50 Bible Verses about Illness
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The Lord will be his support on his bed of pain: by you will all his grief be turned to strength.
And all the diseases and the pains not recorded in the book of this law will the Lord send on you till your destruction is complete.
But you have knowledge that with a feeble body I was preaching the good news to you the first time;
For God is not a God whose ways are without order, but a God of peace; as in all the churches of the saints.
And Jesus went about all the towns and small places, teaching in their Synagogues and preaching the good news of the kingdom and making well all sorts of disease and pain.
For in fact he was ill almost to death: but God had mercy on him; and not only on him but on me, so that I might not have grief on grief.
And straight away the fountain of her blood was stopped, and she had a feeling in her body that her disease had gone and she was well.
When this came to his ears, Jesus said, The end of this disease is not death, but the glory of God, so that the Son of God may have glory because of it.
And the Lord will take away from you all disease, and will not put on you any of the evil diseases of Egypt which you have seen, but will put them on your haters.
And there was a woman who had had a disease for eighteen years; she was bent, and was not able to make herself straight.
For this cause a number of you are feeble and ill, and a number are dead.
In the thirty-ninth year of his rule, Asa had a very bad disease of the feet; but he did not go to the Lord for help in his disease, but to medical men.
And give worship to the Lord your God, who will send his blessing on your bread and on your water; and I will take all disease away from among you.
So that bits of linen and clothing from his body were taken to people who were ill, and their diseases went away from them and the evil spirits went out.
The spirit of a man will be his support when he is ill; but how may a broken spirit be lifted up?
But it was our pain he took, and our diseases were put on him: while to us he seemed as one diseased, on whom God's punishment had come.
So the sisters sent to him, saying, Lord, your dear friend is ill.
And you did not have a poor opinion of me because of the trouble in my flesh, or put shame on it; but you took me to your hearts as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus.
And Jesus went about in all Galilee, teaching in their Synagogues and preaching the good news of the kingdom, and making well those who were ill with any disease among the people.
Do not take only water as your drink, but take a little wine for the good of your stomach, and because you are frequently ill.
But on hearing this he said, Those who are well have no need of a medical man, but those who are ill.
And Jesus, hearing it, said to them, Those who are well have no need of a medical man, but those who are ill: I have come not to get the upright but sinners.
Is anyone among you ill? let him send for the rulers of the church; and let them say prayers over him, putting oil on him in the name of the Lord.
And after all this the Lord sent on him a disease of the stomach from which it was impossible for him to be made well.
Is anyone among you in trouble? let him say prayers. Is anyone glad? let him make a song of praise.
And you yourself will undergo the cruel pains of a disease in your stomach, so that day by day your inside will be falling out because of the disease.
And by the prayer of faith the man who is ill will be made well, and he will be lifted up by the Lord, and for any sin which he has done he will have forgiveness.
In those days Hezekiah was ill and near death. And Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, came to him, and said to him, The Lord says, Put your house in order; for your death is near.
And he said, If with all your heart you will give attention to the voice of the Lord your God, and do what is right in his eyes, giving ear to his orders and keeping his laws, I will not put on you any of the diseases which I put on the Egyptians: for I am the Lord your life-giver.
And he said to her, Daughter, your faith has made you well; go in peace, and be free from your disease.
Then the king said to Hazael, Take an offering with you, and go to see the man of God and get directions from the Lord by him, saying, Am I going to get better from my disease?
Jesus said in answer, It was not because of his sin, or because of his father's or mother's; it was so that the works of God might be seen openly in him.
Go to Hezekiah, and say, The Lord, the God of David, your father, says, Your prayer has come to my ears, and I have seen your weeping: see, I will give you fifteen more years of life.
Now Elisha became ill with the disease which was the cause of his death: and Joash, king of Israel, came down to him, and weeping over him said, My father, my father, the war-carriages of Israel and its horsemen!
I had no clothing, and you gave it to me: when I was ill, or in prison, you came to me.
I will give you fifteen more years of life; and I will keep you and this town safe from the hands of the king of Assyria; I will keep this town safe, for my honour, and for the honour of my servant David.
Then the Lord your God will make your punishment, and the punishment of your seed, a thing to be wondered at; great punishments and cruel diseases stretching on through long years.
And I, Daniel, was ill for some days; then I got up and did the king's business: and I was full of wonder at the vision, but no one was able to give the sense of it.
In those days Hezekiah was ill and near death. And Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, came to him, and said to him, The Lord says, Put your house in order, for your death is near.
And he will put an end to all their weeping; and there will be no more death, or sorrow, or crying, or pain; for the first things have come to an end.
The Lord will keep him safe, and give him life; the Lord will let him be a blessing on the earth, and will not give him into the hand of his haters.
And the men of Zion will not say, I am ill: for its people will have forgiveness for their sin.
Topics on Illness
Demons Causing Illness
Mark 9:17-27And one of the number said to him in answer, Master, I came to you with my son, who has in him a spirit which takes away his power of talking;
Mental Illness
Philippians 4:6-7Have no cares; but in everything with prayer and praise put your requests before God.