25 Bible Verses about Lameness

A man who had been crippled from birth was carried to the gate of the temple called Beautiful. There he begged for handouts from those who entered the temple.

The blind receive their sight. The lame walk! The lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear. The dead are raised up, and the poor have good news preached to them. Blessed and happy is he who is not offended by me.

A man with crippled feet sat in Lystra. He had never walked for he was lame from birth.

Saul's son Jonathan had a son who was crippled. When the boy was five years old, the news about the death of Saul and Jonathan came from Jezreel. His nurse picked him up and fled to Gittaim. She was in a hurry when she left. He fell from her arms and became disabled. His name was Mephibosheth.

The king asked him: Is there anyone left of Saul's family to whom I can show loyalty and kindness? I promised God I would. Ziba answered: There is still one of Jonathan's sons. He is crippled.

I was eyes to the blind, and feet to the lame.

I am bringing them from the North Country. I will gather them from the remote parts of the earth. Among them are the blind and the lame, the woman with child and she who is in labor with child. As a great company they will return here.

When you give a feast, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind. You will be blessed because they are not able to pay you back. God will repay you on the day the good people rise from death.

He answered John's disciples: Go and tell John the things you have seen and heard. The blind receive their sight! The lame walk and lepers are cleansed. The deaf hear! The dead are raised up and the poor have good news preached to them.

Jesus walked all over Galilee teaching in the synagogues. He preached the Good News about the Kingdom. He also healed every kind of disease and infirmity among the people. News about him spread throughout the country of Syria. People sick and suffering from diseases, people with demons, epileptics and paralytics, came to him. Jesus healed them all.

He said: Lord, my servant is lying paralyzed at home and terribly tormented. Jesus said to him: I will come and heal him.

Several days later Jesus returned to Capernaum. The word spread that he was home. So many people gathered that there was no room left even by the door. Jesus was speaking God's word to them. Men came to him carrying a paralyzed man.read more.
They could not bring him to Jesus because of the crowd. So they removed the roof over the place where Jesus was. Then they lowered the cot on which the paralyzed man was lying. When Jesus saw their faith, he told the man: Friend your sins are forgiven. Some of the scribes sitting there reasoned in their hearts: Why does this man speak this way? He blasphemes for only God is the one who can forgive sins. Jesus immediately discerned in his spirit that they reasoned within themselves. He asked them: Why reason these things in your hearts? Which is easier to say to the sick man your sins are forgiven or take your bed and walk? So you may see that the Son of man has authority to forgive sins on earth, he said to the man: Get up and take your bed, and go to your house. He got up, took the bed and went out before them all. They were all filled with wonder. They gave glory to God and said we have never seen anything like this.

Many people came to him. They brought those who were lame, crippled, blind, mute, and many other people. They laid them down at his feet and he healed them. The people marveled as they saw the mute speak, the crippled and lame walk, and the blind see. They glorified the God of Israel.

The blind and the crippled came to him in the Temple, and he made them well.

Then Peter said: We have no money but what I have I give you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk. He took him by the right hand, and lifted him up. Immediately his feet and anklebones received strength. He leaped up, stood and walked. He entered the temple with them walking, and leaping, and praising God.read more.
All the people saw him walking and praising God. They knew he was the one who begged at the Beautiful gate of the temple. They were filled with wonder and amazement because of what happened to him.

Unclean spirits, crying with loud voices, came out of many who were possessed by them. Many who were taken with palsies and the lame were healed. There was great joy in that city.

He found a man named Aeneas who lay in his bed for eight years. He was sick of the palsy. Peter said to him: Aeneas, Jesus Christ makes you whole! Stand up and take your bed. And he stood up immediately.

If your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is good for you to enter into life with only one foot, rather than having two feet to be cast into the ever-burning fires of Hinnom. (Greek: Gehenna: symbolic of total destruction)

The king and his men went to Jerusalem to attack the Jebusites, who lived in that region. The Jebusites told David: You will never get in here. Even the blind and the lame could turn you away. In other words he could not enter there. However, David captured the fortress Zion, that is, the City of David. That day David said: Whoever wants to defeat the Jebusites must reach the lame and the blind that hate me by using the water tunnel. So there is a saying: The blind and the lame will not get into the palace.

Lift up the hands that hang down, and the feeble knees. Make straight paths for your feet. Let that which is lame be turned out of the way, but rather let it be healed.

As the legs of the lame are not equal so is a proverb in the mouth of fools.

The lame will leap and dance, and those who cannot speak will shout for joy. Streams of water will flow through the desert plain.

If it has any defect, such as lameness or blindness, or any serious defect, you shall not sacrifice it to Jehovah your God.

This is how you despise me. You offer worthless food on my altar. Then you ask: 'How have we failed to respect you?' I tell you it is by showing contempt for my altar. You bring blind, sick and lame animals to sacrifice to me. Do you think there is nothing wrong with that? Try giving an animal like that to the governor! Would he be pleased with you or grant you any favors?

The blind receive their sight. The lame walk! The lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear. The dead are raised up, and the poor have good news preached to them.