9 Bible Verses about Caring For The Sick

I was naked and you clothed me. I was sick and you visited me. I was in prison and you came to me.'

He who oppresses the poor reproaches his Maker. He who honors his Maker has mercy for the poor.

I will restore your health and heal your wounds, proclaims Jehovah. People call you an outcast: 'Zion, no one cares for you.'

Is any among you suffering? Let him pray. Is any cheerful? Let him sing praise. Is any among you sick? Let him call the elders of the congregation. Let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of God. The prayer of faith will save the sick person. God will raise him up; and if he committed sins, it will be forgiven him.

O Jehovah my God, I cried to you for help, and you healed me.

For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.

Whoever has this world's goods and sees his brother in need, and shuts up his compassion from him, how does the love of God dwell in him?

But when they were sick, I wore sackcloth. I humbled myself with fasting. My prayer returned unanswered.

Job's three friends heard about all the terrible things that happened to him. Each of them came from his home: Eliphaz of Teman, Bildad of Shuah, and Zophar of Naama. They agreed they would go together to sympathize with Job and comfort him. They saw him from a distance and did not even recognize him. They cried out loud and wept. Each of them tore his clothes in grief. They threw dust on their heads. Then they sat down on the ground with him for seven days and seven nights. No one said a word to him because they saw that he was in such great pain.