88 Bible Verses about diseases

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Mark 3:10

For he had healed many, so that all who were afflicted with diseases pressed toward him in order to touch him.

Exodus 15:26

He said, "If you will diligently obey the Lord your God, and do what is right in his sight, and pay attention to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, then all the diseases that I brought on the Egyptians I will not bring on you, for I, the Lord, am your healer."

Mark 1:32-34

When it was evening, after sunset, they brought to him all who were sick and demon-possessed. The whole town gathered by the door. So he healed many who were sick with various diseases and drove out many demons. But he would not permit the demons to speak, because they knew him.

Deuteronomy 7:15

The Lord will protect you from all sickness, and you will not experience any of the terrible diseases that you knew in Egypt; instead he will inflict them on all those who hate you.

2 Chronicles 16:12

In the thirty-ninth year of his reign, Asa developed a foot disease. Though his disease was severe, he did not seek the Lord, but only the doctors.

John 5:3

A great number of sick, blind, lame, and paralyzed people were lying in these walkways.

Ezekiel 34:4

You have not strengthened the weak, healed the sick, bandaged the injured, brought back the strays, or sought the lost, but with force and harshness you have ruled over them.

1 Samuel 1:7

Peninnah would behave this way year after year. Whenever Hannah went up to the Lord's house, Peninnah would upset her so that she would weep and refuse to eat.

Acts 28:9

After this had happened, many of the people on the island who were sick also came and were healed.

1 Samuel 28:20

Saul quickly fell full length on the ground and was very afraid because of Samuel's words. He was completely drained of energy, not having eaten anything all that day and night.

John 9:1

Now as Jesus was passing by, he saw a man who had been blind from birth.

Exodus 9:9

It will become fine dust over the whole land of Egypt and will cause boils to break out and fester on both people and animals in all the land of Egypt."

Psalm 107:18

They lost their appetite for all food, and they drew near the gates of death.

Job 2:7

So Satan went out from the presence of the Lord, and he afflicted Job with a malignant ulcer from the sole of his feet to the top of his head.

Luke 10:30-37

Jesus replied, "A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell into the hands of robbers, who stripped him, beat him up, and went off, leaving him half dead. Now by chance a priest was going down that road, but when he saw the injured man he passed by on the other side. So too a Levite, when he came up to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side.read more.
But a Samaritan who was traveling came to where the injured man was, and when he saw him, he felt compassion for him. He went up to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring oil and wine on them. Then he put him on his own animal, brought him to an inn, and took care of him. The next day he took out two silver coins and gave them to the innkeeper, saying, 'Take care of him, and whatever else you spend, I will repay you when I come back this way.' Which of these three do you think became a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of the robbers?" The expert in religious law said, "The one who showed mercy to him." So Jesus said to him, "Go and do the same."

Leviticus 26:16

I for my part will do this to you: I will inflict horror on you, consumption and fever, which diminish eyesight and drain away the vitality of life. You will sow your seed in vain because your enemies will eat it.

Isaiah 38:21

Isaiah ordered, "Let them take a fig cake and apply it to the ulcerated sore and he will get well."

2 Corinthians 12:8-10

I asked the Lord three times about this, that it would depart from me. But he said to me, "My grace is enough for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." So then, I will boast most gladly about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may reside in me. Therefore I am content with weaknesses, with insults, with troubles, with persecutions and difficulties for the sake of Christ, for whenever I am weak, then I am strong.

Luke 16:20

But at his gate lay a poor man named Lazarus whose body was covered with sores,

Deuteronomy 28:22

He will afflict you with weakness, fever, inflammation, infection, sword, blight, and mildew; these will attack you until you perish.

Job 2:3

Then the Lord said to Satan, "Have you considered my servant Job? For there is no one like him on the earth, a pure and upright man, one who fears God and turns away from evil. And he still holds firmly to his integrity, so that you stirred me up to destroy him without reason."

Luke 14:2

There right in front of him was a man suffering from dropsy.

Psalm 38:2-3

For your arrows pierce me, and your hand presses me down. My whole body is sick because of your judgment; I am deprived of health because of my sin.

Genesis 20:17

Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech, as well as his wife and female slaves so that they were able to have children.

Acts 28:8

The father of Publius lay sick in bed, suffering from fever and dysentery. Paul went in to see him and after praying, placed his hands on him and healed him.

Psalm 41:7-8

All who hate me whisper insults about me to one another; they plan ways to harm me. They say, 'An awful disease overwhelms him, and now that he is bed-ridden he will never recover.'

2 Kings 20:1

In those days Hezekiah was stricken with a terminal illness. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz visited him and told him, "This is what the Lord says, 'Give your household instructions, for you are about to die; you will not get well.'"

