31 Bible Verses about Disease

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Deuteronomy 7:15

And Jehovah will take away from you all sickness, and will put none of the evil diseases of Egypt which you know upon you. But He will lay them upon all who hate you.

Exodus 15:26

And he said, If you will carefully listen to the voice of Jehovah your God, and will do that which is right in His sight, and will give ear to His commandments, and keep all His Laws, I will put none of these diseases upon you, which I have brought upon the Egyptians; for I am Jehovah who heals you.

2 Chronicles 16:12

And in the thirty-ninth year of his reign, Asa was diseased in his feet, until his disease was very grievous. Yet in his disease he did not seek to Jehovah, but to the physicians.

Exodus 23:25

And you shall serve Jehovah your God, and He shall bless your bread and your water. And I will take sickness away from the midst of you.

Psalm 91:10

no evil shall befall You, nor shall any plague come near Your dwelling.

Deuteronomy 28:60

Also, He will bring on you all the diseases of Egypt of which you were afraid. And they shall cling to you.

Psalm 38:7

For my loins are filled with a burning; and there is no soundness in my flesh.

2 Chronicles 21:18

And after this Jehovah struck him in his bowels with a disease that could not be cured.

Deuteronomy 28:27

Jehovah will strike you with the boils of Egypt, and with the hemorrhoids, and with the scab, and with the itch, of which you cannot be healed.

John 5:4

For an angel went down at a certain time into the pool and troubled the water. Then whoever first stepped in after the troubling of the water was made whole of whatever disease he had.

Job 2:7

And Satan went forth from the presence of Jehovah and struck Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot to the top of his head.

Isaiah 53:4

Surely He has borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed Him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.

Deuteronomy 28:59

then Jehovah will make your plagues remarkable, and the plagues of your seed great and persistent plagues; with evil and long-lasting sicknesses.

2 Kings 5:27

And the leprosy of Naaman shall cling to you and to your seed forever. And he went out from his presence as leprous as snow.

Leviticus 14:7

And he shall sprinkle on him that is to be cleansed from the leprosy seven times, and shall pronounce him clean, and shall let the living bird loose into the open field.

Deuteronomy 28:22

Jehovah shall strike you with lung disease and with a fever, and with an inflammation, and with an extreme burning, and with the sword, and with blasting, and with mildew. And they shall pursue you until you perish.

Isaiah 38:1

In those days Hezekiah was sick to death. And Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, came to him and said to him, So says Jehovah, Set your house in order, for you shall die and not live.

Psalm 91:3

Surely He will deliver you from the fowler's trap and from the destroying plague.

2 Chronicles 21:15

And you shall have great sickness by disease in your bowels, until your bowels fall out because of the sickness day by day.

Psalm 106:15

And He gave them what they asked, but sent leanness into their soul.

Numbers 12:10

And the cloud moved from the tabernacle. And behold! Miriam became leprous, as snow. And Aaron looked on Miriam, and behold, she was leprous.

Jeremiah 30:17

For I will give health back to you, and will heal you of your wounds, says Jehovah; because they called you an outcast, saying, This is Zion; no one is seeking for her.

Zechariah 14:12

And this shall be the plague with which Jehovah will strike all the peoples who have fought against Jerusalem. Their flesh shall rot while they stand on their feet, and their eyes shall rot in their sockets. And their tongue shall rot in their mouth.

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Disease » Sent as a judgment » Disease sent

2 Kings 5:27

And the leprosy of Naaman shall cling to you and to your seed forever. And he went out from his presence as leprous as snow.

2 Chronicles 26:19

And Uzziah was angry. And he had a censer in his hand to burn incense. And while he was angry with the priests, the leprosy even rose up in his forehead before the priests in the house of Jehovah, from beside the incense altar.

1 Samuel 5:6

And the hand of Jehovah was heavy on the people of Ashdod, and He destroyed them and struck them with hemorrhoids, Ashdod and its borders.

