Dictionary of Bible Themes Dictionary of Bible Themes » 5000 Humanity » 5200 Human civilisation » 5278 cripples People whose walk, physical or spiritual, is hindered by deformity, permanent or temporary. Physically crippled from birth Physically crippled in life By accident 2 Samuel 4:4 See also 2 Samuel 9:3,13 By God Genesis 32:24-25 God had a purpose in the crippling of Jacob: it was a mark of his meeting with God. See also Genesis 32:31-32; Hebrews 11:21 By Satan Luke 13:11 See also Luke 13:16 Cripples healed By Jesus Christ Luke 7:22 pp Matthew 11:4-5 See also Matthew 15:30-31; John 5:1-9 By others Acts 3:7 See also Acts 4:9-10; Acts 8:7; Acts 14:9-10 Cripples and OT sacrifice Leviticus 21:18-19 A man must be without defect. Physical disability is a defilement to holiness. See also Leviticus 21:6 Crippled animals Malachi 1:8 Animals, like people, must be holy, without defect, when brought to the LORD. See also Exodus 12:5; Leviticus 3:1; Leviticus 4:3; Leviticus 22:18-25; Numbers 6:14; Numbers 28:3; Deuteronomy 15:21; Deuteronomy 17:1; Malachi 1:13-14 Spiritual aspects of being crippled Physical crippling preferable to spiritual lameness Matthew 18:8 See also Mark 5:29-30; Mark 9:43 Cripples disadvantaged in life but welcome in the kingdom of God Micah 4:6-7 See also Jeremiah 31:8; Ezekiel 34:16; Luke 14:13,21 Spiritual cripples healed Isaiah 35:6 See also Hebrews 12:13 See also
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