Matthew 17:15

and said, "Lord, have mercy on my son, because he has seizures and suffers terribly, for he often falls into the fire and into the water.

Isaiah 1:5-6

Why do you insist on being battered? Why do you continue to rebel? Your head has a massive wound, your whole body is weak. From the soles of your feet to your head, there is no spot that is unharmed. There are only bruises, cuts, and open wounds. They have not been cleansed or bandaged, nor have they been treated with olive oil.

Jeremiah 8:22

There is still medicinal ointment available in Gilead! There is still a physician there! Why then have my dear people not been restored to health?

Matthew 4:24

So a report about him spread throughout Syria. People brought to him all who suffered with various illnesses and afflictions, those who had seizures, paralytics, and those possessed by demons, and he healed them.

2 Chronicles 32:24

In those days Hezekiah was stricken with a terminal illness. He prayed to the Lord, who answered him and gave him a sign confirming that he would be healed.

Mark 9:17-18

A member of the crowd said to him, "Teacher, I brought you my son, who is possessed by a spirit that makes him mute. Whenever it seizes him, it throws him down, and he foams at the mouth, grinds his teeth, and becomes rigid. I asked your disciples to cast it out, but they were not able to do so."

Daniel 8:27

I, Daniel, was exhausted and sick for days. Then I got up and again carried out the king's business. But I was astonished at the vision, and there was no one to explain it.

Jeremiah 30:12

Moreover, the Lord says to the people of Zion, "Your injuries are incurable; your wounds are severe.

Job 30:30

My skin has turned dark on me; my body is hot with fever.

Micah 1:9

For Samaria's disease is incurable. It has infected Judah; it has spread to the leadership of my people and has even contaminated Jerusalem!

Luke 7:2

A centurion there had a slave who was highly regarded, but who was sick and at the point of death.

John 11:1

Now a certain man named Lazarus was sick. He was from Bethany, the village where Mary and her sister Martha lived.

Matthew 8:14

Now when Jesus entered Peter's house, he saw his mother-in-law lying down, sick with a fever.

Matthew 9:12-13

When Jesus heard this he said, "Those who are healthy don't need a physician, but those who are sick do. Go and learn what this saying means: 'I want mercy and not sacrifice.' For I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners."

Acts 9:36-37

Now in Joppa there was a disciple named Tabitha (which in translation means Dorcas). She was continually doing good deeds and acts of charity. At that time she became sick and died. When they had washed her body, they placed it in an upstairs room.

Luke 5:31-32

Jesus answered them, "Those who are well don't need a physician, but those who are sick do. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance."

Mark 1:30

Simon's mother-in-law was lying down, sick with a fever, so they spoke to Jesus at once about her.

Isaiah 53:4-5

But he lifted up our illnesses, he carried our pain; even though we thought he was being punished, attacked by God, and afflicted for something he had done. He was wounded because of our rebellious deeds, crushed because of our sins; he endured punishment that made us well; because of his wounds we have been healed.

Galatians 4:13

But you know it was because of a physical illness that I first proclaimed the gospel to you,

Luke 4:38

After Jesus left the synagogue, he entered Simon's house. Now Simon's mother-in-law was suffering from a high fever, and they asked Jesus to help her.

Philippians 2:25-27

But for now I have considered it necessary to send Epaphroditus to you. For he is my brother, coworker and fellow soldier, and your messenger and minister to me in my need. Indeed, he greatly missed all of you and was distressed because you heard that he had been ill. In fact he became so ill that he nearly died. But God showed mercy to him -- and not to him only, but also to me -- so that I would not have grief on top of grief.

Matthew 9:20

But a woman who had been suffering from a hemorrhage for twelve years came up behind him and touched the edge of his cloak.

Revelation 22:1-3

Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life -- water as clear as crystal -- pouring out from the throne of God and of the Lamb, flowing down the middle of the city's main street. On each side of the river is the tree of life producing twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit every month of the year. Its leaves are for the healing of the nations. And there will no longer be any curse, and the throne of God and the Lamb will be in the city. His servants will worship him,

Ezekiel 47:12

On both sides of the river's banks, every kind of tree will grow for food. Their leaves will not wither nor will their fruit fail, but they will bear fruit every month, because their water source flows from the sanctuary. Their fruit will be for food and their leaves for healing."

2 Timothy 4:20

Erastus stayed in Corinth. Trophimus I left ill in Miletus.

Luke 8:43

Now a woman was there who had been suffering from a hemorrhage for twelve years but could not be healed by anyone.

John 9:2

His disciples asked him, "Rabbi, who committed the sin that caused him to be born blind, this man or his parents?"

