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Impairment often refers to a weakening or diminishing of strength, function, or integrity, and the Bible addresses various forms of impairment and their implications for individuals and communities.<br><br><b>Physical Impairment</b><br><br>Physical impairments are frequently mentioned in the Bible, often in the context of healing and divine intervention. Jesus' ministry was marked by numerous healings of those with physical impairments, demonstrating His compassion and authority. For example, in <a href="/matthew/9-27.htm">Matthew 9:27-30</a> , Jesus heals two blind men: "As Jesus went on from there, two blind men followed Him, crying out, 'Have mercy on us, Son of David!' When He had gone indoors, the blind men came to Him, and He asked them, 'Do you believe that I am able to do this?' 'Yes, Lord,' they answered. Then He touched their eyes and said, 'According to your faith will it be done to you.' And their eyes were opened."<br><br>The Old Testament also addresses physical impairments, often in the context of the Levitical laws. <a href="/leviticus/21-17.htm">Leviticus 21:17-23</a> outlines restrictions for priests with physical defects, emphasizing the importance of holiness and purity in worship: "Speak to Aaron, saying: None of your descendants throughout their generations who has a defect may approach to offer the food of his God. No man who has any defect may approach: no man who is blind, lame, disfigured, or deformed..."<br><br><b>Spiritual Impairment</b><br><br>Spiritual impairment is a significant theme in the Bible, often depicted as a result of sin and disobedience to God. The fall of humanity in <a href="/bsb/genesis/3.htm">Genesis 3</a> illustrates the spiritual impairment that entered the world through sin, resulting in separation from God. <a href="/romans/3-23.htm">Romans 3:23</a> states, "for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God," highlighting the universal nature of spiritual impairment.<br><br>The Bible provides a remedy for spiritual impairment through repentance and faith in Jesus Christ. <a href="/acts/3-19.htm">Acts 3:19</a> calls for repentance: "Repent, then, and turn back, so that your sins may be wiped away." Through Christ's atoning sacrifice, believers are restored to spiritual wholeness and reconciled to God.<br><br><b>Moral Impairment</b><br><br>Moral impairment is addressed in the Bible as a deviation from God's righteous standards. The prophets frequently called out the moral failings of Israel, urging the people to return to God's ways. <a href="/isaiah/1-4.htm">Isaiah 1:4</a> laments, "Oh, sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a brood of evildoers, children of corruption! They have forsaken the LORD; they have despised the Holy One of Israel and turned their backs on Him."<br><br>The New Testament continues this theme, urging believers to live lives of moral integrity. <a href="/ephesians/4-22.htm">Ephesians 4:22-24</a> instructs, "You were taught with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; to be renewed in the spirit of your minds; and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness."<br><br><b>Restoration and Hope</b><br><br>The Bible offers hope and restoration for all forms of impairment. God's redemptive plan through Jesus Christ provides healing and renewal. <a href="/revelation/21-4.htm">Revelation 21:4</a> promises a future without impairment: "He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and there will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the former things have passed away."<br><br>In summary, while the Bible does not use the term "impair" explicitly, it addresses the concept through various narratives and teachings, offering guidance, healing, and hope for those experiencing physical, spiritual, or moral impairments.<a name="web" id="web"></a><div class="vheading2">Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary</div>1. (<I>v. t.</I>) To make worse; to diminish in quantity, value, excellence, or strength; to deteriorate; as, to impair vision, character, the mind, value.<p>2. (<I>v. t.</I>) To grow worse; to deteriorate.<p>3. (<I>a.</I>) Not fit or appropriate.<p>4. (<I>n.</I>) Diminution; injury.<a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><p><a href="/library/leo/writings_of_leo_the_great/letter_cxix_to_maximus_bishop.htm"><span class="l">Letter cxix. To Maximus, Bishop of Antioch, by the Hand of Marian <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> the privileges of the third See in Christendom [485] give you every confidence in<br> action, privileges which no intrigues shall in any way <b>impair</b>: because my <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../leo/writings of leo the great/letter cxix to maximus bishop.htm</font><p><a href="/library/wesley/sermons_on_several_occasions/sermon_135_on_mourning_for.htm"><span class="l">On Mourning for the Dead</span></a> <br><b>...</b> If we confine it to this particular occasion, it does not <b>impair</b>, but greatly assist,<br> our imperfect reason; pain, either of body or mind, acting quicker than <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../wesley/sermons on several occasions/sermon 135 on mourning for.htm</font><p><a href="/library/wesley/sermons_on_several_occasions/sermon_50_the_use_of.htm"><span class="l">The Use of Money</span></a> <br><b>...