That has certainly been a popular expression for years, and I have heard it used many times throughout my life.
However, the question needs to be asked, is the phrase biblical?
Well, actually, the idea that “God helps those who help themselves” is found nowhere in Scripture. The expression originated with the ancient Greeks.
In fact, the Bible teaches the exact opposite: God helps the helpless.
You were dead in the trespasses and sins in which you once walked (helpless), following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience—among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind. But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved. (Ephesians 2:1-5)
While his sheep were yet sinners, at odds with him, lost, and right in their own eyes; he rescued them. He helped the helpless. Thank God he did.
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