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
I am the vine, you are the branches. The one who abides in me while I abide in him produces much fruit, because apart from me you can do nothing.
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Our God, you are going to punish them, aren't you? We have no strength to face this vast multitude that has come against us, nor do we know what to do, except that our eyes are on you."
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Unless the LORD builds the house, its builders labor uselessly. Unless the LORD guards the city, its security forces keep watch uselessly.
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LORD, I know that a person's life is not his to control, nor does a person establish his way in life.
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John replied, "No one can receive anything unless it has been given to them from heaven.
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By ourselves we are not qualified to claim that anything comes from us. Rather, our credentials come from God,
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human Weakness » Helplessness, physical and spiritual of man
I am the vine, you are the branches. The one who abides in me while I abide in him produces much fruit, because apart from me you can do nothing.
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Now a man who had been crippled from birth was being carried in. Every day people would lay him at what was called the Beautiful Gate so that he could beg from those who were going into the Temple.
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No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him, and I will raise him to life on the last day.
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A woman was there who had a spirit that had disabled her for eighteen years. She was hunched over and completely unable to stand up straight.
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For I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my flesh. For I have the desire to do what is right, but I cannot carry it out.
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The sick man answered him, "Sir, I don't have anyone to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up. While I'm trying to get there, someone else steps down ahead of me."
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For at just the right time, while we were still powerless, the Messiah 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
However, the descendants of Benjamin did not expel the Jebusites who lived in Jerusalem, so the Jebusites have lived with the descendants of Benjamin in Jerusalem to this day.
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So in his burning anger against Israel, the LORD gave them into the domination of marauders who plundered them. The enemies who surrounded the Israelis controlled them, and they were no longer able to withstand their adversaries.
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They'll stumble over each other as though fleeing before the sword, even though no one is pursuing.
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Your sons and daughters will be given to another people while you watch. You won't be able to approach them at all, and you'll be powerless to help.
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The Israelis have been unable to stand before their enemies. They're turning their backs and running from their enemies because they themselves have been turned over to destruction. I will not be with you anymore unless you destroy these things that have been turned over to destruction.
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human Weakness » Manifested in all men
I gave you milk to drink, not solid food, because you weren't ready for it. And you're still not ready!
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"I still have a lot to say to you, but you cannot bear it now.
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When he went back to the disciples, he found them asleep. He told Peter, "So, you men couldn't stay awake with me for one hour, could you?
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I cannot carry this whole nation! The burden is too heavy for me!
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human Weakness » Powerlessness of men, often due to sin and unbelief » Effeminacy, general references to
A sword against her horses, against her chariots, and against all the foreign troops in her midst. They'll become women. A sword against her treasures. They'll be plundered.
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At that time, the Egyptians will be like women they will shudder and be afraid before the uplifted hand of the LORD of the Heavenly Armies, when he brandishes his hand against her.
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The warriors of Babylon have stopped fighting. They stay in their strongholds; their strength is dried up; they have become like women. Her buildings are set on fire; the bars of her gates are broken.
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Look at your people they are women! Your borders stand wide open to your enemies, while fire consumes the bars of your gates."
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human Weakness » Man's extremity, of weakness, becomes God's opportunity to help, » The father of the demoniac
A man in the crowd answered him, "Teacher, I brought my son to you. He has a spirit that won't let him talk. Whenever it brings on a seizure, it throws him to the ground. Then he foams at the mouth, grinds his teeth, and becomes stiff. So I asked your disciples to drive the spirit out, but they didn't have the power."
The sick man answered him, "Sir, I don't have anyone to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up. While I'm trying to get there, someone else steps 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 Jesus was in the back of the boat, asleep on a cushion. So they woke him up and asked him, "Teacher, don't you care that we're going to die?"
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He saw that his disciples were straining at the oars, because the wind was against them. Shortly before dawn he came to them, walking on the sea. He intended to go up right beside 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
I am the vine, you are the branches. The one who abides in me while I abide in him produces much fruit, because apart from me you can do nothing.
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Whenever it brings on a seizure, it throws him to the ground. Then he foams at the mouth, grinds his teeth, and becomes stiff. So I asked your disciples to drive the spirit out, but they didn't have the power."
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human Weakness » Powerlessness of men, often due to sin and unbelief » Apostasy produced a nation of cowards
When all the Israelis saw the man, they fled from him and were very frightened.
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human Weakness » Powerlessness of men, often due to sin and unbelief » Babylon enervated by idolatry
The warriors of Babylon have stopped fighting. They stay in their strongholds; their strength is dried up; they have become like women. Her buildings are set on fire; the bars of her gates are broken.
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human Weakness » Man's extremity, of weakness, becomes God's opportunity to help, » The sick woman
Now there was a woman who had been suffering from chronic bleeding for twelve years. Although she had endured a great deal under the care of many doctors and had spent all of her money, she had not been helped at all, but rather grew worse.
human Weakness » Powerlessness of men, often due to sin and unbelief » A broken covenant stripped samson of his strength
So he finally disclosed everything. He told her, "A razor has never touched my head, because I've been a Nazirite for God before I was born. If I am shaved, then my strength will abandon me and I will become weak like every human being."
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human Weakness » Man's extremity, of weakness, becomes God's opportunity to help, » The psalmist
the LORD watches over the innocent; I was brought low, and he delivered me.
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human Weakness » Man's extremity, of weakness, becomes God's opportunity to help, » Paul and his companions on the sea
For a number of days neither the sun nor the stars were to be seen, and the storm continued to rage until at last all hope of our being saved vanished.
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human Weakness » Man's extremity, of weakness, becomes God's opportunity to help, » Peter in prison
That very night, before Herod was going to bring him out, Peter, bound with two chains, was sleeping between two soldiers, and guards in front of the door were watching the prisoners.
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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 little boy here who has five barley loaves and two small fish. But what are these among so many people?"
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