39 Bible Verses about Sickness

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Matthew 9:35

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.

Deuteronomy 28:61

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.

Galatians 4:13

But you have knowledge that with a feeble body I was preaching the good news to you the first time;

Luke 4:40

And at sundown all those who had anyone ill with any sort of disease, took them to him, and he put his hands on every one of them and made them well.

2 Chronicles 21:15

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.

2 Chronicles 21:18

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.

Exodus 23:25

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.

Isaiah 33:24

And the men of Zion will not say, I am ill: for its people will have forgiveness for their sin.

Deuteronomy 7:15

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.

2 Chronicles 16:12

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.

Matthew 8:14

And when Jesus had come into Peter's house, he saw his wife's mother in bed, very ill.

Luke 8:43

And a woman, who had had a flow of blood for twelve years, and had given all her money to medical men, and not one of them was able to make her well,

Nahum 1:9

What are you designing against the Lord? he will put an end to it: his haters will not come up again a second time.

Nahum 1:11

One has gone out from you who is designing evil against the Lord, whose purposes are of no value.

Ecclesiastes 5:17

All his days are in the dark, and he has much sorrow, pain, disease, and trouble.

Exodus 15:26

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.

Jeremiah 10:19

Sorrow is mine for I am wounded! my wound may not be made well; and I said, Cruel is my disease, I may not be free from it.

Luke 13:12

And when Jesus saw her, he said to her, Woman, you are made free from your disease.

Revelation 2:22

See, I will put her into a bed, and those who make themselves unclean with her, into great trouble, if they go on with her works.

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Enquiring of God » Inquiring through the prophets, concerning perplexing questions » Sickness

2 Kings 8:8

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?

Inquiring of God » Inquiring through the prophets, concerning perplexing questions » Sickness

2 Kings 8:8

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?

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Job 30:17

The flesh is gone from my bones, and they give me no rest; there is no end to my pains.

Job 7:4-5

When I go to my bed, I say, When will it be time to get up? but the night is long, and I am turning from side to side till morning light. My flesh is covered with worms and dust; my skin gets hard and then is cracked again.

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Punishment of the The Wicked » In this life by » Sickness

Leviticus 26:16

This will I do to you: I will put fear in your hearts, even wasting disease and burning pain, drying up the eyes and making the soul feeble, and you will get no profit from your seed, for your haters will take it for food.

Psalm 78:50

He let his wrath have its way; he did not keep back their soul from death, but gave their life to disease.

Sickness » Sometimes sent as a judgment for sin

Ecclesiastes 5:17

All his days are in the dark, and he has much sorrow, pain, disease, and trouble.

Leviticus 26:15-16

And if you go against my rules and if you have hate in your souls for my decisions and you do not do all my orders, but go against my agreement; This will I do to you: I will put fear in your hearts, even wasting disease and burning pain, drying up the eyes and making the soul feeble, and you will get no profit from your seed, for your haters will take it for food.

Deuteronomy 28:61

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.

2 Chronicles 21:15

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.

Sickness » Inflicted upon the wicked » The jews,promised special immunity from calamities

Exodus 12:13

And the blood will be a sign on the houses where you are: when I see the blood I will go over you, and no evil will come on you for your destruction, when my hand is on the land of Egypt.

Exodus 15:26

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.

Mark 16:18

They will take up snakes, and if there is poison in their drink, it will do them no evil; they will put their hands on those who are ill, and they will get well.

Exodus 8:22

And at that time I will make a division between your land and the land of Goshen where my people are, and no flies will be there; so that you may see that I am the Lord over all the earth.

Exodus 9:6

And on the day after, the Lord did as he had said, causing the death of all the cattle of Egypt, but there was no loss of any of the cattle of Israel.

Sickness » The righteous suffer from

Acts 9:37

And it came about, in those days, that she got ill and came to her death: and when she had been washed, they put her in a room which was high up.

Job 2:7

And the Satan went out from before the Lord, and sent on Job an evil disease covering his skin from his feet to the top of his head.

2 Timothy 4:20

Erastus was stopping at Corinth; but Trophimus, when I last saw him was at Miletus, ill.

Daniel 8:27

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.

Sickness » Healing » Examples of apostolic

Acts 3:7

And he took him by his right hand, lifting him up; and straight away his feet and the bones of his legs became strong,

Acts 5:16

And numbers of people came together from the towns round about Jerusalem, with those who were ill and those who were troubled with unclean spirits: and they were all made well.

Acts 9:34

And Peter said to him, Aeneas, Jesus Christ makes you well: get up and make your bed. And straight away he got up.

Acts 14:10

Said in a loud voice, Get up on your feet. And, jumping up, he went walking about.

Acts 16:18

And this she did on a number of days. But Paul was greatly troubled and, turning, said to the spirit, I give you orders in the name of Jesus Christ, to come out of her. And it came out that very hour.

