Thematic Bible: Human Weakness
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human Weakness » Powerlessness of men, often due to sin and unbelief » Babylon enervated by idolatry
human Weakness » Renders men dependent upon God
O our God, will You not judge them? For we are powerless before this great multitude who are coming against us; nor do we know what to do, but our eyes are on You.”
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A Song of Ascents, of Solomon.
Unless the Lordbuilds the house,
They labor in vain who build it;
Unless the Lordguards the city,
The watchman keeps awake in vain.
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Unless the Lord
They labor in vain who build it;
Unless the Lord
The watchman keeps awake in vain.
John answered and said, “A man can receive nothing unless it has been given him from heaven.
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Not that we are adequate in ourselves to consider anything as coming from ourselves, but our adequacy is from God,
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human Weakness » Helplessness, physical and spiritual of man
And a man who had been lame from his mother’s womb was being carried along, whom they used to set down every day at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, in order to beg alms of those who were entering the temple.
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And there was a woman who for eighteen years had had a sickness caused by a spirit; and she was bent double, and could not straighten up at all.
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For I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh; for the willing is present in me, but the doing of the good is not.
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The sick man answered Him, “Sir, I have no man to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up, but while I am coming, another steps down before me.”
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For while we were still helpless, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly.
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human Weakness » Powerlessness of men, often due to sin and unbelief » Israel could not stand before their enemies
Therefore the sons of Israel cannot stand before their enemies; they turn their backs before their enemies, for they have become accursed. I will not be with you anymore unless you destroy the things under the ban from your midst.
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human Weakness » Manifested in all men
I gave you milk to drink, not solid food; for you were not yet able to receive it. Indeed, even now you are not yet able,
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And He *came to the disciples and *found them sleeping, and *said to Peter, “So, you men could not keep watch with Me for one hour?
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human Weakness » Powerlessness of men, often due to sin and unbelief » Effeminacy, general references to
And against all the
And they will become
A sword against her treasures, and they will be plundered!
In that day the Egyptians will become like women, and they will tremble and be in dread because of the waving of the hand of the Lord of hosts, which He is going to wave over them.
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They stay in the strongholds;
They are becoming
Their dwelling places are set on fire,
The
The gates of your land are
Fire consumes your gate bars.
human Weakness » Man's extremity, of weakness, becomes God's opportunity to help, » The father of the demoniac
And one of the crowd answered Him, "Teacher, I brought You my son, possessed with a spirit which makes him mute; and whenever it seizes him, it slams him to the ground and he foams at the mouth, and grinds his teeth and stiffens out. I told Your disciples to cast it out, and they could not do it."
The sick man answered Him, “Sir, I have no man to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up, but while I am coming, another steps down before me.”
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human Weakness » Man's extremity, of weakness, becomes God's opportunity to help, » The disciples in the storm
Jesus Himself was in the stern, asleep on the cushion; and they *woke Him and *said to Him, “Teacher, do You not care that we are perishing?”
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Seeing them straining at the oars, for the wind was against them, at about the fourth watch of the night He *came to them, walking on the sea; and He intended to pass by them.
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human Weakness » Powerlessness of men, often due to sin and unbelief » Unbelief rendered the apostles helpless to contend with satanic forces
and whenever it seizes him, it slams him to the ground and he foams at the mouth, and grinds his teeth and stiffens out. I told Your disciples to cast it out, and they could not do it.”
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human Weakness » Powerlessness of men, often due to sin and unbelief » Apostasy produced a nation of cowards
When all the men of Israel saw the man, they fled from him and were greatly afraid.
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human Weakness » Powerlessness of men, often due to sin and unbelief » Babylon enervated by idolatry
They stay in the strongholds;
They are becoming
Their dwelling places are set on fire,
The
human Weakness » Man's extremity, of weakness, becomes God's opportunity to help, » The sick woman
A woman who had had a hemorrhage for twelve years, and had endured much at the hands of many physicians, and had spent all that she had and was not helped at all, but rather had grown worse--
human Weakness » Powerlessness of men, often due to sin and unbelief » A broken covenant stripped samson of his strength
So he told her all that was in his heart and said to her, “A razor has never come on my head, for I have been a Nazirite to God from my mother’s womb. If I am shaved, then my strength will leave me and I will become weak and be like any other man.”
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human Weakness » Man's extremity, of weakness, becomes God's opportunity to help, » The psalmist
I was
human Weakness » Man's extremity, of weakness, becomes God's opportunity to help, » Paul and his companions on the sea
Since neither sun nor stars appeared for many days, and no small storm was assailing us, from then on all hope of our being saved was gradually abandoned.
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human Weakness » Man's extremity, of weakness, becomes God's opportunity to help, » Peter in prison
On the very night when Herod was about to bring him forward, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and guards in front of the door were watching over the prison.
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human Weakness » Man's extremity, of weakness, becomes God's opportunity to help, » The disciples facing a hungry multitude
“There is a lad here who has five barley loaves and two fish, but what are these for so many people?”
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