</b> induce us to enter into, or to continue in, any employ, which is of such a kind,<br> or is attended with so hard or so long labour, as to <b>impair</b> our constitution. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../wesley/sermons on several occasions/sermon 50 the use of.htm</font><p><a href="/library/finney/systematic_theology/lecture_xxxiii_the_notion_of.htm"><span class="l">The Notion of Inability.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> This difficulty cannot really <b>impair</b> the liberty of the will. If it could, it would<br> destroy, or so far <b>impair</b>, moral agency and accountability. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../finney/systematic theology/lecture xxxiii the notion of.htm</font><p><a href="/library/finney/systematic_theology/lecture_xviii_attributes_of_selfishness.htm"><span class="l">Attributes of Selfishness.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> in sleeping; others in lounging and idleness.' others are gossippers; others love<br> exercise, and indulge that propensity others study and <b>impair</b> health, and <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../finney/systematic theology/lecture xviii attributes of selfishness.htm</font><p><a href="/library/neander/the_epistle_of_paul_to_the_philippians_practically_explained/introduction.htm"><span class="l">Introduction</span></a> <br><b>...</b> This, however, does not <b>impair</b> the value of the separate parts, each division being<br> complete in itself; and we cannot but rejoice that, as he was not permitted <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../the epistle of paul to the philippians practically explained/introduction.htm</font><p><a href="/library/tertullian/on_the_pallium/introductory_notice.htm"><span class="l">Introductory Notice.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> of technical theology, and enables those who have little sympathy with them to set<br> them one against another on some points, and so to <b>impair</b> their value as <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/tertullian/on the pallium/introductory notice.htm</font><p><a href="/library/browne/christian_morals/christian_morals_part_i.htm"><span class="l">Christian Morals. Part I.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> HE that is chast and continent not to <b>impair</b> his strength, or honest for<br> fear of contagion, will hardly be heroically virtuous. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/browne/christian morals/christian morals part i.htm</font><p><a href="/library/allestree/the_government_of_the_tongue/section_vi_of_uncharitable_truth.htm"><span class="l">Of Uncharitable Truth.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> to be of a lower form of guilt than the former, yet as to the kind, they equally<br> agree in the definition of Detraction, since tis possible to <b>impair</b> a man's <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../allestree/the government of the tongue/section vi of uncharitable truth.htm</font><p><a href="/library/augustine/on_care_to_be_had_for_the_dead_/7_when_therefore_the_faithful.htm"><span class="l">When Therefore the Faithful Mother of a Faithful Son Departed <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> For this thing, which with savage rage was done to the bodies of Martyrs, if it<br> could any whit hurt them, to <b>impair</b> the blessed resting of their most <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../augustine/on care to be had for the dead /7 when therefore the faithful.htm</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/i/impair.htm"><span class="l"><b>Impair</b> (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 1. (vt) To make worse; to diminish in quantity, value, excellence, or strength;<br> to deteriorate; as, to <b>impair</b> vision, character, the mind, value. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/i/impair.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/i/injure.htm"><span class="l">Injure (16 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> (vt) To do harm to; to <b>impair</b> the excellence <b>...</b> (c) To slander, tarnish, or <b>impair</b>,<br> as reputation or character. (d) To <b>impair</b> or diminish, as happiness or virtue. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/i/injure.htm - 11k</font><p><a href="/topical/w/waste.htm"><span class="l">Waste (668 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 5. (v.) To wear away by degrees; to <b>impair</b> gradually; to diminish by constant<br> loss; to use up; to consume; to spend; to wear out. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/w/waste.htm - 37k</font><p><a href="/topical/w/wear.htm"><span class="l">Wear (56 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 6. (vt) To <b>impair</b>, waste, or diminish, by continual attrition, scraping, percussion,<br> on the like; to consume gradually; to cause to lower or disappear; to spend <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/w/wear.htm - 25k</font><p><a href="/topical/i/imnites.htm"><span class="l">Imnites (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/i/imnites.