More verses: Acts 19:12 Acts 28:8

Sickness » Sent by God

Deuteronomy 32:39

See now, I myself am he; there is no other god but me: giver of death and life, wounding and making well: and no one has power to make you free from my hand.

2 Samuel 12:15

Then Nathan went back to his house. And the hand of the Lord was on David's son, the child of Uriah's wife, and it became very ill.

Deuteronomy 28:59-61

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. He will send on you again all the diseases of Egypt, which were a cause of fear to you, and they will take you in their grip. 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.

Sickness » Often sent as a punishment of sin

2 Chronicles 21:12-15

And a letter came to him from Elijah the prophet, saying, The Lord, the God of your father David, says, Because you have not kept to the ways of your father Jehoshaphat or the ways of Asa, king of Judah, But have gone in the way of the kings of Israel, and have made Judah and the people of Jerusalem go after false gods, as the family of Ahab did: and because you have put to death your father's sons, your brothers, who were better than yourself: Now, truly, the Lord will send a great destruction on your people and your children and your wives and everything which is yours: read more.
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.

Leviticus 26:14-16

But if you do not give ear to me, and do not keep all these my laws; And if you go against my rules and if you have hate in your souls for my decisions and you do not do all my orders, but go against my agreement; This will I do to you: I will put fear in your hearts, even wasting disease and burning pain, drying up the eyes and making the soul feeble, and you will get no profit from your seed, for your haters will take it for food.

Sickness » Inflicted upon the wicked » Promises of immunity from

Exodus 15:26

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.

Deuteronomy 7:15

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.

Proverbs 4:22

For they are life to him who gets them, and strength to all his flesh.

Jeremiah 30:17

For I will make you healthy again and I will make you well from your wounds, says the Lord; because they have given you the name of an outlaw, saying, It is Zion cared for by no man.

Sickness » God » Heals

Deuteronomy 32:39

See now, I myself am he; there is no other god but me: giver of death and life, wounding and making well: and no one has power to make you free from my hand.

Isaiah 38:5

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.

Isaiah 38:9

The writing of Hezekiah, king of Judah, after he had been ill, and had got better from his disease.

Sickness » Visiting those in, an evidence of belonging to Christ

Sickness » Saints » Acknowledge that, comes from God

Isaiah 38:12

My resting-place is pulled up and taken away from me like a herdsman's tent: my life is rolled up like a linen-worker's thread; I am cut off from the cloth on the frame: from day even to night you give me up to pain.

Psalm 31:1-8

In you, O Lord, have I put my hope; let me never be shamed; keep me safe in your righteousness. Let your ear be turned to me; take me quickly out of danger; be my strong Rock, my place of strength where I may be safe. For you are my Rock and my strong tower; go in front of me and be my guide, because of your name. read more.
Take me out of the net which they have put ready for me secretly; for you are my strength. Into your hands I give my spirit; you are my saviour, O Lord God for ever true. I am full of hate for those who go after false gods; but my hope is in the Lord. I will be glad and have delight in your mercy; because you have seen my trouble; you have had pity on my soul in its sorrows; And you have not given me into the hand of my hater; you have put my feet in a wide place.

Isaiah 38:15

What am I to say? seeing that it is he who has done it: all my time of sleeping I am turning from side to side without rest.

Sickness » The power of healing » One of the miraculous gifts bestowed on the early church

1 Corinthians 12:30

Are all able to take away disease? have all the power of tongues? are all able to give their sense?

Sickness » Saints » Praise God for recovery from

Isaiah 38:19

The living, the living man, he will give you praise, as I do this day: the father will give the story of your mercy to his children.

Psalm 103:1-3

Give praise to the Lord, O my soul; let everything in me give praise to his holy name. Give praise to the Lord, O my soul; let not all his blessings go from your memory. He has forgiveness for all your sins; he takes away all your diseases;

Luke 17:15

And one of them, when he saw that he was clean, turning back, gave praise to God in a loud voice;

Sickness » Often incurable by human means

Deuteronomy 28:27

The Lord will send on you the disease of Egypt, and other sorts of skin diseases which nothing will make well.

2 Chronicles 21:18

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.

Sickness » The apostles were endued with power to heal

Mark 16:18

They will take up snakes, and if there is poison in their drink, it will do them no evil; they will put their hands on those who are ill, and they will get well.

