Thematic Bible: Human Weakness


Thematic Bible




O our God, will you not judge them, for there is no power in us before this great multitude that is coming against us. Now we do not know what we shall do, for our eyes [are] upon you." Verse ConceptsDependencePower, God's SavingWeakness, PhysicalAfflictions, Prayer DuringPowerlessness



John answered and said, "A man can receive not one [thing] unless it is granted to him from heaven! Verse ConceptsGod Acts From HeavenThose To Whom God Gives



And a certain man was being carried who was lame {from birth}. {He} was placed every day at the gate of the temple called "Beautiful," [so that he] could ask for charitable gifts from those who were going into the temple [courts]. Verse ConceptsCripplesGatesLamenessLonelinessWeakness, PhysicalBeauty, In ArtefactsHelplessnessChronic AilmentsSitting In The GatewayNamed GatesFrom The WombOnce A DayPeople Carrying Live PeopleInner BeautyThe Beauty Of Nature


And behold, a woman [was there] who had a spirit {that had disabled her} [for] eighteen years, and she was bent over and not able to straighten herself up completely. Verse ConceptsCripplesMonotonyWeakness, PhysicalHelplessnessInfirmities15 To 20 YearsBent OverDemons Harming IndividualsThose DemonisedDemons Causing TormentDemons Causing IllnessSicknessIllnessBeing A Woman Of GodHope And Healing


The one who was sick answered him, "Sir, I do not have anyone that, whenever the water is stirred up, could put me into the pool. But {while} I am coming, another goes down before me." Verse ConceptsFriendlessnessLonelinessWeakness, PhysicalHelplessnessPeople Going BeforeDippingThings ShakingNo Help


But the descendants of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites who lived in Jerusalem, so the Jebusites have lived among the descendants of Benjamin in Jerusalem to this day. Verse ConceptsJerusalem, History OfZion, As A PlacePowerlessnessNot Driving Them OutUnable To ExpelWhere People Live To This Day

So {the anger of Yahweh was kindled} against Israel, and he gave them into the hand of plunderers; and they plundered them, and he sold them into the hand of their enemies from all sides. They were unable to withstand their enemies any longer. Verse ConceptsFreedom, Acts Of In OtBuying and sellingInvasions

And they shall stumble over {one another} as {from before} a sword, but there shall not be a pursuer; and {you shall have no resistance} {before} your enemies. Verse ConceptsStumblingPowerlessnessWithout Strength

Your sons and your daughters [shall be] given to other people, and {you will be looking on} {longingly} for them all day, {but you will be powerless to do anything}. Verse ConceptsPower, HumanPowerlessnessPeople's Inability To SaveChildren SufferingUnable To Save

The {Israelites} were unable to stand before their enemies; {they fled from their enemies} because they have become a thing devoted for destruction. {I will be with you no more} unless you destroy the devoted things from among you. Verse ConceptsPowerlessnessCursing IsraelUnder The Ban


I still have many [things] to say to you, but you are not able to bear [them] now. Verse ConceptsWithheld KnowledgePeople's Inability To UnderstandUnable To UnderstandTelling The Truth

And he came to the disciples and found them sleeping, and he said to Peter, "So, were you not able to stay awake with me one hour? Verse ConceptsHourPainPrayerlessnessSleep, PhysicalUnreliabilityOverconfidenceOne HourChrist With His DisciplesStress And Hard Times

I am not able to carry all these people along alone; they are too heavy for me. Verse ConceptsLonelinessNot AloneNot Being Alone

A sword against his horses, and against his chariots, and against all the foreign troops who [are] in the midst of her, so that they may become as women. A sword against her treasures, so that they may be plundered. Verse ConceptsChariotsBabylonPowerlessnessMixed MultitudeEffeminacyDestroying ChariotsWeak Women

On that day, Egypt will be like women, and will tremble and be afraid before the waving hand of Yahweh of hosts that he [is] waving against it. Verse ConceptsHand Of GodPowerlessnessEffeminacyGod's HandWaving The HandGroups TremblingWeak WomenTerror Of GodGod's Hands In Opposition

