30 Bible Verses About Weakness

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“For to be sure, he was crucified in weakness, yet he lives by God’s power. Likewise, we are weak in him, yet by God’s power we will live with him in our dealing with you.”

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

“Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

“My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.”

“I am using an example from everyday life because of your human limitations. Just as you used to offer yourselves as slaves to impurity and to ever-increasing wickedness, so now offer yourselves as slaves to righteousness leading to holiness.”

“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.”

“Accept the one whose faith is weak, without quarreling over disputable matters.”

“Have mercy on me, Lord, for I am faint; heal me, Lord, for my bones are in agony.”

“My heart pounds, my strength fails me; even the light has gone from my eyes.”

“He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak.”

“So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.”

“We who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak and not to please ourselves. Each of us should please our neighbors for their good, to build them up.”

“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.”

“I came to you in weakness with great fear and trembling.”

“Be careful, however, that the exercise of your rights does not become a stumbling block to the weak.”

“I will boast about a man like that, but I will not boast about myself, except about my weaknesses.”

“Since you are demanding proof that Christ is speaking through me. He is not weak in dealing with you, but is powerful among you.”

“We are glad whenever we are weak but you are strong; and our prayer is that you may be fully restored.”

“He is able to deal gently with those who are ignorant and are going astray, since he himself is subject to weakness.”

“For what the law was powerless to do because it was weakened by the flesh, God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh to be a sin offering. And so he condemned sin in the flesh.”

“It is better not to eat meat or drink wine or to do anything else that will cause your brother or sister to fall.”

“I came to you in weakness with great fear and trembling.”

“The former regulation is set aside because it was weak and useless.”

“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.”

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

“It is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness, it is raised in power.”

“For some say, ‘His letters are weighty and forceful, but in person he is unimpressive and his speaking amounts to nothing.’”