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
Our God, will You not judge them? For we are powerless before this vast number that comes to fight against us. We do not know what to do, but we look to You.
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A Solomonic song of ascents.Unless the Lord builds a house,
its builders labor over it in vain;
unless the Lord watches over a city,
the watchman stays alert in vain.
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its builders labor over it in vain;
unless the Lord watches over a city,
the watchman stays alert in vain.
that a man’s way of life is not his own;
no one who walks determines his own steps.
John responded, “No one can receive a single thing unless it’s given to him from heaven.
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It is not that we are competent in ourselves to consider anything as coming from ourselves, but our competence is from God.
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human Weakness » Helplessness, physical and spiritual of man
And a man who was lame from birth was carried there and placed every day at the temple gate called Beautiful, so he could beg from those entering the temple complex.
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a woman was there who had been disabled by a spirit for over 18 years. She was bent over and could not straighten up at all.
For I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my flesh. For the desire to do what is good is with me, but there is no ability to do it.
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“Sir,” the sick man answered, “I don’t have a man to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up, but while I’m coming, someone goes down ahead of me.”
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For while we were still helpless, at the appointed moment, 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
At the same time the Benjaminites did not drive out the Jebusites who were living in Jerusalem. The Jebusites have lived among the Benjaminites in Jerusalem to this day.
The Lord’s anger burned against Israel, and He handed them over to marauders who raided them. He sold them to the enemies around them, and they could no longer resist their enemies.
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They will stumble over one another as if fleeing from a sword though no one is pursuing them. You will not be able to stand against your enemies.
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Your sons and daughters will be given to another people, while your eyes grow weary looking for them every day. But you will be powerless to do anything.
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This is why the Israelites cannot stand against their enemies. They will turn their backs and run from their enemies, because they have been set apart for destruction. I will no longer be with you unless you remove from you what is set apart.
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human Weakness » Manifested in all men
I gave you milk to drink, not solid food, because you were not yet ready for it. In fact, you are still not ready,
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Then He came to the disciples and found them sleeping. He asked Peter, “So, couldn’t you stay awake with Me one hour?
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I can’t carry all these people by myself. They are too much for me.
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human Weakness » Powerlessness of men, often due to sin and unbelief » Effeminacy, general references to
and against all the foreigners among them,
and they will be like women.
A sword is against her treasuries,
and they will be plundered.
On that day Egypt will be like women. She will tremble with fear because of the threatening hand of the Lord of Hosts when He raises it against her.
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they sit in their strongholds.
Their might is exhausted;
they have become like women.
Babylon’s homes have been set ablaze,
her gate bars are shattered.
the gates of your land
are wide open to your enemies.
Fire will devour the bars of your gates.
human Weakness » Man's extremity, of weakness, becomes God's opportunity to help, » The father of the demoniac
Out of the crowd, one man answered Him, "Teacher, I brought my son to You. He has a spirit that makes him unable to speak. Wherever it seizes him, it throws him down, and he foams at the mouth, grinds his teeth, and becomes rigid. So I asked Your disciples to drive it out, but they couldn't."
“Sir,” the sick man answered, “I don’t have a man to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up, but while I’m coming, someone goes down ahead of me.”
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human Weakness » Man's extremity, of weakness, becomes God's opportunity to help, » The disciples in the storm
But He was in the stern, sleeping on the cushion. So they woke Him up and said to Him, “Teacher! Don’t You care that we’re going to die?”
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He saw them being battered as they rowed, because the wind was against them. Around three in the morning He came toward them walking on the sea and wanted 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
Wherever it seizes him, it throws him down, and he foams at the mouth, grinds his teeth, and becomes rigid. So I asked Your disciples to drive it out, but they couldn’t.”
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human Weakness » Powerlessness of men, often due to sin and unbelief » Apostasy produced a nation of cowards
When all the Israelite men saw Goliath, they retreated from him terrified.
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human Weakness » Powerlessness of men, often due to sin and unbelief » Babylon enervated by idolatry
they sit in their strongholds.
Their might is exhausted;
they have become like women.
Babylon’s homes have been set ablaze,
her gate bars are shattered.
human Weakness » Man's extremity, of weakness, becomes God's opportunity to help, » The sick woman
A woman suffering from bleeding for 12 years had endured much under many doctors. She had spent everything she had and was not helped at all. On the contrary, she became worse.
human Weakness » Powerlessness of men, often due to sin and unbelief » A broken covenant stripped samson of his strength
he told her the whole truth and said to her, “My hair has never been cut, because I am a Nazirite to God from birth. If I am shaved, 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 helpless, and He saved me.
human Weakness » Man's extremity, of weakness, becomes God's opportunity to help, » Paul and his companions on the sea
For many days neither sun nor stars appeared, and the severe storm kept raging. Finally all hope that we would be saved was disappearing.
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human Weakness » Man's extremity, of weakness, becomes God's opportunity to help, » Peter in prison
On the night before Herod was to bring him out for execution, Peter, bound with two chains, was sleeping between two soldiers, while the sentries in front of the door guarded 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’s a boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish—but what are they for so many?”
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