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Thematic Bible: Human Weakness


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John 15:5
I am the Vine; you are the branches. The one who remains in Me and I in him bears much fruit, for [otherwise] apart from Me [that is, cut off from vital union with Me] you can do nothing. Verse ConceptsBearing Bad FruitGrowing SpirituallyFutilityethics, and graceeternal life, nature ofDependenceReceptivenessWork, Divine And HumanAbility, Of The ChristianHelplessnessAbiding In ChristActing AloneAbiding With GodPeople's Inability To Serve GodThe Source Of FruitBranches Of Christconnection

2 Chronicles 20:12
O our God, will You not judge them? For we are powerless against this great multitude which is coming against us. We do not know what to do, but our eyes are on You.” Verse ConceptsDependencePower, God's SavingWeakness, PhysicalAfflictions, Prayer DuringPowerlessness

Psalm 127:1
Unless the Lord builds the house,
They labor in vain who build it;
Unless the Lord guards the city,
The watchman keeps awake in vain.
Verse ConceptsAdultsOccupationsProperty, HousesBuilding CitiesSolomon, Character OfWatchfulness, DivineWatchmanWork, Divine And HumanProtection, From GodWakefulnessBuildersBuilding HousesUseless ReligionProtecting Your Family

Jeremiah 10:23

O Lord, I know that the path of [life of] a man is not in himself;
It is not within [the limited ability of] man [even one at his best] to choose and direct his steps [in life].
 Verse ConceptsMan's WaysGovernmentGuidance, Need For God'sHuman IgnoranceLife, HumanDeterminismNot MeElectguidanceGod's PlanGod Being In ControlPathsGuidance And StrengthGod's Plan For UsA Good Manfootstepsfaterebirth

John 3:27
John replied, “A man can receive nothing [he can claim nothing at all] unless it has been granted to him from heaven [for there is no other source than the sovereign will of God]. Verse ConceptsGod Acts From HeavenThose To Whom God Gives

2 Corinthians 3:5
Not that we are sufficiently qualified in ourselves to claim anything as coming from us, but our sufficiency and qualifications come from God. Verse ConceptsAbility, Of The ChristianGiving, Of TalentsAcknowledging GodWork, Divine And HumanCompetencePlenty Through GodWorthy PeopleConfidenceGrace Being SufficientBeing YourselfEclipsefitnessefficiencymyself

John 15:5
I am the Vine; you are the branches. The one who remains in Me and I in him bears much fruit, for [otherwise] apart from Me [that is, cut off from vital union with Me] you can do nothing. Verse ConceptsBearing Bad FruitGrowing SpirituallyFutilityethics, and graceeternal life, nature ofDependenceReceptivenessWork, Divine And HumanAbility, Of The ChristianHelplessnessAbiding In ChristActing AloneAbiding With GodPeople's Inability To Serve GodThe Source Of FruitBranches Of Christconnection

Acts 3:2
and a man who had been unable to walk from birth was being carried along, whom they used to set down every day at that gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, so that he could beg alms from those entering the temple. Verse ConceptsCripplesGatesLamenessLonelinessWeakness, PhysicalBeauty, In ArtefactsHelplessnessChronic AilmentsSitting In The GatewayNamed GatesFrom The WombOnce A DayPeople Carrying Live PeopleInner BeautyThe Beauty Of Nature

John 6:44
No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him [giving him the desire to come to Me]; and I will raise him up [from the dead] on the last day. Verse ConceptsAbility, Of God To SaveAccepting ChristBeing Born AgainBeing ChosenConversion, nature ofJesus Christ, Relation To FatherHelplessnessDivine AttractionPeople's Inability To Serve GodPulling PeopleComing To ChristOur ResurrectionThe FatherThe Father's Activity Regarding ChristAtheism, Description OfElectBelieving In Christ

Luke 13:11
And there was a woman who for eighteen years had had an illness caused by a spirit (demon). She was bent double, and could not straighten up at all. Verse ConceptsCripplesMonotonyWeakness, PhysicalHelplessnessInfirmities15 To 20 YearsBent OverDemons Harming IndividualsThose DemonisedDemons Causing TormentDemons Causing IllnessSicknessIllnessBeing A Woman Of GodHope And Healing

Romans 7:18
For I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my flesh [my human nature, my worldliness—my sinful capacity]. For the willingness [to do good] is present in me, but the doing of good is not. Verse ConceptsFlesh, Description OfdesiresPoverty, SpiritualHelplessnessThe Lust Of The FleshMasturbationNothingPeople's Inability To Serve GodNot Going GoodNothing GoodLife StrugglesDoing The Right ThingThe Beauty Of NatureDrugs