Sickness » God » Often manifests saving grace to sinners during

Job 33:19-24

Pain is sent on him as a punishment, while he is on his bed; there is no end to the trouble in his bones; He has no desire for food, and his soul is turned away from delicate meat; His flesh is so wasted away, that it may not be seen, and his bones. ... read more.
And his soul comes near to the underworld, and his life to the angels of death. If now there may be an angel sent to him, one of the thousands which there are to be between him and God, and to make clear to man what is right for him; And if he has mercy on him, and says, Let him not go down to the underworld, I have given the price for his life:

Psalm 107:17-21

Foolish men, because of their sins, and because of their wrongdoing, are troubled; They are disgusted by all food, and they come near to the doors of death. Then they send up their cry to the Lord in their sorrow, and he gives them salvation out of all their troubles. read more.
He sent his word and made them well, and kept them safe from the underworld. Let men give praise to the Lord for his mercy, and for the wonders which he does for the children of men!

Sickness » Not visiting those in, an evidence of not belonging to Christ

Matthew 25:43

I was wandering, and you took me not in; without clothing, and you gave me no clothing; ill, and in prison, and you came not to me.

Matthew 25:45

Then will he make answer to them, saying, Truly I say to you, Because you did it not to the least of these, you did it not to me.

Sickness » Christ compassionated those in

Matthew 8:16-17

And in the evening, they took to him a number of people who had evil spirits; and he sent the spirits out of them with a word, and made well all who were ill; So that the word of Isaiah the prophet might come true: He himself took our pains and our diseases.

Isaiah 53:4

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.

Sickness » God » Hears the prayers of those in

Psalm 107:18-20

They are disgusted by all food, and they come near to the doors of death. Then they send up their cry to the Lord in their sorrow, and he gives them salvation out of all their troubles. He sent his word and made them well, and kept them safe from the underworld.

Sickness » God » Promises to heal

2 Kings 20:5

Go back and say to Hezekiah, the ruler of my people, 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 make you well: on the third day you will go up to the house of the Lord.

Exodus 23:25

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.

Sickness » Christ healed » With a word

Matthew 8:8

And the captain in answer said, Lord, I am not good enough for you to come under my roof; but only say the word, and my servant will be made well.

Matthew 8:13

And Jesus said to the captain, Go in peace; as your faith is, so let it be done to you. And the servant was made well in that hour.

Sickness » Pray for those afflicted with

Acts 28:8

And the father of Publius was ill, with a disease of the stomach; to whom Paul went, and put his hands on him, with prayer, and made him well.

James 5:14-15

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 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.

Sickness » Christ healed » Being present

Mark 1:31

And he came and took her by the hand, lifting her up; and she became well, and took care of their needs.

Sickness » Saints » Thank God publicly for recovery from

Acts 3:8

And, jumping up, he got on to his feet and went into the Temple with them, walking and jumping and giving praise to God.

Isaiah 38:20

O Lord, quickly be my saviour; so we will make my songs to corded instruments all the days of our lives in the house of the Lord.

Sickness » Christ healed » By imposition of hands

Mark 6:5

And he was unable to do any work of power there, but only to put his hands on one or two persons who were ill, and make them well.

Sickness » God's aid should be sought in

2 Chronicles 16:12

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.

Sickness » Illustrative of sin

Leviticus 13:45-46

And the leper who has the disease on him is to go about with signs of grief, with his hair loose and his mouth covered, crying, Unclean, unclean. While the disease is on him, he will be unclean. He is unclean: let him keep by himself, living outside the tent-circle.

Sickness » The wicked » A large amount » Sorrow

Ecclesiastes 5:17

All his days are in the dark, and he has much sorrow, pain, disease, and trouble.

Sickness » Christ healed » Through the touch of his garment

Matthew 14:35-36

And when the men of that place had news of him, they sent into all the country round about, and took to him all who were ill, With the request that they might only put their hands on the edge of his robe: and all those who did so were made well.

Sickness » God » Exhibits his mercy in healing

Sickness » One of God's four sore judgments on a guilty land

Ezekiel 14:19-21

Or if I send disease into that land, letting loose my wrath on it in blood, cutting off from it man and beast: Even if Noah, Daniel, and Job were in it, by my life, says the Lord, they would not keep son or daughter safe; only themselves would they keep safe through their righteousness. For this is what the Lord has said: How much more when I send my four bitter punishments on Jerusalem, the sword and need of food and evil beasts and disease, cutting off from it man and beast?

Sickness » Faith required in those healed of, by Christ

Matthew 9:28-29

And when he had come into the house, the blind men came to him; and Jesus said to them, Have you faith that I am able to do this? They said to him, Yes, Lord. Then he put his hand on their eyes, saying, As your faith is, let it be done to you.

Sickness » The wicked » Forsake those in

1 Samuel 30:13

And David said to him, Whose man are you and where do you come from? And he said, I am a young man of Egypt, servant to an Amalekite; and my master went on without me because three days back I became ill.

Sickness » God » Persecutes the wicked by

Jeremiah 29:18

I will go after them, attacking them with the sword and with need of food and with disease, and will make them a cause of fear to all the kingdoms of the earth, to be a curse and a wonder and a surprise and a name of shame among all the nations where I have sent them:

Sickness » God » Abandons the wicked to

Jeremiah 34:17

And so the Lord has said, You have not given ear to me and undertaken publicly, every man to let loose his countryman and his neighbour: see, I undertake to let loose against you the sword and disease and need of food; and I will send you wandering among all the kingdoms of the earth.

