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. He who remains in me, and I in him, the same bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.
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Our God, will you not judge them? For we have no might against this great company that comes against us; neither know we what to do, but our eyes are on you."
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Unless Yahweh builds the house, they labor in vain who build it. Unless Yahweh watches over the city, the watchman guards it in vain.
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Yahweh, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man who walks to direct his steps.
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John answered, "A man can receive nothing, unless it has been given him from heaven.
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not that we are sufficient of ourselves, to account anything as from ourselves; but our sufficiency is from God;
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human Weakness » Helplessness, physical and spiritual of man
I am the vine. You are the branches. He who remains in me, and I in him, the same bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.
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A certain man who was lame from his mother's womb was being carried, whom they laid daily at the door of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask gifts for the needy of those who entered 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 up in the last day.
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Behold, there was a woman who had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and she was bent over, and could in no way straighten herself up.
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For I know that in me, that is, in my flesh, dwells no good thing. For desire is present with me, but I don't find it doing that which is good.
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The sick man answered him, "Sir, I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up, but while I'm coming, another steps down before me."
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For while we were yet weak, 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
The children of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites who inhabited Jerusalem; but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Benjamin in Jerusalem to this day.
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The anger of Yahweh was kindled against Israel, and he delivered them into the hands of spoilers who despoiled them; and he sold them into the hands of their enemies all around, so that they could not any longer stand before their enemies.
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They will stumble over one another, as it were before the sword, when no one pursues: and you will have no power to stand before your enemies.
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Your sons and your daughters shall be given to another people; and your eyes shall look, and fail with longing for them all the day: and there shall be nothing in the power of your hand.
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Therefore the children of Israel can't stand before their enemies. They turn their backs before their enemies, because they have become devoted for destruction. I will not be with you any more, unless you destroy the devoted things from among you.
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human Weakness » Manifested in all men
I fed you with milk, not with meat; for you weren't yet ready. Indeed, not even now are you ready,
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"I have yet many things to tell you, but you can't bear them now.
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He came to the disciples, and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, "What, couldn't you watch with me for one hour?
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I am not able to bear all this people alone, because it 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 is on their horses, and on their chariots, and on all the mixed people who are in the midst of her; and they shall become as women: a sword is on her treasures, and they shall be robbed.
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In that day the Egyptians will be like women. They will tremble and fear because of the shaking of the hand of Yahweh of Armies, which he shakes over them.
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The mighty men of Babylon have forborne to fight, they remain in their strongholds; their might has failed; they are become as women: her dwelling places are set on fire; her bars are broken.
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Behold, your troops in your midst are women. The gates of your land are set wide open to your enemies. The fire has devoured your bars.
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human Weakness » Man's extremity, of weakness, becomes God's opportunity to help, » The father of the demoniac
One of the multitude answered, "Teacher, I brought to you my son, who has a mute spirit; and wherever it seizes him, it throws him down, and he foams at the mouth, and grinds his teeth, and wastes away. I asked your disciples to cast it out, and they weren't able."
The sick man answered him, "Sir, I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up, but while I'm 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
He himself was in the stern, asleep on the cushion, and they woke him up, and told him, "Teacher, don't you care that we are dying?"
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Seeing them distressed in rowing, for the wind was contrary to them, about the fourth watch of the night he came to them, walking on the sea, and he would have passed 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
I am the vine. You are the branches. He who remains in me, and I in him, the same bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.
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and wherever it seizes him, it throws him down, and he foams at the mouth, and grinds his teeth, and wastes away. I asked your disciples to cast it out, and they weren't able."
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human Weakness » Powerlessness of men, often due to sin and unbelief » Apostasy produced a nation of cowards
All the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him, and were terrified.
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human Weakness » Powerlessness of men, often due to sin and unbelief » Babylon enervated by idolatry
The mighty men of Babylon have forborne to fight, they remain in their strongholds; their might has failed; they are become as women: her dwelling places are set on fire; her bars are broken.
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human Weakness » Man's extremity, of weakness, becomes God's opportunity to help, » The sick woman
A certain woman, who had an issue of blood for twelve years, and had suffered many things by many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was no better, but rather grew worse,
human Weakness » Powerlessness of men, often due to sin and unbelief » A broken covenant stripped samson of his strength
He told her all his heart, and said to her, "No razor has ever 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 go from 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
Yahweh preserves the simple. I was brought low, and he saved 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
When neither sun nor stars shone on us for many days, and no small storm pressed on us, all hope that we would be saved was now taken away.
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human Weakness » Man's extremity, of weakness, becomes God's opportunity to help, » Peter in prison
The same night when Herod was about to bring him out, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains. Guards in front of the door kept 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 boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish, but what are these among so many?"
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