John 5:7
The invalid answered, “Sir, I have no one to put me in the pool when the water is stirred up, and while I am coming [to get into it myself], someone else steps down ahead of me.” Verse ConceptsFriendlessnessLonelinessWeakness, PhysicalHelplessnessPeople Going BeforeDippingThings ShakingNo Help

Romans 5:6
While we were still helpless [powerless to provide for our salvation], at the right time Christ died [as a substitute] for the ungodly. Verse ConceptsAtonementCompletionHistoryOpportunities, And SalvationPower, God's SavingReconciliation, Of The World To GodSin, God's Remedy ForSubstitutionWeakness, PhysicalJesus Christ, Mission OfHelplessnessPowerlessnessPeople's Inability To Serve GodThe Effect Of Christ's DeathThe Right TimeRight Time For GodTimes Of The ChristMissing The MarkHelping Others

Judges 1:21
But the sons of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites who inhabited Jerusalem; so the Jebusites have lived with the sons of Benjamin in Jerusalem to this day. Verse ConceptsJerusalem, History OfZion, As A PlacePowerlessnessNot Driving Them OutUnable To ExpelWhere People Live To This Day

Judges 2:14
So the anger of the Lord burned against Israel, and He gave them into the hands (power) of plunderers who robbed them; and He sold them into the hands of their surrounding enemies, so that they could no longer stand [in opposition] before their enemies. Verse ConceptsFreedom, Acts Of In OtBuying and sellingInvasions

Leviticus 26:37
They shall stumble over one another as if to escape from a sword when no one is chasing them; and you will have no power to stand before your enemies. Verse ConceptsStumblingPowerlessnessWithout Strength

Deuteronomy 28:32
Your sons and daughters will be given to another people, while your eyes look on and long for them continually; but there will be nothing you can do. Verse ConceptsPower, HumanPowerlessnessPeople's Inability To SaveChildren SufferingUnable To Save

Joshua 7:12
That is why the soldiers of Israel could not stand [and defend themselves] before their enemies; they turned their backs [and ran] before them, because they have become accursed. I will not be with you anymore unless you destroy the things under the ban from among you. Verse ConceptsPowerlessnessCursing IsraelUnder The Ban

1 Corinthians 3:2
I fed you with milk, not solid food; for you were not yet able to receive it. Even now you are still not ready. Verse ConceptsFeedingMilkNurtureShepherds, As Church LeaderHoly Spirit, Activities OfSpiritual ImmaturityPeople's Inability To UnderstandUnable To UnderstandStaying Strong And Not Giving UpMaturitychristianity

John 16:12
“I have many more things to say to you, but you cannot bear [to hear] them now. Verse ConceptsWithheld KnowledgePeople's Inability To UnderstandUnable To UnderstandTelling The Truth

Matthew 26:40
And He came to the disciples and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, “So, you men could not stay awake and keep watch with Me for one hour? Verse ConceptsHourPainPrayerlessnessSleep, PhysicalUnreliabilityOverconfidenceOne HourChrist With His DisciplesStress And Hard Times

Numbers 11:14
I am not able to carry all these people alone, because the burden is too heavy for me. Verse ConceptsLonelinessNot AloneNot Being Alone

Jeremiah 50:37

“A sword against their horses and against their chariots
And against all the foreign troops that are in her midst,
And they will become [as weak and defenseless as] women!
A sword against her treasures, and they will be plundered!
 Verse ConceptsChariotsBabylonPowerlessnessMixed MultitudeEffeminacyDestroying ChariotsWeak Women

Isaiah 19:16
In that day the Egyptians will become like [helpless] women, and they will tremble and be frightened because of the waving of the hand of the Lord of hosts, which He is going to wave over them. Verse ConceptsHand Of GodPowerlessnessEffeminacyGod's HandWaving The HandGroups TremblingWeak WomenTerror Of GodGod's Hands In Opposition

Jeremiah 51:30

The mighty warriors of Babylon have ceased to fight;
They remain in their strongholds.
Their strength and power have failed;
They are becoming [weak and helpless] like women.
Their dwelling places are set on fire;
The bars on her gates are broken.
 Verse ConceptsGatesPowerlessnessEffeminacyCessationStopping FightingWeak WomenBurning CitiesNo Strength LeftWomen's Strength

Nahum 3:13

Behold, your people are [as weak and helpless as] women in your midst!
The gates of your land are opened wide to your enemies;
Fire consumes the bars across your gates.
 Verse ConceptsFeeblenessPowerlessnessEffeminacyThe Act Of OpeningOpening GatesWeak WomenLocks And BarsWomen's Strength

Mark 9:17-18
And one of the throng replied to Him, Teacher, I brought my son to You, for he has a dumb spirit. And wherever it lays hold of him [so as to make him its own], it dashes him down and convulses him, and he foams [at the mouth] and grinds his teeth, and he [ falls into a motionless stupor and] is wasting away. And I asked Your disciples to drive it out, and they were not able [to do it].

