What Does the Bible Say About Paralysis?

Romans 8:1-39 ESV / 16 helpful votes

There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death. For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh, in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit. ...

Acts 8:7 ESV / 16 helpful votes

For unclean spirits, crying out with a loud voice, came out of many who had them, and many who were paralyzed or lame were healed.

Galatians 5:17 ESV / 13 helpful votes

For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh, for these are opposed to each other, to keep you from doing the things you want to do.

Acts 9:33 ESV / 12 helpful votes

There he found a man named Aeneas, bedridden for eight years, who was paralyzed.

Luke 5:18 ESV / 10 helpful votes

And behold, some men were bringing on a bed a man who was paralyzed, and they were seeking to bring him in and lay him before Jesus,

Mark 2:3 ESV / 7 helpful votes

And they came, bringing to him a paralytic carried by four men.

Matthew 11:28 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

2 Corinthians 6:3 ESV / 6 helpful votes

We put no obstacle in anyone's way, so that no fault may be found with our ministry,

1 Timothy 3:15 ESV / 5 helpful votes

If I delay, you may know how one ought to behave in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, a pillar and buttress of the truth.

Isaiah 1:1-31 ESV / 5 helpful votes

The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth; for the Lord has spoken: “Children have I reared and brought up, but they have rebelled against me. The ox knows its owner, and the donkey its master's crib, but Israel does not know, my people do not understand.” Ah, sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, offspring of evildoers, children who deal corruptly! They have forsaken the Lord, they have despised the Holy One of Israel, they are utterly estranged. Why will you still be struck down? Why will you continue to rebel? The whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint. ...

1 Corinthians 2:14 ESV / 4 helpful votes

The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him, and he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned.

Romans 3:23 ESV / 4 helpful votes

For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

John 10:10 ESV / 4 helpful votes

The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.

Matthew 6:33 ESV / 4 helpful votes

But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.

Exodus 20:17 ESV / 4 helpful votes

“You shall not covet your neighbor's house; you shall not covet your neighbor's wife, or his male servant, or his female servant, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor's.”

Ephesians 4:11 ESV / 3 helpful votes

And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers,

Acts 2:1-47 ESV / 3 helpful votes

When the day of Pentecost arrived, they were all together in one place. And suddenly there came from heaven a sound like a mighty rushing wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. And divided tongues as of fire appeared to them and rested on each one of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance. Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men from every nation under heaven. ...

John 16:13 ESV / 3 helpful votes

When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come.

Mark 3:1 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Again he entered the synagogue, and a man was there with a withered hand.

Matthew 28:19 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

Matthew 15:8 ESV / 3 helpful votes

“‘This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me;

Isaiah 55:10-11 ESV / 3 helpful votes

“For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven and do not return there but water the earth, making it bring forth and sprout, giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater, so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it.

2 Timothy 2:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth.

Malachi 3:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“For I the Lord do not change; therefore you, O children of Jacob, are not consumed.

Psalm 119:105 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.

1 Timothy 5:23 ESV / 1 helpful vote

(No longer drink only water, but use a little wine for the sake of your stomach and your frequent ailments.)

1 Thessalonians 4:11-12 ESV / 1 helpful vote

And to aspire to live quietly, and to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, as we instructed you, so that you may walk properly before outsiders and be dependent on no one.

Ephesians 4:15 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ,

2 Corinthians 11:5 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Indeed, I consider that I am not in the least inferior to these super-apostles.

Romans 12:2 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.

30 Bible Verses about Paralysis

Romans 8:1-39 ESV / 16 helpful votes

Acts 8:7 ESV / 16 helpful votes

Galatians 5:17 ESV / 13 helpful votes

Acts 9:33 ESV / 12 helpful votes

Luke 5:18 ESV / 10 helpful votes

Mark 2:3 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Matthew 11:28 ESV / 7 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 6:3 ESV / 6 helpful votes

1 Timothy 3:15 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Isaiah 1:1-31 ESV / 5 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 2:14 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Romans 3:23 ESV / 4 helpful votes

John 10:10 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Matthew 6:33 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Exodus 20:17 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Ephesians 4:11 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Acts 2:1-47 ESV / 3 helpful votes

John 16:13 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Mark 3:1 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Matthew 28:19 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Matthew 15:8 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Isaiah 55:10-11 ESV / 3 helpful votes

2 Timothy 2:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Malachi 3:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 119:105 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Timothy 5:23 ESV / 1 helpful vote

1 Thessalonians 4:11-12 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Ephesians 4:15 ESV / 1 helpful vote

2 Corinthians 11:5 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Romans 12:2 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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30 Bible Verses about Paralysis

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Romans 8:1-39 ESV / 16 helpful votes

Acts 8:7 ESV / 16 helpful votes

Galatians 5:17 ESV / 13 helpful votes

Acts 9:33 ESV / 12 helpful votes

Luke 5:18 ESV / 10 helpful votes

Mark 2:3 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Matthew 11:28 ESV / 7 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 6:3 ESV / 6 helpful votes

1 Timothy 3:15 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Isaiah 1:1-31 ESV / 5 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 2:14 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Romans 3:23 ESV / 4 helpful votes

John 10:10 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Matthew 6:33 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Exodus 20:17 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Ephesians 4:11 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Acts 2:1-47 ESV / 3 helpful votes

John 16:13 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Mark 3:1 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Matthew 28:19 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Matthew 15:8 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Isaiah 55:10-11 ESV / 3 helpful votes

2 Timothy 2:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Malachi 3:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 119:105 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Timothy 5:23 ESV / 1 helpful vote

1 Thessalonians 4:11-12 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Ephesians 4:15 ESV / 1 helpful vote

2 Corinthians 11:5 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Romans 12:2 ESV / 1 helpful vote