Romans 14:1

Now receive the one who is weak in the faith, and do not have disputes over differing opinions.

Romans 15:1

But we who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak, and not just please ourselves.

Romans 15:7

Receive one another, then, just as Christ also received you, to God's glory.

1 Corinthians 9:22

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

Job 4:3

Look, you have instructed many; you have strengthened feeble hands.

Isaiah 35:3-4

Strengthen the hands that have gone limp, steady the knees that shake!

Isaiah 40:11

Like a shepherd he tends his flock; he gathers up the lambs with his arm; he carries them close to his heart; he leads the ewes along.

Isaiah 42:3

A crushed reed he will not break, a dim wick he will not extinguish; he will faithfully make just decrees.

Ezekiel 34:4

You have not strengthened the weak, healed the sick, bandaged the injured, brought back the strays, or sought the lost, but with force and harshness you have ruled over them.

Ezekiel 34:16

I will seek the lost and bring back the strays; I will bandage the injured and strengthen the sick, but the fat and the strong I will destroy. I will feed them -- with judgment!

Zechariah 11:16

Indeed, I am about to raise up a shepherd in the land who will not take heed to the sheep headed to slaughter, will not seek the scattered, and will not heal the injured. Moreover, he will not nourish the one that is healthy but instead will eat the meat of the fat sheep and tear off their hooves.

Matthew 10:40-42

"Whoever receives you receives me, and whoever receives me receives the one who sent me.

Matthew 12:20

He will not break a bruised reed or extinguish a smoldering wick, until he brings justice to victory.

Matthew 14:31

Immediately Jesus reached out his hand and caught him, saying to him, "You of little faith, why did you doubt?"

Matthew 18:5-6

And whoever welcomes a child like this in my name welcomes me.

Matthew 18:10

"See that you do not disdain one of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of my Father in heaven.

Luke 17:2

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

John 13:20

I tell you the solemn truth, whoever accepts the one I send accepts me, and whoever accepts me accepts the one who sent me."

Romans 4:19

Without being weak in faith, he considered his own body as dead (because he was about one hundred years old) and the deadness of Sarah's womb.

Romans 14:21

It is good not to eat meat or drink wine or to do anything that causes your brother to stumble.

1 Corinthians 3:1-2

So, brothers and sisters, I could not speak to you as spiritual people, but instead as people of the flesh, as infants in Christ.

1 Corinthians 8:7-13

But this knowledge is not shared by all. And some, by being accustomed to idols in former times, eat this food as an idol sacrifice, and their conscience, because it is weak, is defiled.

Philippians 2:29

So welcome him in the Lord with great joy, and honor people like him,

2 John 1:10

If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your house and do not give him any greeting,

3 John 1:8-10

Therefore we ought to support such people, so that we become coworkers in cooperation with the truth.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Bible References

Weak

Romans 14:21
It is good not to eat meat or drink wine or to do anything that causes your brother to stumble.
Romans 4:19
Without being weak in faith, he considered his own body as dead (because he was about one hundred years old) and the deadness of Sarah's womb.
Romans 15:1
But we who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak, and not just please ourselves.
Job 4:3
Look, you have instructed many; you have strengthened feeble hands.
Isaiah 35:3
Strengthen the hands that have gone limp, steady the knees that shake!
Isaiah 40:11
Like a shepherd he tends his flock; he gathers up the lambs with his arm; he carries them close to his heart; he leads the ewes along.
Isaiah 42:3
A crushed reed he will not break, a dim wick he will not extinguish; he will faithfully make just decrees.
Ezekiel 34:4
You have not strengthened the weak, healed the sick, bandaged the injured, brought back the strays, or sought the lost, but with force and harshness you have ruled over them.
Zechariah 11:16
Indeed, I am about to raise up a shepherd in the land who will not take heed to the sheep headed to slaughter, will not seek the scattered, and will not heal the injured. Moreover, he will not nourish the one that is healthy but instead will eat the meat of the fat sheep and tear off their hooves.
Matthew 12:20
He will not break a bruised reed or extinguish a smoldering wick, until he brings justice to victory.
Matthew 14:31
Immediately Jesus reached out his hand and caught him, saying to him, "You of little faith, why did you doubt?"
Matthew 18:6
"But if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a huge millstone hung around his neck and to be drowned in the open sea.
Luke 17:2
It would be better for him to have a millstone tied around his neck and be thrown into the sea than for him to cause one of these little ones to sin.
1 Corinthians 3:1
So, brothers and sisters, I could not speak to you as spiritual people, but instead as people of the flesh, as infants in Christ.
1 Corinthians 8:7
But this knowledge is not shared by all. And some, by being accustomed to idols in former times, eat this food as an idol sacrifice, and their conscience, because it is weak, is defiled.
1 Corinthians 9:22
To the weak I became weak in order to gain the weak. I have become all things to all people, so that by all means I may save some.

Receive

Romans 15:7
Receive one another, then, just as Christ also received you, to God's glory.
Matthew 10:40
"Whoever receives you receives me, and whoever receives me receives the one who sent me.
Matthew 18:5
And whoever welcomes a child like this in my name welcomes me.
John 13:20
I tell you the solemn truth, whoever accepts the one I send accepts me, and whoever accepts me accepts the one who sent me."
Philippians 2:29
So welcome him in the Lord with great joy, and honor people like him,
2 John 1:10
If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your house and do not give him any greeting,
3 John 1:8
Therefore we ought to support such people, so that we become coworkers in cooperation with the truth.

Doubtful disputations

Romans 14:2
One person believes in eating everything, but the weak person eats only vegetables.

General references

Leviticus 11:22
These you may eat from them: the locust of any kind, the bald locust of any kind, the cricket of any kind, the grasshopper of any kind.

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