Numbers 16:47

And Aaron did as Moses commanded and ran into the midst of the congregation. And behold! The plague had begun among the people. And he put on incense, and made an atonement for the people.

Disease » Sent as a judgment » Sometimes sent as a judgment for sin

Ecclesiastes 5:17

Also all his days he eats in darkness, and he has much sorrow and wrath with his sickness.

Leviticus 26:15-16

and if you shall despise My statutes, or if your soul hates My judgments, so that you will not do all My commandments, so that you break My covenant; I will also do this to you: I will even appoint terror over you, consumption, and burning fever, consuming the eyes and causing sorrow of heart. And you shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.

Deuteronomy 28:61

Also, every sickness and every plague which is not written in the book of this Law, Jehovah will bring them on you until you are destroyed.

2 Chronicles 21:15

And you shall have great sickness by disease in your bowels, until your bowels fall out because of the sickness day by day.

Disease » Remedies » Quarantine

Luke 17:12

And as He entered into a certain village, ten leprous men met Him, who stood afar off.

Leviticus 13:46

All the days in which the plague is in him he shall be defiled. He is unclean. He shall live alone. His dwelling shall be outside the camp.

Leviticus 14:8

And he that is to be cleansed shall wash his clothes, and shave off all his hair, and wash himself in water so that he may be clean. And after that he shall come into the camp, and shall stay outside his tent seven days.

Numbers 5:2

Command the sons of Israel that they put out of the camp every leper and everyone that has an issue, and whoever is defiled by a dead body.

2 Kings 15:5

And Jehovah struck the king, so that he was a leper until the day of his death, and lived in a separate house. And the king's son, Jotham, was over the house, judging the people of the land.

Disease » Prevention and cure of » Physicians

Jeremiah 8:22

Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then has the healing of the daughter of My people not come?

Genesis 50:2

And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father. And the physicians embalmed Israel.

Colossians 4:14

Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas, greet you.

2 Chronicles 16:12

And in the thirty-ninth year of his reign, Asa was diseased in his feet, until his disease was very grievous. Yet in his disease he did not seek to Jehovah, but to the physicians.

Matthew 9:12

But when Jesus heard, He said to them, The ones who are whole do not need a physician, but the ones who are sick.

More verses: Luke 4:23 Luke 5:31

Disease » Healed » Physicians employed in

Jeremiah 8:22

Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then has the healing of the daughter of My people not come?

Genesis 50:2

And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father. And the physicians embalmed Israel.

Colossians 4:14

Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas, greet you.

2 Chronicles 16:12

And in the thirty-ninth year of his reign, Asa was diseased in his feet, until his disease was very grievous. Yet in his disease he did not seek to Jehovah, but to the physicians.

Matthew 9:12

But when Jesus heard, He said to them, The ones who are whole do not need a physician, but the ones who are sick.

More verses: Luke 4:23 Luke 5:31

Disease » Good men afflicted with » The righteous suffer from

Acts 9:37

And it happened in those days, becoming sick, she died. And washing her, they laid her in an upper room.

Job 2:7

And Satan went forth from the presence of Jehovah and struck Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot to the top of his head.

2 Timothy 4:20

Erastus stayed at Corinth, but Trophimus I left sick at Miletus.

Daniel 8:27

And I Daniel fainted, and was sick for days. Afterward I rose up, and did the king's business. And I was amazed at the vision, but there was no understanding.

Disease » Healed » Examples of apostolic

Acts 3:7

And taking him by the right hand, he lifted him up. And immediately his feet and ankle-bones received strength.

Acts 9:34

And Peter said to him, Aeneas, Jesus the Christ heals you; rise up and spread for yourself! And he arose immediately.

Acts 14:10

said with a loud voice, Stand up on your feet! And he leaped and walked.

Acts 16:18

And she did this many days. But being distressed, and turning to the demonic spirit, Paul said, I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her! And it came out in that hour.