The warriors of Babylon have ceased to fight, they remain in the strongholds, their power has dried up, they have become as women. Her dwelling places are set on fire, her bars are broken. Verse ConceptsGatesPowerlessnessEffeminacyCessationStopping FightingWeak WomenBurning CitiesNo Strength LeftWomen's Strength

Look! Your troops [are like] women in your midst. The gates of your land are wide open to your enemies; fire will consume the bars [of your gates]. Verse ConceptsFeeblenessPowerlessnessEffeminacyThe Act Of OpeningOpening GatesWeak WomenLocks And BarsWomen's Strength

And one [individual] from the crowd answered him, "Teacher, I brought to you my son who has {a spirit that makes him mute}. And whenever it seizes him, it throws him down and he foams at the mouth and grinds his teeth and becomes paralyzed. And I told your disciples that they should expel it, and they were not able [to do so].

The one who was sick answered him, "Sir, I do not have anyone that, whenever the water is stirred up, could put me into the pool. But {while} I am coming, another goes down before me." Verse ConceptsFriendlessnessLonelinessWeakness, PhysicalHelplessnessPeople Going BeforeDippingThings ShakingNo Help

And he was in the stern sleeping on the cushion, and they woke him up and said to him, "Teacher, is it not a concern to you that we are perishing?" Verse ConceptsCriticism, against believersDependenceBody Of Christ, Physical BodyLeisure, And PastimesRest, PhysicalSleep, PhysicalWorryBedsPossibility Of DeathBack Of ThingsChrist Waking UpDyingDiscipleship

And he saw them being beaten in their rowing because the wind was against them. Around the fourth watch of the night he came to them, walking on the sea, and he was wanting to pass by them. Verse ConceptsNightPassing ByChrist's Knowledge Of BelieversRowingharassment


And whenever it seizes him, it throws him down and he foams at the mouth and grinds his teeth and becomes paralyzed. And I told your disciples that they should expel it, and they were not able [to do so]. Verse Conceptsdriving outBitingTeethGnashing Of TeethThrowing PeoplePeople Casting Out DemonsConvulsionsHardnessFoamsThe Disciples ActionsUnable To Expel

When all the men of Israel saw the man, they fled from his presence and were very afraid. Verse ConceptsCowardiceSuffering, Emotional Aspects OfDesertionIsrael FleeingFear Of Individuals

The warriors of Babylon have ceased to fight, they remain in the strongholds, their power has dried up, they have become as women. Her dwelling places are set on fire, her bars are broken. Verse ConceptsGatesPowerlessnessEffeminacyCessationStopping FightingWeak WomenBurning CitiesNo Strength LeftWomen's Strength

And [there was] a woman who was {suffering from hemorrhages} twelve years. And she had endured many [things] under many physicians, and had spent {all that she had} and had received no [help] at all, but instead {became worse}.

So {he confided everything to her}, and he said to her, "A razor {has never touched} my head, for I [am] a {Nazirite of God} {from birth}. If I am shaved my strength will leave me, and I will become weak, like everyone else. Verse ConceptsAbstinenceAsceticism, People PracticingBeardsHairsHeadsKnivesShavingYielding To TemptationSeparated To GodLong HairFrom The WombHair

Yahweh watches over [the] simple. I was brought low, but he gave me victory. Verse ConceptsHelpfulnessPoverty, SpiritualGod's Attitude To FoolsProtection From Danger

But [when] neither sun nor stars appeared for many days, and [with] not a little bad weather confronting [us], finally all hope was abandoned [that] we would be saved. Verse ConceptsDespair, Description OfHope, Results Of Its AbsencePessimismDark DaysWithout HopeNavigationNatural DisastersFeeling Lost

Now when Herod was about to bring him [out], on that [very] night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and guards before the door were watching the prison. Verse ConceptsLeisure, And PastimesSleep, PhysicalGod Is ImmanentIron ChainsDuring One NightTwo Other ThingsTwo Other MenSleeping Peacefullytrailsjail