15 occurrences

'Lame' in the Bible

Then God asked him, "Who gives a person a mouth? Who makes him unable to speak, or deaf, or able to see, or blind, or lame? Is it not I, the LORD?

Verse ConceptsDeafnessdisabilitiesMutenessNatureVisionGod BlindingDumbnessWho Is God?DumbSpeaking With The MouthThe Faculty Of SightBlindness

Indeed, any person who has a defect is not to approach the Tent of Meeting the blind, the lame, one who is mutilated in the face or who has a very long limb,

Verse ConceptsdisabilitiesMutilation

Meanwhile, Saul's son Jonathan had a son whose feet were crippled. When he was five years old, news had arrived about Saul and Jonathan from Jezreel, and his nurse picked him up to flee, but in her hurry to leave, he happened to fall and became lame. His name was Mephibosheth.

Verse ConceptsCripplesAccidentsFeetdisabilitiesLamenessNursesSuffering, Causes OfPeople TumblingHurt And Betrayalsaul

Later, the king and his army marched on Jerusalem against the Jebusites, who were inhabiting the territory at that time and who had told David, "You're not coming in here! Even the blind and the lame could turn you away!" because they were thinking "David can't come here."

Verse ConceptsdisabilitiesZion, As A PlaceEntering Cities

At that time, David had said, "Whoever intends to attack the Jebusites will have to climb up the water shaft to attack the lame and blind, who hate David."

Verse ConceptsZion, As A PlaceOld SayingsHating PeoplesWater Channel

Therefore they say, "The blind and lame are never to come into the house." David occupied the fortress, naming it the City of David. He built up the surroundings from the terrace ramparts inward.

Verse ConceptsFortressesCity Of DavidStrongholdsZion, As A PlaceFortsPeople Naming ThingsRebuilding Jerusalem

He replied, "Well, your majesty, since your servant is lame, I told myself, "I'll have my donkey saddled and I'll ride on it so I can leave with the king.' But my servant Ziba deceived me

Verse ConceptsBackPreparing To TravelSaddling DonkeysThose Who Deceived

I served as eyes for the blind and feet for the lame.

Verse ConceptsdisabilitiesLameness

Useless legs to the lame that's what a proverb quoted by a fool is.

Verse ConceptsFools, Characteristics OfLamenessLegsProverbsWise Proverbs

"Your rigging hangs loose; it cannot reliably hold the mast in its place, and the sail cannot spread out. Then an abundance of spoils will be divided even the lame will carry off plunder.

Verse ConceptsShipsDividing The Spoil

then the lame will leap like deer, and the tongues of speechless people will sing for joy. Yes, waters will gush forth in the wilderness, and streams will run through the desert;

Verse ConceptsLeapingCripplesLamenessTonguePeople JumpingRunning Water From GodDumbnessRenewedDumbDeserts Used FigurativelyDeer Etc.Deerjumping

Look, I'm bringing them from the northern region, and I'll gather them from the farthest parts of the earth. among them will be the blind and the lame, together with the pregnant woman and the woman in labor. A large group will return here.

Verse ConceptsCripplesdisabilitiesLamenessGathering IsraelReturn From The NorthBirthHarming Pregnant WomenMotherhood

"At that time," declares the LORD, "I will assemble the lame; and I will gather those whom I have scattered, along with those whom I have afflicted.

Verse ConceptsGathered By GodPeople OstracisedEzekiel Invasionlegacy

I will transform the lame into survivors, and those who were scattered into a strong nation; and the LORD will reign over them in Mount Zion, now and forever."

Verse ConceptsSmall RemnantsGod Reigning ForeverPeople OstracisedJerusalem In Millennial KingdomSolar Eclipse

"Watch how I deal with everyone who oppresses you! At that time I will rescue the one who is lame, and I will draw to me the one who has been driven away. I will honor them with praise and with a good reputation in every land where they have been put to shame.

Verse ConceptsdisabilitiesEliminating ShameGod HealsNo DealingsPeople Have Honouruncertainty

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Cripple (4 instances)
Crippled (21 instances)
Drooping (1 instance)
Feeble (165 instances)
Frail (15 instances)
Halting (8 instances)
Imperfect (6 instances)
Incomplete (4 instances)
Square (102 instances)
Wound (67 instances)

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