5296 disabilities
Dictionary of Bible Themes

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Physical incapacities resulting from physical or spiritual causes.

Examples of disabilities

Barrenness

Genesis 11:30; Genesis 25:21; Matthew 19:12

Blindness

Matthew 12:22; Matthew 15:30; Matthew 20:30; Mark 8:22; John 9:1

Deafness

Psalm 38:13; Mark 7:32

Muteness

Psalm 38:13; Matthew 12:22; Luke 11:14

Lameness

Leviticus 21:18; 2 Samuel 5:6; Matthew 15:31; Matthew 21:14; Acts 14:8

Causes of disabilities

God's judgment

Deuteronomy 28:28

Accident

2 Samuel 4:4; 2 Kings 1:2

Old age

Genesis 27:1; 1 Samuel 4:15; 2 Samuel 19:35; Psalm 71:9; Ecclesiastes 12:3-4; Zechariah 8:4; Hebrews 11:21

Congenital defects

Matthew 19:12; John 9:1; Acts 14:8

Cruelty

Judges 1:6-7; Judges 16:21; 1 Samuel 11:2; 2 Kings 25:7; Ezekiel 23:25

Illness

1 Kings 15:23 pp 2 Chronicles 16:12; Galatians 4:13-15

Acts of God

Genesis 19:11; Genesis 32:25,31-32; Leviticus 26:16; 1 Kings 13:4; 2 Kings 6:18; Kings 15:5; 2 Chronicles 21:18-19; 2 C 19-21; Luke 1:20; Acts 9:8 Saul's blindness; Acts 13:11; Acts 22:11

Acts of evil spirits

Matthew 9:32-33; Matthew 12:22; Mark 9:17,25-26; Luke 11:14; Luke 13:11,16

Unfavourable aspects of disability

Unfair advantage taken of the disabled

Leviticus 19:14; 2 Samuel 19:26; John 5:7

Disabilities restrict service for God

Leviticus 21:16-23; 2 Samuel 19:31-37

Favourable aspects of disabilities

Prayer to the Lord

Genesis 25:21; 1 Samuel 1:10; Matthew 9:27; Matthew 20:30; Mark 7:32; Mark 8:22; 2 Corinthians 12:8

Prevention of overconfidence

2 Corinthians 12:7

Proof of God's grace

2 Corinthians 12:9-10

Demonstration of God's power

John 9:2-3

Disability and God's people

God's blessing may prevent or remove disability

Genesis 25:21; Exodus 23:25-26; Psalm 113:9; Isaiah 49:21; Isaiah 54:1; Luke 1:36; Hebrews 11:11

God's providence

Exodus 4:11

God protects his servants by disabling their enemies

2 Kings 6:18

Human attitudes to disabilities

Bitterness

1 Samuel 1:10

Contempt

Genesis 16:4; 1 Samuel 1:6; 2 Kings 2:23; Proverbs 17:5

Inertness

John 5:6

Rejoicing

2 Corinthians 12:9-10

God's compassion towards those with disabilities

Revealed in the precepts of the law

Leviticus 19:14; Deuteronomy 27:18

Revealed in the promises of the prophets

Isaiah 42:16; Jeremiah 31:8; Micah 4:6-7; Zephaniah 3:19

Revealed in the deeds of Jesus Christ

Matthew 9:27-33; Matthew 15:29-31 pp Mark 7:31-37; Matthew 21:14; Luke 7:21-23

Responsibilities towards those with disabilities

To treat them with respect

Leviticus 19:14

Not to take advantage of them

Deuteronomy 27:18

To provide help for them

Job 29:15; Proverbs 31:8; Luke 14:13-14

See also

1030  God, compassion
1310  God as judge
5133  blindness
5147  deafness
5162  lameness
5168  muteness
5225  barrenness
5278  cripples
5297  disease
5333  healing
5726  old age, attainment
5823  cruelty



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