More verses: Acts 19:12 Acts 28:8

Disease » Prevention and cure of » Medicine

Jeremiah 8:22

Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then has the healing of the daughter of My people not come?

Jeremiah 46:11

Go up into Gilead and take balm, O virgin, the daughter of Egypt. In vain shall you use many medicines, for you shall not be cured.

Jeremiah 30:13

There is none to plead your cause; for your ulcer there are no healing medicines for you.

Ezekiel 47:12

And all trees for food shall go up by the torrent, on its bank on this side, and on that side. Its leaf shall not fade, nor its fruit fail. It will bear by its months, because its waters come out from the sanctuary. And its fruit shall be for food, and its leaf for healing.

Disease » Remedies » General references

Isaiah 1:6

From the sole of the foot even to the head there is no soundness in it; only a wound and a stripe and a fresh blow; they have not been closed, nor bound up, nor soothed with oil.

Luke 10:34

And coming near, he bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine, and set him on his own animal and brought him to an inn, and took care of him.

2 Kings 20:7

And Isaiah said, Take a lump of figs. And they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.

Disease » Healed » The gift of

Mark 16:18

they will take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it will not hurt them. They will lay hands on the sick, and they will be well.

Disease » Instances of » Healing of, from God

Exodus 15:26

And he said, If you will carefully listen to the voice of Jehovah your God, and will do that which is right in His sight, and will give ear to His commandments, and keep all His Laws, I will put none of these diseases upon you, which I have brought upon the Egyptians; for I am Jehovah who heals you.

2 Chronicles 16:12

And in the thirty-ninth year of his reign, Asa was diseased in his feet, until his disease was very grievous. Yet in his disease he did not seek to Jehovah, but to the physicians.

Exodus 23:25

And you shall serve Jehovah your God, and He shall bless your bread and your water. And I will take sickness away from the midst of you.

Deuteronomy 7:15

And Jehovah will take away from you all sickness, and will put none of the evil diseases of Egypt which you know upon you. But He will lay them upon all who hate you.

More verses: Psalm 107:20

Disease » Healed » The dumb healed

Isaiah 35:6

Then the lame shall leap like a deer, and the tongue of the dumb shall sing; for in the wilderness waters shall break out, and streams in the desert.

Matthew 12:22

Then one who had been demon-possessed was brought to Him, blind and dumb. And He healed him, so much so that the blind and dumb one both spoke and saw.

Mark 9:25

And seeing that a crowd is running together, Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to him, Dumb and deaf spirit, I command you, come out of him and enter no more into him!

Disease » Instances of » Physicians employed for

Jeremiah 8:22

Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then has the healing of the daughter of My people not come?

2 Chronicles 16:12

And in the thirty-ninth year of his reign, Asa was diseased in his feet, until his disease was very grievous. Yet in his disease he did not seek to Jehovah, but to the physicians.

Matthew 9:12

But when Jesus heard, He said to them, The ones who are whole do not need a physician, but the ones who are sick.

Luke 4:23

And He said to them, You will surely say this proverb to Me, Physician, heal yourself. Whatever we have heard done in Capernaum, do also here in your native-place.

Mark 5:26

and had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and had not been bettered any, but rather came to worse,

Disease » Instances of » Remedies used

Jeremiah 46:11

Go up into Gilead and take balm, O virgin, the daughter of Egypt. In vain shall you use many medicines, for you shall not be cured.

Proverbs 20:30

The stripes of a wound cleanses away evil, and strokes the inward parts of the belly.

Isaiah 38:21

For Isaiah had said, Let them take a cake of figs and rub it on the ulcer; and he will live.

Jeremiah 30:13

There is none to plead your cause; for your ulcer there are no healing medicines for you.

Disease » Instances of » Threatened as judgments

Leviticus 26:16

I will also do this to you: I will even appoint terror over you, consumption, and burning fever, consuming the eyes and causing sorrow of heart. And you shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.

