:21

The right thing to do is to avoid eating meat, drinking wine, or doing anything else that makes your brother stumble, upset, or weak.

1 Corinthians 3:1-2

Brothers, I couldn't talk to you as spiritual people but as worldly people, as mere infants in the Messiah.

1 Corinthians 8:7-13

But not everyone has this knowledge. Some people are so accustomed to idolatry that when they eat food that has been offered to an idol, their conscience becomes contaminated because it is weak.

Philippians 2:29

So joyfully welcome him in the Lord and make sure you honor such people highly,

2 John 1:10

If anyone comes to you but does not present his teachings, do not receive him into your house or even welcome him,

3 John 1:8-10

Therefore, we ought to support such people so that we can become genuine helpers with them.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Bible References

Weak

Romans 14:21
The right thing to do is to avoid eating meat, drinking wine, or doing anything else that makes your brother stumble, upset, or weak.
Romans 4:19
His faith did not weaken when he thought about his own body (which was already as good as dead now that he was about a hundred years old) or about Sarah's inability to have children,
Romans 15:1
Now we who are strong ought to be patient with the weaknesses of those who are not strong and must stop pleasing ourselves.
Job 4:3
Look! You've admonished many people, and you've strengthened feeble hands.
Isaiah 35:3
Strengthen the feeble hands, and support the stumbling knees.
Isaiah 40:11
Like a shepherd, he tends his flock. He gathers the lambs in his arms, carries them close to his heart, and gently leads the mother sheep."
Isaiah 42:3
A crushed reed he will not break, and a fading candle he won't snuff out. He'll bring forth justice for the truth.
Ezekiel 34:4
You haven't strengthened the weak, treated the sick, set broken bones, regathered the scattered, or looked for the lost. Instead, you've dominated them with brutal force and ruthlessness.
Zechariah 11:16
for I am now raising up a shepherd in the land who will neither search for the lost, nor care for the young, nor fix the broken, nor sustain the healthy. Instead, he will devour the meat of the best of the sheep, tearing off their hoofs."
Matthew 12:20
He will not snap off a broken reed or snuff out a smoldering wick until he has brought justice through to victory.
Matthew 14:31
At once Jesus reached out his hand, caught him, and asked him, "You who have so little faith, why did you doubt?"
Matthew 18:6
"If anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him if a large millstone were hung around his neck and he were drowned at the bottom of the sea.
Luke 17:2
It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea than for him to cause one of these little ones to sin.
1 Corinthians 3:1
Brothers, I couldn't talk to you as spiritual people but as worldly people, as mere infants in the Messiah.
1 Corinthians 8:7
But not everyone has this knowledge. Some people are so accustomed to idolatry that when they eat food that has been offered to an idol, their conscience becomes contaminated because it is weak.
1 Corinthians 9:22
To the weak I became weak in order to win the weak. I have become all things to all people so that by all possible means I might save some of them.

Receive

Romans 15:7
Therefore, accept one another, just as the Messiah accepted you, for the glory of God.
Matthew 10:40
"The one who receives you receives me, and the one who receives me receives the one who sent me.
Matthew 18:5
and whoever receives a little child like this in my name receives me."
John 13:20
Truly, I tell all of you emphatically, the one who receives whomever I send receives me, and the one who receives me receives the one who sent me."
Philippians 2:29
So joyfully welcome him in the Lord and make sure you honor such people highly,
2 John 1:10
If anyone comes to you but does not present his teachings, do not receive him into your house or even welcome him,
3 John 1:8
Therefore, we ought to support such people so that we can become genuine helpers with them.

Doubtful disputations

Romans 14:2
One person believes that he may eat anything, while the weak person eats only vegetables.

General references

Leviticus 11:22
These creatures that you may eat include the locust of any kind, the bald locust of any kind, the cricket of any kind, and the grasshopper of any kind.

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