John 5:7
The invalid answered, “Sir, I have no one to put me in the pool when the water is stirred up, and while I am coming [to get into it myself], someone else steps down ahead of me.” Verse ConceptsFriendlessnessLonelinessWeakness, PhysicalHelplessnessPeople Going BeforeDippingThings ShakingNo Help

Mark 4:38
But Jesus was in the stern, asleep [with His head] on the [sailor’s leather] cushion. And they woke Him and said to Him, “Teacher, do You not care that we are about to die?” Verse ConceptsCriticism, against believersDependenceBody Of Christ, Physical BodyLeisure, And PastimesRest, PhysicalSleep, PhysicalWorryBedsPossibility Of DeathBack Of ThingsChrist Waking UpDyingDiscipleship

Mark 6:48
Seeing the disciples straining at the oars, because the wind was against them, at about the fourth watch of the night (3:00-6:00 a.m.) He came to them, walking on the sea. And [acted as if] He intended to pass by them. Verse ConceptsNightPassing ByChrist's Knowledge Of BelieversRowingharassment

John 15:5
I am the Vine; you are the branches. The one who remains in Me and I in him bears much fruit, for [otherwise] apart from Me [that is, cut off from vital union with Me] you can do nothing. Verse ConceptsBearing Bad FruitGrowing SpirituallyFutilityethics, and graceeternal life, nature ofDependenceReceptivenessWork, Divine And HumanAbility, Of The ChristianHelplessnessAbiding In ChristActing AloneAbiding With GodPeople's Inability To Serve GodThe Source Of FruitBranches Of Christconnection

Mark 9:18
and whenever it seizes him [intending to do harm], it throws him down, and he foams [at the mouth], and grinds his teeth and becomes stiff. I told Your disciples to drive it out, and they could not do it.” Verse Conceptsdriving outBitingTeethGnashing Of TeethThrowing PeoplePeople Casting Out DemonsConvulsionsHardnessFoamsThe Disciples ActionsUnable To Expel

1 Samuel 17:24
When the men of Israel all saw the man, they fled from him, and were very frightened. Verse ConceptsCowardiceSuffering, Emotional Aspects OfDesertionIsrael FleeingFear Of Individuals

Jeremiah 51:30

The mighty warriors of Babylon have ceased to fight;
They remain in their strongholds.
Their strength and power have failed;
They are becoming [weak and helpless] like women.
Their dwelling places are set on fire;
The bars on her gates are broken.
 Verse ConceptsGatesPowerlessnessEffeminacyCessationStopping FightingWeak WomenBurning CitiesNo Strength LeftWomen's Strength

Mark 5:25-26
And there was a woman who had had a flow of blood for twelve years, And who had endured much suffering under [the hands of] many physicians and had spent all that she had, and was no better but instead grew worse.

Judges 16:17
Then [finally] he told her everything that was in his heart and said to her, “A razor has never been used 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.” Verse ConceptsAbstinenceAsceticism, People PracticingBeardsHairsHeadsKnivesShavingYielding To TemptationSeparated To GodLong HairFrom The WombHair

Psalm 116:6

The Lord protects the simple (childlike);
I was brought low [humbled and discouraged], and He saved me.
 Verse ConceptsHelpfulnessPoverty, SpiritualGod's Attitude To FoolsProtection From Danger

Acts 27:20
Since neither sun nor stars appeared for many days, and no small storm kept raging about us, from then on all hope of our being saved was [growing worse and worse and] gradually abandoned. Verse ConceptsDespair, Description OfHope, Results Of Its AbsencePessimismDark DaysWithout HopeNavigationNatural DisastersFeeling Lost

Acts 12:6
The very night before Herod was to bring him forward, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and sentries were in front of the door guarding the prison. Verse ConceptsLeisure, And PastimesSleep, PhysicalGod Is ImmanentIron ChainsDuring One NightTwo Other ThingsTwo Other MenSleeping Peacefullytrailsjail

John 6:9
“There is a little boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish; but what are these for so many people?” Verse ConceptsBarleyChildren, examples ofHelpfulnessChildren, In Jesus MiraclesHelpful ChildrenSmall Things God UsesLittle FoodFive ThingsSmall CreaturesTwo AnimalsChildren In The Miracles Of Jesus ChristFishcouples

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