Bible Verses About People With Disabilities

Bring forth the blind people that have eyes, and the deaf that have ears.

Bible passage often used for spiritual blindness/deafness.

Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see.

Bible passage for deaf and blind people used in metaphorical readings.

Thou shalt not curse the deaf, nor put a stumblingblock before the blind, but shalt fear thy God: I am the LORD.

Command not to harm the blind or deaf

The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them.

Direct Gospel summary of healing the blind, lame, deaf, and dead

In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the water.

General healing pool with blind, lame, and paralyzed

And there sat a certain man at Lystra, impotent in his feet, being a cripple from his mother's womb, who never had walked:

Scripture passage attached to the early Christian evidence page.

For whatsoever man he be that hath a blemish, he shall not approach: a blind man, or a lame, or he that hath a flat nose, or any thing superfluous,

Scripture passage attached to the early Christian evidence page.

Or a man that is brokenfooted, or brokenhanded,

Scripture passage attached to the early Christian evidence page.

Who is blind, but my servant? or deaf, as my messenger that I sent? who is blind as he that is perfect, and blind as the LORD's servant?

Bible passage for blind servant language used metaphorically.

Insomuch that the multitude wondered, when they saw the dumb to speak, the maimed to be whole, the lame to walk, and the blind to see: and they glorified the God of Israel.

Gospel summary of multiple healings

Then was brought unto him one possessed with a devil, blind, and dumb: and he healed him, insomuch that the blind and dumb both spake and saw.

Direct gospel passage for blind and mute healing.

And there he found a certain man named Aeneas, which had kept his bed eight years, and was sick of the palsy.

Direct gospel passage for a paralyzed man healed by the apostles.

And a certain man lame from his mother's womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms of them that entered into the temple;

Background healing story about a lame man

And they bring unto him one that was deaf, and had an impediment in his speech; and they beseech him to put his hand upon him.

Direct passage for deaf-mute healing.

And great multitudes came unto him, having with them those that were lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others, and cast them down at Jesus' feet; and he healed them:

General crowd bringing the lame, blind, dumb, and maimed to Jesus

Blind, or broken, or maimed, or having a wen, or scurvy, or scabbed, ye shall not offer these unto the LORD, nor make an offering by fire of them upon the altar unto the LORD.

Scripture passage attached to the early Christian evidence page.

And Peter said unto him, Aeneas, Jesus Christ maketh thee whole: arise, and make thy bed. And he arose immediately.

Direct passage for apostolic healing of paralysis.

And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth.

Direct passage for blindness from birth and healing.

Or crookbackt, or a dwarf, or that hath a blemish in his eye, or be scurvy, or scabbed, or hath his stones broken;

Scripture passage attached to the early Christian evidence page.

And a certain man was there, which had an infirmity thirty and eight years.

Direct passage for long-term infirmity in the healing narratives.

And if there be any blemish therein, as if it be lame, or blind, or have any ill blemish, thou shalt not sacrifice it unto the LORD thy God.

Scripture passage attached to the early Christian evidence page.

From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises, and putrifying sores: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with ointment.

Scripture passage attached to the early Christian evidence page.

And, behold, there was a woman which had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bowed together, and could in no wise lift up herself.

Scripture passage attached to the early Christian evidence page.

And when Jesus saw her, he called her to him, and said unto her, Woman, thou art loosed from thine infirmity.

Direct Jesus saying to an afflicted woman that she is freed

Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction.

Direct Bible call to defend the mute and needy.