Weak

When Isaac was old and his eyes were so weak that he could no longer see, he called his older son Esau and said to him, “My son.” “Here I am,” Esau replied.

Leah had weak eyes, but Rachel was shapely and beautiful.

But if the animals were weak, he did not set out the branches. So the weaker animals went to Laban and the stronger ones to Jacob.

See what the land is like and whether its people are strong or weak, few or many.

Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died, yet his eyes were not weak, and his vitality had not diminished.

Samson told her, “If they tie me up with seven fresh bowstrings that have not been dried, I will become as weak as any other man.”

He replied, “If they tie me up with new ropes that have never been used, I will become as weak as any other man.”

Then Delilah said to Samson, “You have mocked me and lied to me all along! Tell me how you can be tied up.” He told her, “If you weave the seven braids of my head into the web of a loom and tighten it with a pin, I will become as weak as any other man.”

Samson told her all that was in his heart: “My hair has never been cut, because I have been a Nazirite to God from my mother’s womb. If I am shaved, my strength will leave me, and I will become as weak as any other man.”

And I am weak this day, though anointed as king, and these men, the sons of Zeruiah, are too fierce for me. May the LORD repay the evildoer according to his evil!”

I will attack him while he is weak and weary; I will throw him into a panic, and all the people with him will flee; I will strike down only the king

Defend the cause of the weak and fatherless; uphold the rights of the afflicted and oppressed.

Rescue the weak and needy; save them from the hand of the wicked.

My knees are weak from fasting, and my body grows lean and gaunt.

They will all respond to you, saying, “You too have become weak, as we are; you have become like us!”

I chirp like a swallow or crane; I moan like a dove. My eyes grow weak as I look upward. O Lord, I am oppressed; be my security.”

He gives power to the faint and increases the strength of the weak.

He will not grow weak or discouraged before He has established justice on the earth. In His law the islands will put their hope.”

You are wearied by your many journeys, but you did not say, “There is no hope!” You found renewal of your strength; therefore you did not grow weak.

For I will not accuse you forever, nor will I always be angry; for then the spirit of man would grow weak before Me—the breath of life I have made.

…for I will refresh the weary soul and replenish all who are weak.”

You have not strengthened the weak, healed the sick, bound up the injured, brought back the strays, or searched for the lost. Instead, you have ruled them with violence and cruelty.

I will seek the lost, bring back the strays, bind up the broken, and strengthen the weak; but the sleek and strong I will destroy. I will shepherd them with justice.’

Since you shove with flank and shoulder, butting all the weak ones with your horns until you have scattered them abroad,

Beat your plowshares into swords and your pruning hooks into spears. Let the weak say, ‘I am strong!’

With his own spear You pierced his head, when his warriors stormed out to scatter us, gloating as though ready to secretly devour the weak.

“Watch and pray so that you will not enter into temptation. For the spirit is willing, but the body is weak.”

Watch and pray so that you will not enter into temptation. For the spirit is willing, but the body is weak.”

The manager said to himself, ‘What shall I do, now that my master is taking away my position? I am too weak to dig and too ashamed to beg.

In everything, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words of the Lord Jesus Himself: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”

Accept him whose faith is weak, without passing judgment on his opinions.

For one person has faith to eat all things, while another, who is weak, eats only vegetables.

We who are strong ought to bear with the shortcomings of the weak and not to please ourselves.

But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong.

We are fools for Christ, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong. You are honored, but we are dishonored.

But not everyone has this knowledge. Some people are still so accustomed to idols that they eat such food as if it were sacrificed to an idol. And since their conscience is weak, it is defiled.

Be careful, however, that your freedom does not become a stumbling block to the weak.

For if someone with a weak conscience sees you who are well informed eating in an idol’s temple, will he not be encouraged to eat food sacrificed to idols?

So this weak brother, for whom Christ died, is destroyed by your knowledge.

By sinning against your brothers in this way and wounding their weak conscience, you sin against Christ.

To the weak I became weak, to win the weak. I have become all things to all people so that by all possible means I might save some.

To the weak I became weak, to win the weak. I have become all things to all people so that by all possible means I might save some.

To the weak I became weak, to win the weak. I have become all things to all people so that by all possible means I might save some.

That is why many among you are weak and sick, and a number of you have fallen asleep.

To my shame I concede that we were too weak for that! Speaking as a fool, however, I can match what anyone else dares to boast about.

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

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

That is why, for the sake of Christ, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

…since you are demanding proof that Christ is speaking through me. He is not weak in dealing with you but is powerful among you.

For He was indeed crucified in weakness, yet He lives by God’s power. For we are also weak in Him, yet by God’s power we will live with Him concerning you.

In fact, we rejoice when we are weak but you are strong, and our prayer is for your perfection.

But now that you know God, or rather are known by God, how is it that you are turning back to those weak and worthless principles? Do you wish to be enslaved by them all over again?

And we urge you, brothers, to admonish the unruly, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, and be patient with everyone.

So the former commandment is set aside because it was weak and useless

For the law appoints as high priests men who are weak; but the oath, which came after the law, appointed the Son, who has been made perfect forever.

Therefore strengthen your limp hands and weak knees.