Deuteronomy 28:22

Jehovah shall strike you with lung disease and with a fever, and with an inflammation, and with an extreme burning, and with the sword, and with blasting, and with mildew. And they shall pursue you until you perish.

Deuteronomy 28:35

Jehovah shall strike you in the knees and in the legs with an evil ulcer that cannot be healed, from the sole of your foot to the top of your head.

Deuteronomy 7:15

And Jehovah will take away from you all sickness, and will put none of the evil diseases of Egypt which you know upon you. But He will lay them upon all who hate you.

Deuteronomy 28:27-28

Jehovah will strike you with the boils of Egypt, and with the hemorrhoids, and with the scab, and with the itch, of which you cannot be healed. Jehovah shall strike you with madness and blindness, and astonishment of heart.

More verses: Deuteronomy 29:22

Disease » Remedies » Disinfection

Leviticus 14:41

And he shall cause the house to be scraped inside all around, and they shall pour out the dust that they scrape off outside the city in an unclean place.

Leviticus 15:5

And whoever touches his bed shall wash his clothes and bathe in water, and be unclean until the evening.

Disease » Instances of » Of the sexual organs

Numbers 5:2

Command the sons of Israel that they put out of the camp every leper and everyone that has an issue, and whoever is defiled by a dead body.

Leviticus 22:4

Any man of the seed of Aaron who is leprous, or has an issue, he shall not eat of the holy things until he is clean. And he who touches any uncleanness of a person, or a man whose semen has gone out from him,

Deuteronomy 23:10

If there is among you any man who is not clean because of an accident at night, then he shall go outside the camp. He shall not come inside the camp.

Disease » Figurative

Isaiah 1:6

From the sole of the foot even to the head there is no soundness in it; only a wound and a stripe and a fresh blow; they have not been closed, nor bound up, nor soothed with oil.

Psalm 38:7

For my loins are filled with a burning; and there is no soundness in my flesh.

Disease » Instances of » In answer to prayer » Of hezekiah

2 Kings 20:1-11

In those days Hezekiah was sick to death. And the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz came to him and said to him, So says Jehovah, Set your house in order, for you shall die and not live. And he turned his face to the wall and prayed to Jehovah, saying, O Jehovah, I pray, O Jehovah, remember now how I have walked before You in truth and with a sincere heart, and have done good in Your sight. And Hezekiah wept with a great weeping. read more.
And it happened, Isaiah had gone out into the middle of the court, the Word of Jehovah came to him saying, Return again and tell Hezekiah the leader of My people, So says Jehovah, the God of David your father, I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears. Behold, I will heal you. On the third day you shall go up to the house of Jehovah. And I will add fifteen years to your days. And I will deliver you and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria. And I will defend this city for My own sake, and for My servant David's sake. And Isaiah said, Take a lump of figs. And they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered. And Hezekiah said to Isaiah, What shall be the sign that Jehovah will heal me, and that I shall go up into the house of Jehovah the third day? And Isaiah said, This will be the sign from Jehovah, that Jehovah will do the thing which He has spoken. Shall the shadow go forward ten steps, or go back ten steps? And Hezekiah answered, It is a light thing for the shadow to go down ten steps. No, but let the shadow go backward ten steps. And Isaiah the prophet cried to Jehovah. And He brought the shadow ten steps backward, by which it had gone down on the sundial of Ahaz.

Isaiah 38:1-8

In those days Hezekiah was sick to death. And Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, came to him and said to him, So says Jehovah, Set your house in order, for you shall die and not live. Then Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall, and prayed to Jehovah, and said, Remember now, O Jehovah, I beseech You, how I have walked before You in truth and with a whole heart, and have done the good in Your sight. And Hezekiah wept with a great weeping. read more.
Then came the Word of Jehovah to Isaiah, saying, Go and say to Hezekiah: So says Jehovah, the God of David your father, I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears; behold, I will add to your days fifteen years. And I will deliver you and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria. And I will defend this city. And this shall be a sign to you from Jehovah that Jehovah will do this thing that He has spoken: behold, I will bring again the shadow of the steps, which has gone down in the sun dial of Ahaz, ten steps backward. So the sun returned ten steps, by which steps it had gone down.

