53 occurrences in 10 translations

'Helpless' in the Bible

“If you see the donkey of someone who hates you lying helpless under its load, and you want to refrain from helping it, you must help with it.

evil, believers' responses toResponsibility, For God's WorldAnimal RightsHeavy BurdensPeople HelpingLoving Your Enemies

The Philistine leaders went to her and said, “Persuade him to tell you where his great strength comes from, so we can overpower him, tie him up, and make him helpless. Each of us will then give you 1,100 pieces of silver.”

CoinageEnticementEnticingTying Up

So Delilah said to Samson, “Please tell me, where does your great strength come from? How could someone tie you up and make you helpless?”

TemptressesTying UpWomen's Strength

Then she let him fall asleep on her lap and called a man to shave off the seven braids on his head. In this way, she made him helpless, and his strength left him.

Contentious WomanBarbersBaldnessKneelingShavingTreacheryKneesSeven Body PartsLong HairNo Strength LeftHairvulnerabilitydreadlocks

But in the morning, when Nabal was sober, and his wife told him these things, his heart died within him and he became [paralyzed and helpless] like a stone.

Heart, HumanHuman EmotionSick Individuals

Now our flesh is like the flesh of our brothers, our children like their children. Yet behold, we are forcing our sons and our daughters to be slaves, and some of our daughters are forced into bondage already, and we are helpless because our fields and vineyards belong to others.”

daughtersBodyPower, HumanLike People By NatureNo Earthly Inheritance

“So the helpless has hope,And unrighteousness must shut its mouth.

Hope, In GodMutenessPoverty, Remedies ForInjustice

“Will You cause a windblown leaf to tremble?Will You pursue the chaff of the dry stubble?

ChaffFoliageharassment

“They break up and clutter my path [upsetting my plans],They profit from my destruction;No one restrains them.

Paths Of Believers

so that [they] cause [the] cry of distress from [the] helpless to come to him, and he hears [the] cry of distress from [the] needy,

Prayer, Answers ToCries Of Distress To GodGod Helps The PoorOutcryHelping The Poor

He waits in ambush near the villages;he kills the innocent in secret places.His eyes are on the lookout for the helpless;

SecrecyWaitingWatchfulness, Of BelieversCharacter Of WickedHelplessnessLooking At People For EvilJudged As Murderersrehabilitation

Their eyes secretly watch the helpless, lying in wait like a lion in his den. They lie in wait to catch the afflicted. They catch the afflicted when they pull him into their net.

LionsNetsMan TrappingLike Creaturesrehabilitation

So he is oppressed and beaten down;the helpless fall because of his strength.

People Falling From A Height

But You Yourself have seen trouble and grief,observing it in order to take the matter into Your hands.The helpless entrusts himself to You;You are a helper of the fatherless.

OrphansPoverty, Attitudes TowardsSorrowSympathyUnhappinessAfflictions, Consolation DuringChoosing God's WayGod Helpsrehabilitation

The bravehearted were plundered; they "fell asleep." All the warriors were helpless.

Sleep, And DeathUnable To Harm

Rescue [the] helpless and [the] needy; deliver [them] from the hand of [the] wicked."

Saving PeopleThe poorHelping The PoorWeaknessHelping Those In Need

So your poverty will come like an approaching prowler who walks [slowly, but surely]And your need [will come] like an armed man [making you helpless].

BanditsAvoiding Poverty

A poor man who oppresseth the helpless is a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.

Rich, ThePitilessnessPitilessness CondemnedNot Helping The Poor

“Those who are most helpless will eat,And the needy will lie down in security;I will destroy your root with famine,And it will kill off your survivors.

Peace, Divine In OtRootsSafetyFamine Coming From GodThose Helping The PoorFeeding The Poor

In that day the Egyptians will become like [helpless] women, and they will tremble and be frightened because of the waving of the hand of the Lord of hosts, which He is going to wave over them.

Hand Of GodPowerlessnessEffeminacyGod's HandWaving The HandGroups TremblingWeak WomenTerror Of GodGod's Hands In Opposition

For You have been a defense for the helpless,A defense for the needy in his distress,A refuge from the storm, a shade from the heat;For the breath of the ruthlessIs like a rain storm against a wall.

