What Does the Bible Say About Housebound?

Matthew 11:28 ESV / 4 helpful votes

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

James 4:13-14 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit”— yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes.

James 1:25-27 ESV / 1 helpful vote

But the one who looks into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and perseveres, being no hearer who forgets but a doer who acts, he will be blessed in his doing. If anyone thinks he is religious and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this person's religion is worthless. Religion that is pure and undefiled before God the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world.

2 Corinthians 6:2 ESV / 1 helpful vote

For he says, “In a favorable time I listened to you, and in a day of salvation I have helped you.” Behold, now is the favorable time; behold, now is the day of salvation.

Acts 6:1-15 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Now in these days when the disciples were increasing in number, a complaint by the Hellenists arose against the Hebrews because their widows were being neglected in the daily distribution. And the twelve summoned the full number of the disciples and said, “It is not right that we should give up preaching the word of God to serve tables. Therefore, brothers, pick out from among you seven men of good repute, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, whom we will appoint to this duty. But we will devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word.” And what they said pleased the whole gathering, and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolaus, a proselyte of Antioch. ...

Acts 6:1 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Now in these days when the disciples were increasing in number, a complaint by the Hellenists arose against the Hebrews because their widows were being neglected in the daily distribution.

Acts 2:1-47 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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 17:3 ESV / 1 helpful vote

And this is eternal life, that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.

Isaiah 19:1-25 ESV / 1 helpful vote

An oracle concerning Egypt. Behold, the Lord is riding on a swift cloud and comes to Egypt; and the idols of Egypt will tremble at his presence, and the heart of the Egyptians will melt within them. And I will stir up Egyptians against Egyptians, and they will fight, each against another and each against his neighbor, city against city, kingdom against kingdom; and the spirit of the Egyptians within them will be emptied out, and I will confound their counsel; and they will inquire of the idols and the sorcerers, and the mediums and the necromancers; and I will give over the Egyptians into the hand of a hard master, and a fierce king will rule over them, declares the Lord God of hosts. And the waters of the sea will be dried up, and the river will be dry and parched, ...

Isaiah 4:1-6 ESV / 1 helpful vote

And seven women shall take hold of one man in that day, saying, “We will eat our own bread and wear our own clothes, only let us be called by your name; take away our reproach.” In that day the branch of the Lord shall be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the land shall be the pride and honor of the survivors of Israel. And he who is left in Zion and remains in Jerusalem will be called holy, everyone who has been recorded for life in Jerusalem, when the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion and cleansed the bloodstains of Jerusalem from its midst by a spirit of judgment and by a spirit of burning. Then the Lord will create over the whole site of Mount Zion and over her assemblies a cloud by day, and smoke and the shining of a flaming fire by night; for over all the glory there will be a canopy. ...

Proverbs 31:10-31 ESV / 1 helpful vote

An excellent wife who can find? She is far more precious than jewels. The heart of her husband trusts in her, and he will have no lack of gain. She does him good, and not harm, all the days of her life. She seeks wool and flax, and works with willing hands. She is like the ships of the merchant; she brings her food from afar. ...

1 Chronicles 16:11 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Seek the Lord and his strength; seek his presence continually!

1 Samuel 2:30 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Therefore the Lord, the God of Israel, declares: ‘I promised that your house and the house of your father should go in and out before me forever,’ but now the Lord declares: ‘Far be it from me, for those who honor me I will honor, and those who despise me shall be lightly esteemed.

Genesis 11:1-32 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Now the whole earth had one language and the same words. And as people migrated from the east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there. And they said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks, and burn them thoroughly.” And they had brick for stone, and bitumen for mortar. Then they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city and a tower with its top in the heavens, and let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be dispersed over the face of the whole earth.” And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of man had built. ...

14 Bible Verses about Housebound

Matthew 11:28 ESV / 4 helpful votes

James 4:13-14 ESV / 1 helpful vote

James 1:25-27 ESV / 1 helpful vote

2 Corinthians 6:2 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Acts 6:1-15 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Acts 6:1 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Acts 2:1-47 ESV / 1 helpful vote

John 17:3 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Isaiah 19:1-25 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Isaiah 4:1-6 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Proverbs 31:10-31 ESV / 1 helpful vote

1 Chronicles 16:11 ESV / 1 helpful vote

1 Samuel 2:30 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Genesis 11:1-32 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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14 Bible Verses about Housebound

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Matthew 11:28 ESV / 4 helpful votes

James 4:13-14 ESV / 1 helpful vote

James 1:25-27 ESV / 1 helpful vote

2 Corinthians 6:2 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Acts 6:1-15 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Acts 6:1 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Acts 2:1-47 ESV / 1 helpful vote

John 17:3 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Isaiah 19:1-25 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Isaiah 4:1-6 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Proverbs 31:10-31 ESV / 1 helpful vote

1 Chronicles 16:11 ESV / 1 helpful vote

1 Samuel 2:30 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Genesis 11:1-32 ESV / 1 helpful vote