Disease » Remedies » Treatment of wounds

Isaiah 1:6

From the sole of the foot even to the head there is no soundness in it; only a wound and a stripe and a fresh blow; they have not been closed, nor bound up, nor soothed with oil.

Luke 10:34

And coming near, he bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine, and set him on his own animal and brought him to an inn, and took care of him.

Disease » Remedies » Anointing with oil

Disease » As judgments

Isaiah 3:17

therefore Jehovah will strike with a scab the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and Jehovah will make their secret parts naked.

Disease » Instances of » Ointments

Isaiah 1:6

From the sole of the foot even to the head there is no soundness in it; only a wound and a stripe and a fresh blow; they have not been closed, nor bound up, nor soothed with oil.

Jeremiah 8:22

Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then has the healing of the daughter of My people not come?

Disease » Instances of » In answer to prayer » Of david

Psalm 21:4

He asked life from You; You give to him length of days forever and ever.

Disease » Remedies » Treatment of fractures

Ezekiel 30:21

Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt. And lo, it shall not lie bound up to give healing, to put a bandage to bind it, to make it strong to hold the sword.

Disease » Instances of » Jehoram

2 Chronicles 21:12-19

And a writing came to him from Elijah the prophet, saying, So says Jehovah, the God of David your father, Because you have not walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat your father, nor in the ways of Asa king of Judah, but have walked in the way of the kings of Israel, and have made Judah and the people of Jerusalem to go lusting like the fornications of the house of Ahab, and also have killed your brothers of your fathers house (who were better than you), behold, Jehovah will strike your people with a great plague, and your sons, and your wives, and all your goods. read more.
And you shall have great sickness by disease in your bowels, until your bowels fall out because of the sickness day by day. And Jehovah stirred up the spirit of the Philistines against Jehoram, and of the Arabians who were near the Ethiopians. And they came up into Judah and broke into it, and carried away all the stuff that was found in the king's house, and his sons also, and his wives, so that there was not a son left with him except Ahaziah, the youngest of his sons. And after this Jehovah struck him in his bowels with a disease that could not be cured. And it happened as days and as the time went out, at the end of two years, his bowels fell out because of his sickness. And he died of painful diseases. And his people made no burning for him like the burning of his fathers.

Disease » Instances of » Uzziah

2 Chronicles 26:17-20

And Azariah the priest went in after him, and with him eighty priests of Jehovah, mighty men. And they withstood Uzziah the king and said to him, It is not for you, Uzziah, to burn incense to the Lord, but to the priests, the sons of Aaron who are consecrated to burn incense. Go out of the temple, for you have sinned. Nor shall it be for your honor from Jehovah God. And Uzziah was angry. And he had a censer in his hand to burn incense. And while he was angry with the priests, the leprosy even rose up in his forehead before the priests in the house of Jehovah, from beside the incense altar. read more.
And Azariah the chief priest, and all the priests, looked on him. And, behold, he was leprous in his forehead! And they thrust him out from there. Yes, he himself hurried to go out also, because Jehovah had stricken him.

Disease » Remedies » Poultices

2 Kings 20:7

And Isaiah said, Take a lump of figs. And they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.

Disease » Remedies » Ointment

Isaiah 1:6

From the sole of the foot even to the head there is no soundness in it; only a wound and a stripe and a fresh blow; they have not been closed, nor bound up, nor soothed with oil.

Disease » Instances of » David's child

2 Samuel 12:15

And Nathan left to go to his house. And Jehovah struck the child that Uriah's wife bore to David, and it was very sick.