Revelation 21:1-4

Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and earth had ceased to exist, and the sea existed no more. And I saw the holy city -- the new Jerusalem -- descending out of heaven from God, made ready like a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying: "Look! The residence of God is among human beings. He will live among them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them.read more.
He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death will not exist any more -- or mourning, or crying, or pain, for the former things have ceased to exist."

Genesis 3:16-17

To the woman he said, "I will greatly increase your labor pains; with pain you will give birth to children. You will want to control your husband, but he will dominate you." But to Adam he said, "Because you obeyed your wife and ate from the tree about which I commanded you, 'You must not eat from it,' cursed is the ground thanks to you; in painful toil you will eat of it all the days of your life.

1 Samuel 21:13

He altered his behavior in their presence. Since he was in their power, he pretended to be insane, making marks on the doors of the gate and letting his saliva run down his beard.

2 Kings 4:39-40

Someone went out to the field to gather some herbs and found a wild vine. He picked some of its fruit, enough to fill up the fold of his robe. He came back, cut it up, and threw the slices into the stew pot, not knowing they were harmful. The stew was poured out for the men to eat. When they ate some of the stew, they cried out, "Death is in the pot, O prophet!" They could not eat it.

Psalm 107:17-18

They acted like fools in their rebellious ways, and suffered because of their sins. They lost their appetite for all food, and they drew near the gates of death.

Daniel 4:33-35

Now in that very moment this pronouncement about Nebuchadnezzar came true. He was driven from human society, he ate grass like oxen, and his body became damp with the dew of the sky, until his hair became long like an eagle's feathers, and his nails like a bird's claws. But at the end of the appointed time I, Nebuchadnezzar, looked up toward heaven, and my sanity returned to me. I extolled the Most High, and I praised and glorified the one who lives forever. For his authority is an everlasting authority, and his kingdom extends from one generation to the next. All the inhabitants of the earth are regarded as nothing. He does as he wishes with the army of heaven and with those who inhabit the earth. No one slaps his hand and says to him, 'What have you done?'

Exodus 9:8-10

Then the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, "Take handfuls of soot from a furnace, and have Moses throw it into the air while Pharaoh is watching. It will become fine dust over the whole land of Egypt and will cause boils to break out and fester on both people and animals in all the land of Egypt." So they took soot from a furnace and stood before Pharaoh, Moses threw it into the air, and it caused festering boils to break out on both people and animals.

Numbers 12:10

When the cloud departed from above the tent, Miriam became leprous as snow. Then Aaron looked at Miriam, and she was leprous!

Leviticus 26:14-16

"'If, however, you do not obey me and keep all these commandments -- if you reject my statutes and abhor my regulations so that you do not keep all my commandments and you break my covenant -- I for my part will do this to you: I will inflict horror on you, consumption and fever, which diminish eyesight and drain away the vitality of life. You will sow your seed in vain because your enemies will eat it.

2 Chronicles 26:21

King Uzziah suffered from a skin disease until the day he died. He lived in separate quarters, afflicted by a skin disease and banned from the Lord's temple. His son Jotham was in charge of the palace and ruled over the people of the land.

Numbers 16:41-49

But on the next day the whole community of Israelites murmured against Moses and Aaron, saying, "You have killed the Lord's people!" When the community assembled against Moses and Aaron, they turned toward the tent of meeting -- and the cloud covered it, and the glory of the Lord appeared. Then Moses and Aaron stood before the tent of meeting.read more.
The Lord spoke to Moses: "Get away from this community, so that I can consume them in an instant!" But they threw themselves down with their faces to the ground. Then Moses said to Aaron, "Take the censer, put burning coals from the altar in it, place incense on it, and go quickly into the assembly and make atonement for them, for wrath has gone out from the Lord -- the plague has begun!" So Aaron did as Moses commanded and ran into the middle of the assembly, where the plague was just beginning among the people. So he placed incense on the coals and made atonement for the people. He stood between the dead and the living, and the plague was stopped. Now 14,700 people died in the plague, in addition to those who died in the event with Korah.

2 Kings 5:27

Therefore Naaman's skin disease will afflict you and your descendants forever!" When Gehazi went out from his presence, his skin was as white as snow.

Luke 17:11-19

Now on the way to Jerusalem, Jesus was passing along between Samaria and Galilee. As he was entering a village, ten men with leprosy met him. They stood at a distance, raised their voices and said, "Jesus, Master, have mercy on us."read more.
When he saw them he said, "Go and show yourselves to the priests." And as they went along, they were cleansed. Then one of them, when he saw he was healed, turned back, praising God with a loud voice. He fell with his face to the ground at Jesus' feet and thanked him. (Now he was a Samaritan.) Then Jesus said, "Were not ten cleansed? Where are the other nine? Was no one found to turn back and give praise to God except this foreigner?" Then he said to the man, "Get up and go your way. Your faith has made you well."

