"God helps those who help themselves" --Ben Franklin, quoted in Poor Richard's Almanac in 1757.
Does God help those who help themselves? If they're able to help themselves, why do they need God? What about the helpless? Are they just out of luck? Since they don't have the circumstances or gumption to "pull themselves up by their bootstraps" are they not only helpless but hopeless too?
For You have been a defense for the helpless, A defense for the needy in his distress, A refuge from the storm, a shade from the heat;--Isaiah 25:4
For while we were still helpless, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. --Romans 5:6
When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them because they were confused and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.--Matthew 9:36
But You have seen, for You observe trouble and grief,To repay it by Your hand. The helpless commits himself to You; You are the helper of the fatherless.--Psalm 10:14
And I will deal severely with all who have oppressed you. I will save the weak and helpless ones; I will bring together those who were chased away.--Zephaniah 3:19
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