Disease » Instances of » Upon nabal

1 Samuel 25:38

And it happened about ten days afterward Jehovah struck Nabal so that he died.

Disease » Instances of » Treatment of fractures

Ezekiel 30:21

Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt. And lo, it shall not lie bound up to give healing, to put a bandage to bind it, to make it strong to hold the sword.

Disease » Instances of » Jeroboam

2 Chronicles 13:20

And Jeroboam did not recover strength again in the days of Abijah. And Jehovah struck him and he died.

Disease » Instances of » Gehazi

2 Kings 5:27

And the leprosy of Naaman shall cling to you and to your seed forever. And he went out from his presence as leprous as snow.

Disease » Instances of » Miraculous healing of, a sign to accompany the preaching of the word

Mark 16:18

they will take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it will not hurt them. They will lay hands on the sick, and they will be well.

Disease » Instances of » Emulsions

Luke 10:34

And coming near, he bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine, and set him on his own animal and brought him to an inn, and took care of him.

Disease » Instances of » Poultices

2 Kings 20:7

And Isaiah said, Take a lump of figs. And they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.

Disease » Sent from God

Leviticus 14:34

When you come into the land of Canaan which I give you for a possession, and I put the plague of leprosy in a house in the land of your possession,

Feet » Were liable to » Disease

1 Kings 15:23

The rest of all the acts of Asa, and all his might, and all that he did, and the cities which he built, are they not written in the Book of the Matters of the Days of the Kings of Judah? But in the time of his old age he was diseased in his feet.

Hemorrhoids » Disease » Afflicted » Philistines

1 Samuel 5:6

And the hand of Jehovah was heavy on the people of Ashdod, and He destroyed them and struck them with hemorrhoids, Ashdod and its borders.

1 Samuel 6:4

And they said, What shall be the guilt offering which we shall return to Him? And they answered, Five golden hemorrhoids, and five golden mice, for the number of the lords of the Philistines. For one plague was on you all, and on your lords.

Deuteronomy 28:27

Jehovah will strike you with the boils of Egypt, and with the hemorrhoids, and with the scab, and with the itch, of which you cannot be healed.

1 Samuel 5:11

And they sent and gathered all the lords of the Philistines, and said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it go again to its own place, so that it does not kill us and our people. For there was a deadly destruction throughout all the city. The hand of God was very heavy there.

1 Samuel 5:12

And the men that did not die were stricken with the hemorrhoids. And the cry of the city went up to the heavens.

Insanity » Disease

Daniel 4:33

The same hour the thing was fulfilled on Nebuchadnezzar. And he was driven from men, and ate grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of the heavens, until his hair had grown like eagles' feathers, and his nails like birds' claws.

Matthew 4:24

And His fame went throughout all Syria. And they brought to Him all those being badly ill suffering various diseases and torments, and those who had been possessed with demons, and those who had been moonstruck, and paralytics. And He healed them.

Matthew 17:15

Lord, have mercy on my son, for he is a lunatic and grievously vexed; for oftentimes he falls into the fire, and often into the water.

Sin » Leads to » Disease

Job 20:11

His bones are full of his youthful vigor, but it lies down with him in the dust.

Spermatorrhea » Disease » Genital organs

Leviticus 15:16

And if any man's semen goes from him, then he shall wash all his flesh in water and be unclean until the evening.

Spiritual » Desire select readings, psalms 42; 84 » Disease

Jeremiah 8:22

Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then has the healing of the daughter of My people not come?

Isaiah 1:5

Why should you be stricken any more? You will revolt more and more; the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.

Micah 1:9

For her wounds are not curable; for it has come to Judah; it has reached to the gate of My people, to Jerusalem.

Mark 2:17

When Jesus heard, He said to them, They who are strong have no need of a physician, but the ones who have illness. I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

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Job 16:8

And You have plucked me, for it is a witness, and my failure rises up against me, and it answers to my face.

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