FortressesAfflicted SaintsThe NeedyExploitationsdefence, divineGod, The ProviderGuardiansNoonPoverty, Remedies ForRefugeesSanctuaryStormsWallsDistressGod Being Our RefugeShadow Of GodshelterThe Storms Of Life

“The foot will trample it,The feet of the afflicted, the steps of the helpless.”

Trampling Placesfootsteps

Your sons have fainted,They lie helpless at the head of every street,Like an antelope in a net,Full of the wrath of the Lord,The rebuke of your God.

NetsRoadsAnger Of God, ConsequencesFaintingMan TrappingTragedy On The StreetsDeer Etc.distractions

The people cry out, "We have heard reports about them! We have become helpless with fear! Anguish grips us, agony like that of a woman giving birth to a baby!

Bad NewsLabour PainsNo Strength Left

At the sound of the stomping hooves of his stallions,the rumbling of his chariots,and the clatter of their wheels,fathers will not turn back for their sons,because they will be utterly helpless

NoiseWheelsFeeblenessCavalrySoundRumbling

In the shadows of the walls of Heshbon those trying to escape will stand helpless. For a fire will burst forth from Heshbon. Flames will shoot out from the former territory of Sihon. They will burn the foreheads of the people of Moab, the skulls of those war-loving people.

ForeheadsShadows

“Damascus has become helpless;She has turned away to flee,And panic has gripped her;Distress and pangs have taken hold of herLike a woman in childbirth.

Labour PainsUnable To Do Other Thingsdamascus

The king of Babylon has heard reports about them,and his hands fall helpless.Distress has seized him—pain, like a woman in labor.

Labour PainsNo Strength Left

The mighty warriors of Babylon have ceased to fight;They remain in their strongholds.Their strength and power have failed;They are becoming [weak and helpless] like women.Their dwelling places are set on fire;The bars on her gates are broken.

GatesPowerlessnessEffeminacyCessationStopping FightingWeak WomenBurning CitiesNo Strength LeftWomen's Strength

(Kaf) My eyes are worn out from weeping; my stomach is in knots. My heart is poured out on the ground due to the destruction of my helpless people; children and infants faint in the town squares.

Affection, ExpressingIntestinesTearsFaintingEyes HarmedTragedy On The StreetsYoung People SufferingI Am Sufferingknots

“These who pant after the very dust of the earth on the head of the helplessAlso turn aside the way of the humble;And a man and his father resort to the same girlIn order to profane My holy name.

IrreverenceLawsuitsProfanityHarlotsTrampling PeopleDust On The HeadProfaning God's NameHumble PeopleNot Helping The PoorMisusing God's Name

So as to buy the helpless for moneyAnd the needy for a pair of sandals,And that we may sell the refuse of the wheat?”

Buying and sellingSandalsTradeShoesPollutionsRubbishNot Helping The PoorPrice Set On Individuals

Behold, your people are [as weak and helpless as] women in your midst!The gates of your land are opened wide to your enemies;Fire consumes the bars across your gates.

FeeblenessPowerlessnessEffeminacyThe Act Of OpeningOpening GatesWeak WomenLocks And BarsWomen's Strength

And at the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?”—which is translated, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”

ForgettingAbandonmentHourLanguagesPrayer, Doubts AboutReceptivenessFeelings Of Rejection By GodSuffering, Nature Of3 PmIndividuals ShoutingInterpreting LanguageGod Abandoning IndividualsFeelings Of Alienation

When Jesus noticed him lying there [helpless], knowing that he had been in that condition a long time, He said to him, “Do you want to get well?”

disabilitiesHealthChrist SeeingChrist Knowing About PeopleAction For A Long TimeHow Healing CameFaith And Healing

‘For You will not forsake me and abandon my soul to Hades (the realm of the dead),Nor let Your Holy One undergo decay [after death].

The DeadAbandonmentGrave, TheHadesNames And Titles For ChristDeath, DefeatedOvercoming DeathNo Decaycorruptionliberation

if we are being put on trial today [to interrogate us] for a good deed done to [benefit] a disabled man, as to how this man has been restored to health,

Acts of KindnessKindnessHow Healing Came

Bible Theasaurus

Helpless (53 instances)
Incapacitated (4 instances)
Paralytic (11 instances)
Tottering (5 instances)

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