14 Bible Verses about Weakness

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• That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
  2 Corinthians 12:10 | NIV

  joy strength persecution
• My flesh and my heart may fail,
  but God is the strength of my heart
  and my portion forever.
  Psalm 73:26 | NIV

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• But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.
  2 Corinthians 12:9 | NIV

  grace strength Jesus
• He gives strength to the weary
  and increases the power of the weak.
  Isaiah 40:29 | NIV

  strength dependence equipment
• Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
  Matthew 11:28 | NIV

  hope encouragement rest
• Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.
  1 Peter 5:7 | NIV

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• In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans.
  Romans 8:26 | NIV

  speaking Spirit prayer
• I can do all this through him who gives me strength.
  Philippians 4:13 | NIV

  God strength protection
• For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline.
  2 Timothy 1:7 | NIV

  love self-control strength
• Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.
  Matthew 26:41 | NIV

  prayer temptation desires
• A cheerful heart is good medicine,
  but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.
  Proverbs 17:22 | NIV

  healing heart sickness
• Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves,
  for the rights of all who are destitute.
  Proverbs 31:8 | NIV

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• For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet he did not sin.
  Hebrews 4:15 | NIV

  sin temptation compassion
• Defend the weak and the fatherless;
  uphold the cause of the poor and the oppressed.
  Psalm 82:3 | NIV

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