35 Bible Verses about vulnerability

For some of these insinuate themselves into households and captivate weak women who are overwhelmed with sins and led along by various passions.

who must be silenced because they mislead whole families by teaching for dishonest gain what ought not to be taught.

If I must boast, I will boast about the things that show my weakness.

No one is to oppress his fellow citizen, but you must fear your God, because I am the Lord your God.

"No," he insisted, "but you have come to see if our land is vulnerable."

They will maintain the outward appearance of religion but will have repudiated its power. So avoid people like these.

and he has granted the Son authority to execute judgment, because he is the Son of Man.

Why should I be afraid in times of trouble, when the sinful deeds of deceptive men threaten to overwhelm me?

For certain men have secretly slipped in among you -- men who long ago were marked out for the condemnation I am about to describe -- ungodly men who have turned the grace of our God into a license for evil and who deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.

Moses saw that the people were running wild, for Aaron had let them get completely out of control, causing derision from their enemies.

So I stationed people at the lower places behind the wall in the exposed places. I stationed the people by families, with their swords, spears, and bows.

He said to them, "Listen to this dream I had:

Such women are always seeking instruction, yet never able to arrive at a knowledge of the truth.

But the one who lives for pleasure is dead even while she lives.

We are all the sons of one man; we are honest men! Your servants are not spies."

A wise person's good sense protects him, but a fool's lack of sense leaves him vulnerable.

Do not exploit a poor person because he is poor and do not crush the needy in court,

For we too were once foolish, disobedient, misled, enslaved to various passions and desires, spending our lives in evil and envy, hateful and hating one another.

But Peter insisted emphatically, "Even if I must die with you, I will never deny you." And all of them said the same thing.

In the same way, your Father in heaven is not willing that one of these little ones be lost.

When I had made an inspection, I stood up and said to the nobles, the officials, and the rest of the people, "Don't be afraid of them. Remember the great and awesome Lord, and fight on behalf of your brothers, your sons, your daughters, your wives, and your families!"

She made him go to sleep on her lap and then called a man in to shave off the seven braids of his hair. She made him vulnerable and his strength left him.

Learn to do what is right! Promote justice! Give the oppressed reason to celebrate! Take up the cause of the orphan! Defend the rights of the widow!

They replied, "Your servants are from a family of twelve brothers. We are the sons of one man in the land of Canaan. The youngest is with our father at this time, and one is no longer alive."

If you afflict them in any way and they cry to me, I will surely hear their cry,

Then when they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, "Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these do?" He replied, "Yes, Lord, you know I love you." Jesus told him, "Feed my lambs."

Can you fill its hide with harpoons or its head with fishing spears?

Then Joseph remembered the dreams he had dreamed about them, and he said to them, "You are spies; you have come to see if our land is vulnerable!"

Now to the one who is able to keep you from falling, and to cause you to stand, rejoicing, without blemish before his glorious presence,

So it happened that the Jews who were living near them came and warned us repeatedly about all the schemes they were plotting against us.

There we were, binding sheaves of grain in the middle of the field. Suddenly my sheaf rose up and stood upright and your sheaves surrounded my sheaf and bowed down to it!"

Joseph recognized his brothers, but they did not recognize him.

The builders to a man had their swords strapped to their sides while they were building. But the trumpeter remained with me.

When the king of Moab realized he was losing the battle, he and 700 swordsmen tried to break through and attack the king of Edom, but they failed.

But they exclaimed, "No, my lord! Your servants have come to buy grain for food!