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/i/impaired.htm"><span class="l">Impaired (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Noah Webster's Dictionary (imp. & pp) of <b>Impair</b>. Multi-Version Concordance<br> Impaired (1 Occurrence). Ezra 4:13 Be it known now unto <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/i/impaired.htm - 6k</font><p><a href="/topical/f/fret.htm"><span class="l">Fret (9 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 4. (vt) To <b>impair</b>; to wear away; to diminish. 5. (vt) To make rough, agitate, or<br> disturb; to cause to ripple; as, to fret the surface of water. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/f/fret.htm - 13k</font><p><a href="/topical/r/rust.htm"><span class="l">Rust (7 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 10. (vt) To cause to contract rust; to corrode with rust; to affect with rust<br> of any kind. 11. (vt) To <b>impair</b> by time and inactivity. Int. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/r/rust.htm - 11k</font><p><a href="/topical/r/reduce.htm"><span class="l">Reduce (13 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 2. (n.) To bring to any inferior state, with respect to rank, size, quantity, quality,<br> value, etc.; to diminish; to lower; to degrade; to <b>impair</b>; as, to reduce <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/r/reduce.htm - 11k</font><p><a href="/topical/r/ruin.htm"><span class="l">Ruin (135 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> To bring to ruin; to cause to fall to pieces and decay; to make to perish; to bring<br> to destruction; to bring to poverty or bankruptcy; to <b>impair</b> seriously; to <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/r/ruin.htm - 37k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/guard-your-heart.html">What does it mean to guard your heart? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/medical-marijuana.html">Medical marijuana - what does the Bible say? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/grow-in-grace.html">What does it mean to grow in grace? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://clyx.com/term/impair.htm">Impair: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com</a><br /><br /><a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div><span class="encheading">Impair (1 Occurrence)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ruth/4-6.htm">Ruth 4:6</a></span><br />The near kinsman said, "I can't redeem it for myself, lest I mar my own inheritance. Take my right of redemption for yourself; for I can't redeem it."<br /><span class="source">(See RSV)</span><a name="sub" id="sub"></a><div class="vheading2">Subtopics</div><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/i/impair.htm">Impair</a></p><a name="rel" id="rel"></a><div class="vheading2">Related Terms</div><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/i/impairest.htm">Impairest (1 Occurrence)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/i/impair.htm">Impair (1 Occurrence)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/i/injury.htm">Injury (21 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/r/rust.htm">Rust (7 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/d/decline.htm">Decline (10 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/d/dote.htm">Dote (1 Occurrence)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/d/damage.htm">Damage (57 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/m/malady.htm">Malady (3 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/m/mad.htm">Mad (22 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/p/preacher.htm">Preacher (27 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/p/priesthood.htm">Priesthood (30 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/t/thorn.htm">Thorn (30 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/c/crack.htm">Crack (5 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/s/shaken.htm">Shaken (62 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/s/sick.htm">Sick (117 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/e/ecclesiastes.htm">Ecclesiastes (1 Occurrence)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/l/light.htm">Light (2869 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/m/magician.htm">Magician (5 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/h/hale.htm">Hale (1 Occurrence)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/a/army.htm">Army (401 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/m/magic.htm">Magic (12 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/j/jonathan.htm">Jonathan (109 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/f/flesh.htm">Flesh (468 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/s/samuel.htm">Samuel (129 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/r/revelation.htm">Revelation (52 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/b/books.htm">Books (16 Occurrences)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/topical/i/impacting_the_world_for_christ.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Impacting the World for Christ"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Impacting the World for Christ" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/topical/i/impaired.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Impaired"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Impaired" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div> <div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <br /><br /> <div align="center"> <div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>