Thematic Bible: Prevention and cure of diseases
Thematic Bible
Prevention and cure of diseases » Physicians
Is there no balm in
Is there no physician there?
Why then has not the [spiritual] health of the daughter of my people been restored?
Then Joseph ordered his servants the physicians to embalm (mummify) his father. So the physicians embalmed Israel (Jacob).
In the thirty-ninth year of his reign Asa developed a disease in his feet. His disease was severe, yet even in his illness he did not seek the Lord, but [relied only on] the physicians.
But when Jesus heard this, He said, “Those who are healthy have no need for a physician, but [only] those who are sick.
So He said to them, “You will no doubt quote this proverb to Me, ‘Physician, heal Yourself! Whatever [miracles] that we heard were done [by You] in Capernaum, do here in Your hometown as well.’”
And Jesus replied to them, “It is not those who are healthy who need a physician, but [only] those who are sick.
Prevention and cure of diseases » Medicine
Is there no balm in
Is there no physician there?
Why then has not the [spiritual] health of the daughter of my people been restored?
Go up to Gilead and obtain [healing] balm,
O Virgin Daughter of Egypt!
In vain you use many medicines;
For you there is no healing or remedy.
A happy heart is good medicine and a joyful mind causes healing,
But a broken spirit dries up the bones.
‘There is no one to plead your cause;
No [device to close and allow the] healing of your wound,
No recovery for you.
By the river on its bank, on one side and on the other, will grow all kinds of trees for food. Their leaves will not wither and their fruit will not fail. They shall bear every month because their water flows from the sanctuary, and their fruit will be for food and their leaves for healing.”
Prevention and cure of diseases » Remedies
From the sole of the foot even to the head
There is nothing healthy in the nation’s body,
Only bruises, welts, and raw wounds,
Not pressed out or bandaged,
Nor softened with oil [as a remedy].
Is anyone among you sick? He must call for the elders (spiritual leaders) of the church and they are to pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord;
Then Isaiah said, “Bring a cake of figs. And they brought it and placed it on the [painful] inflammation, and he recovered.”
No longer continue drinking [only] water, but use a little wine for the sake of your stomach and your frequent illnesses.
Prevention and cure of diseases » Treatment of wounds
From the sole of the foot even to the head
There is nothing healthy in the nation’s body,
Only bruises, welts, and raw wounds,
Not pressed out or bandaged,
Nor softened with oil [as a remedy].
Prevention and cure of diseases » Anointing with oil
And they were casting out many demons and were anointing with oil many who were sick, and healing them.
Is anyone among you sick? He must call for the elders (spiritual leaders) of the church and they are to pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord;
Prevention and cure of diseases » Treatment of fractures
“Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and behold, it has not been bound up to heal or wrapped with a bandage, so that it may be strong to hold and wield the sword.
Prevention and cure of diseases » Poultices
Then Isaiah said, “Bring a cake of figs. And they brought it and placed it on the [painful] inflammation, and he recovered.”
Related Topics
- A Broken Heart
- Alcohol Consumption
- Anointing
- Anointing Oil
- Anointing With Oil
- Anointing, Medical Purpose
- Antibiotics
- Balms
- Boils Or Ulcers
- Depression
- Drugs