54 Bible Verses about Weakness

And he said to me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength.

If I must needs glory, I will glory of the things which concern my infirmities.

It is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power:

Who is weak, and I am not weak? who is made to fall into sin, and I burn not?

To the weak I became as weak, that I might gain the weak: I have become all things to all men, that I might by all means save some.

Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.

But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours should become a stumbling-block to them that are weak.

But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;

And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling.

Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.

Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.

For though he was crucified through weakness, yet he liveth by the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we shall live with him by the power of God towards you.

We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.

For we are glad, when we are weak, and ye are strong: and this also we wish, even your perfection.

My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.

If thou faintest in the day of adversity, thy strength is small.

For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep.

For if any man shall see thee, who hast knowledge, sit eating in the idol's temple, will not the conscience of him who is weak be emboldened to eat those things which are offered to idols;

Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees.

For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God, sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:

Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

We are fools for Christ's sake, but ye are wise in Christ; we are weak, but ye are strong; ye are honorable, but we are despised.

I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but I will destroy the fat and the strong; I will feed them with judgment.

My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh faileth of fatness.

Be ye strong therefore, and let not your hands be weak; for your work shall be rewarded.

For one believeth that he may eat all things: another, who is weak, eateth herbs.

Ye know that in infirmity of the flesh I preached the gospel to you at the first.

For we have not a high priest who cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but who was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin.

It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor any thing by which thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak.

Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations.

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in the time of trouble.

Who can have compassion on the ignorant, and on them that are out of the way; for that he himself also is compassed with infirmity.

Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands.

And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about a hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sarah's womb.

He shall spare the poor and needy, and shall save the souls of the needy.

For they all made us afraid, saying, Their hands shall be weakened from the work, that it may not be done. Now therefore, O God, strengthen my hands.

The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the LORD shall not want any good thing.

Deliver the poor and needy: deliver them from the hand of the wicked.

For I have satiated the weary soul, and I have replenished every sorrowful soul.

All hands shall be feeble, and all knees shall be weak as water.

For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.

But now, after ye have known God, or rather are known by God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, to which ye desire again to be in bondage?

A wise man is strong; and a man of knowledge increaseth strength.

For his letters (say they) are weighty and powerful; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible.

The diseased ye have not strengthened, neither have ye healed that which was sick, neither have ye bound up that which was broken, neither have ye brought again that which was driven away, neither have ye sought that which was lost; but with force and with cruelty have ye ruled them.

And they said to him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of blasphemy: for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.

I can do all things through Christ who strengtheneth me.

Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees;

Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I am weak: O LORD, heal me; for my bones are agitated.