Sickness » The wicked » Visit not those in

Matthew 25:43

I was wandering, and you took me not in; without clothing, and you gave me no clothing; ill, and in prison, and you came not to me.

Sickness » Saints » Pray for recovery from

Isaiah 38:2-3

And Hezekiah, turning his face to the wall, made his prayer to the Lord, saying, O Lord, keep in mind how I have been true to you with all my heart, and have done what is good in your eyes. And Hezekiah gave way to bitter weeping.

Sickness » Saints » Visit those in

Sickness » Healing of, lawful on the sabbath

Luke 13:14-16

And the ruler of the Synagogue was angry because Jesus had made her well on the Sabbath, and he said to the people, There are six days in which men may do work: so come on those days to be made well, and not on the Sabbath. But the Lord gave him an answer and said, O you false men! do you not, every one of you, on the Sabbath, let loose his ox and his ass and take it to the water? And is it not right for this daughter of Abraham, who has been in the power of Satan for eighteen years, to be made free on the Sabbath?

Sickness » Christ healed » Not being present

Matthew 8:13

And Jesus said to the captain, Go in peace; as your faith is, so let it be done to you. And the servant was made well in that hour.

Sickness » Saints » Ascribe recovery from, to God

Isaiah 38:20

O Lord, quickly be my saviour; so we will make my songs to corded instruments all the days of our lives in the house of the Lord.

Sickness » Saints » Mourn under, with prayer

Isaiah 38:14

I make cries like a bird; I give out sounds of grief like a dove: my eyes are looking up with desire; O Lord, I am crushed, take up my cause.

Sickness » God » Exhibits his love in healing

Isaiah 38:17

See, in place of peace my soul had bitter sorrow. but you have kept back my soul from the underworld; for you have put all my sins out of your memory.

Sickness » God » Preserves saints in time of

Psalm 91:3-7

He will take you out of the bird-net, and keep you safe from wasting disease. You will be covered by his feathers; under his wings you will be safe: his good faith will be your salvation. You will have no fear of the evil things of the night, or of the arrow in flight by day, read more.
Or of the disease which takes men in the dark, or of the destruction which makes waste when the sun is high. You will see a thousand falling by your side, and ten thousand at your right hand; but it will not come near you.

Sickness » Christ healed » With a touch

Sickness » Saints » Feel for others in

Psalm 35:13

But as for me, when they were ill I put on the clothing of sorrow: I went without food and was sad, and my prayer came back again to my heart.

Sickness » God » Strengthens saints in

Sickness » God » Comforts saints in

Sickness » God » Permits saints to be tried by

Job 2:5-6

But now, if you only put your hand on his bone and his flesh, he will certainly be cursing you to your face. And the Lord said to the Satan, See, he is in your hands, only do not take his life.

Sickness » God » Exhibits his power in healing

Luke 5:17

And it came about that on one of these days he was teaching; and some Pharisees and teachers of the law were seated there, who had come from every town of Galilee and Judaea and from Jerusalem; and the power of the Lord was with him, to make those who were ill free from their diseases.

Sickness » The devil sometimes permitted to inflict

Job 2:6-7

And the Lord said to the Satan, See, he is in your hands, only do not take his life. And the Satan went out from before the Lord, and sent on Job an evil disease covering his skin from his feet to the top of his head.

Sickness » Often brought on by intemperance

Hosea 7:5

On the day of our king, the rulers made him ill with the heat of wine; his hand was stretched out with the men of pride.

Sickness » Saints » Are resigned under

Job 2:10

And he said to her, You are talking like one of the foolish women. If we take the good God sends us, are we not to take the evil when it comes? In all this Job kept his lips from sin.

Sleeplessness » Common causes of loss of sleep » Sickness

Job 30:17

The flesh is gone from my bones, and they give me no rest; there is no end to my pains.

Job 7:4-5

When I go to my bed, I say, When will it be time to get up? but the night is long, and I am turning from side to side till morning light. My flesh is covered with worms and dust; my skin gets hard and then is cracked again.

Topics on Sickness

Agony, Sickness

Jeremiah 15:18

Why is my pain unending and my wound without hope of being made well? Sorrow is mine, for you are to me as a stream offering false hope and as waters which are not certain.

Christ's Authority Over Sickness

Matthew 8:14-15

And when Jesus had come into Peter's house, he saw his wife's mother in bed, very ill.

Healing Sickness

Matthew 9:35

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.

Sin Brings Sickness

Ezekiel 4:17

So that they may be in need of bread and water and be wondering at one another, wasting away in their sin.

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