'Weak' in the Bible

When Isaac was old and his eyes were so weak that he was almost blind, he called his older son Esau and said to him, "My son!" "Here I am!" Esau replied.

and see what the land is like, and whether the people who live in it are strong or weak, few or many,

Samson said to her, "If they tie me up with seven fresh bowstrings that have not been dried, I will become weak and be just like any other man."

He said to her, "If they tie me tightly with brand new ropes that have never been used, I will become weak and be just like any other man."

Delilah said to Samson, "Up to now you have deceived me and told me lies. Tell me how you can be subdued." He said to her, "If you weave the seven braids of my hair into the fabric on the loom and secure it with the pin, I will become weak and be like any other man."

Finally he told her his secret. He said to her, "My hair has never been cut, for I have been dedicated to God from the time I was conceived. If my head were shaved, my strength would leave me; I would become weak, and be just like all other men."

He lifts the weak from the dust; he raises the poor from the ash heap to seat them with princes and to bestow on them an honored position. The foundations of the earth belong to the Lord, and he has placed the world on them.

Today I am weak, even though I am anointed as king. These men, the sons of Zeruiah, are too much for me to bear! May the Lord punish appropriately the one who has done this evil thing!"

So I am ready to bring disaster on the dynasty of Jeroboam. I will cut off every last male belonging to Jeroboam in Israel, including even the weak and incapacitated. I will burn up the dynasty of Jeroboam, just as one burns manure until it is completely consumed.

The Lord says, 'Look, I am ready to bring disaster on you. I will destroy you and cut off every last male belonging to Ahab in Israel, including even the weak and incapacitated.

Ahab's entire family will die. I will cut off every last male belonging to Ahab in Israel, including even the weak and incapacitated.

The Lord saw Israel's intense suffering; everyone was weak and incapacitated and Israel had no deliverer.

Asa prayed to the Lord his God: "O Lord, there is no one but you who can help the weak when they are vastly outnumbered. Help us, O Lord our God, for we rely on you and have marched on your behalf against this huge army. O Lord our God, don't let men prevail against you!"

Even though the invading Syrian army was relatively weak, the Lord handed over to them Judah's very large army, for the people of Judah had abandoned the Lord God of their ancestors. The Syrians gave Joash what he deserved.

My eyes grow dim from suffering; they grow weak because of all my enemies.

My flesh and my heart may grow weak, but God always protects my heart and gives me stability.

My eyes grow weak because of oppression. I call out to you, O Lord, all day long; I spread out my hands in prayer to you.

A poor person who oppresses the weak is like a driving rain without food.

Why do you insist on being battered? Why do you continue to rebel? Your head has a massive wound, your whole body is weak.

All of them respond to you, saying: 'You too have become weak like us! You have become just like us!

It will be like a hungry man dreaming that he is eating, only to awaken and find that his stomach is empty. It will be like a thirsty man dreaming that he is drinking, only to awaken and find that he is still weak and his thirst unquenched. So it will be for the horde from all the nations that fight against Mount Zion.

Why does no one challenge me when I come? Why does no one respond when I call? Is my hand too weak to deliver you? Do I lack the power to rescue you? Look, with a mere shout I can dry up the sea; I can turn streams into a desert, so the fish rot away and die from lack of water.

Look, the Lord's hand is not too weak to deliver you; his ear is not too deaf to hear you.

You have not strengthened the weak, healed the sick, bandaged the injured, brought back the strays, or sought the lost, but with force and harshness you have ruled over them.

Because you push with your side and your shoulder, and thrust your horns at all the weak sheep until you scatter them abroad,

Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning hooks into spears! Let the weak say, 'I too am a warrior!'

When they had completely consumed the earth's vegetation, I said, "Sovereign Lord, forgive Israel! How can Jacob survive? He is too weak!"

I said, "Sovereign Lord, stop! How can Jacob survive? He is too weak!"

The Lord says, "Look! I will make you a weak nation; you will be greatly despised!

Stay awake and pray that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak."

Stay awake and pray that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak."

By all these things, I have shown you that by working in this way we must help the weak, and remember the words of the Lord Jesus that he himself said, 'It is more blessed to give than to receive.'"

Without being weak in faith, he considered his own body as dead (because he was about one hundred years old) and the deadness of Sarah's womb.

Now receive the one who is weak in the faith, and do not have disputes over differing opinions.

One person believes in eating everything, but the weak person eats only vegetables.

But we who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak, and not just please ourselves.

But God chose what the world thinks foolish to shame the wise, and God chose what the world thinks weak to shame the strong.

We are fools for Christ, but you are wise in Christ! We are weak, but you are strong! You are distinguished, we are dishonored!

But this knowledge is not shared by all. And some, by being accustomed to idols in former times, eat this food as an idol sacrifice, and their conscience, because it is weak, is defiled.

But be careful that this liberty of yours does not become a hindrance to the weak.

For if someone weak sees you who possess knowledge dining in an idol's temple, will not his conscience be "strengthened" to eat food offered to idols?

So by your knowledge the weak brother or sister, for whom Christ died, is destroyed.

If you sin against your brothers or sisters in this way and wound their weak conscience, you sin against Christ.

To the weak I became weak in order to gain the weak. I have become all things to all people, so that by all means I may save some.

That is why many of you are weak and sick, and quite a few are dead.

because some say, "His letters are weighty and forceful, but his physical presence is weak and his speech is of no account."

(To my disgrace I must say that we were too weak for that!) But whatever anyone else dares to boast about (I am speaking foolishly), I also dare to boast about the same thing.

Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is led into sin, and I do not burn with indignation?

Therefore I am content with weaknesses, with insults, with troubles, with persecutions and difficulties for the sake of Christ, for whenever I am weak, then I am strong.

since you are demanding proof that Christ is speaking through me. He is not weak toward you but is powerful among you.

For indeed he was crucified by reason of weakness, but he lives because of God's power. For we also are weak in him, but we will live together with him, because of God's power toward you.

For we rejoice whenever we are weak, but you are strong. And we pray for this: that you may become fully qualified.

But now that you have come to know God (or rather to be known by God), how can you turn back again to the weak and worthless basic forces? Do you want to be enslaved to them all over again?

And we urge you, brothers and sisters, admonish the undisciplined, comfort the discouraged, help the weak, be patient toward all.

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

On the one hand a former command is set aside because it is weak and useless,

Therefore, strengthen your listless hands and your weak knees,