Jeremiah 14:12

Even if they fast, I will not hear their cries for help. Even if they offer burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them. Instead, I will kill them through wars, famines, and plagues."

1 Corinthians 11:29-30

For the one who eats and drinks without careful regard for the body eats and drinks judgment against himself. That is why many of you are weak and sick, and quite a few are dead.

Matthew 9:2

Just then some people brought to him a paralytic lying on a stretcher. When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, "Have courage, son! Your sins are forgiven."

Job 2:5

But extend your hand and strike his bone and his flesh, and he will no doubt curse you to your face!"

Mark 2:3

Some people came bringing to him a paralytic, carried by four of them.

Luke 5:18

Just then some men showed up, carrying a paralyzed man on a stretcher. They were trying to bring him in and place him before Jesus.

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Diseases » Disease, different forms of » Leprosy

2 Chronicles 26:19

Uzziah, who had an incense censer in his hand, became angry. While he was ranting and raving at the priests, a skin disease appeared on his forehead right there in front of the priests in the Lord's temple near the incense altar.

Leviticus 14:34

"When you enter the land of Canaan which I am about to give to you for a possession, and I put a diseased infection in a house in the land you are to possess,

Leviticus 13:2

"When someone has a swelling or a scab or a bright spot on the skin of his body that may become a diseased infection, he must be brought to Aaron the priest or one of his sons, the priests.

Leviticus 14:2

"This is the law of the diseased person on the day of his purification, when he is brought to the priest.

Deuteronomy 24:8

Be careful during an outbreak of leprosy to follow precisely all that the Levitical priests instruct you; as I have commanded them, so you should do.

Diseases » Disease, different forms of » Fever

Leviticus 26:16

I for my part will do this to you: I will inflict horror on you, consumption and fever, which diminish eyesight and drain away the vitality of life. You will sow your seed in vain because your enemies will eat it.

Deuteronomy 28:22

He will afflict you with weakness, fever, inflammation, infection, sword, blight, and mildew; these will attack you until you perish.

Acts 28:8

The father of Publius lay sick in bed, suffering from fever and dysentery. Paul went in to see him and after praying, placed his hands on him and healed him.

Job 30:30

My skin has turned dark on me; my body is hot with fever.

Mark 1:30

Simon's mother-in-law was lying down, sick with a fever, so they spoke to Jesus at once about her.

More verses: John 4:52

Diseases » Disease, different forms of » Boils

Job 2:7

So Satan went out from the presence of the Lord, and he afflicted Job with a malignant ulcer from the sole of his feet to the top of his head.

2 Kings 20:7

Isaiah ordered, "Get a fig cake." So they did as he ordered and placed it on the ulcerated sore, and he recovered.

Isaiah 38:21

Isaiah ordered, "Let them take a fig cake and apply it to the ulcerated sore and he will get well."

Exodus 9:9

It will become fine dust over the whole land of Egypt and will cause boils to break out and fester on both people and animals in all the land of Egypt."

Leviticus 13:18

"When someone's body has a boil on its skin and it heals,

Diseases » Mentioned in scripture » Plague

2 Samuel 24:21

Araunah said, "Why has my lord the king come to his servant?" David replied, "To buy from you the threshing floor so I can build an altar for the Lord, so that the plague may be removed from the people."

2 Samuel 24:25

Then David built an altar for the Lord there and offered burnt sacrifices and peace offerings. And the Lord accepted prayers for the land, and the plague was removed from Israel.

2 Samuel 24:15

So the Lord sent a plague through Israel from the morning until the completion of the appointed time. Seventy thousand men died from Dan to Beer Sheba.

Numbers 11:33

But while the meat was still between their teeth, before they chewed it, the anger of the Lord burned against the people, and the Lord struck the people with a very great plague.

Diseases » Disease, different forms of » Palsy

Matthew 9:2

Just then some people brought to him a paralytic lying on a stretcher. When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, "Have courage, son! Your sins are forgiven."

Matthew 4:24

So a report about him spread throughout Syria. People brought to him all who suffered with various illnesses and afflictions, those who had seizures, paralytics, and those possessed by demons, and he healed them.

Acts 8:7

For unclean spirits, crying with loud shrieks, were coming out of many who were possessed, and many paralyzed and lame people were healed.

Acts 9:33

He found there a man named Aeneas who had been confined to a mattress for eight years because he was paralyzed.

Diseases » Disease, different forms of » Loss of appetite

1 Samuel 1:7

Peninnah would behave this way year after year. Whenever Hannah went up to the Lord's house, Peninnah would upset her so that she would weep and refuse to eat.

1 Samuel 28:23

But he refused, saying, "I won't eat!" Both his servants and the woman urged him to eat, so he gave in. He got up from the ground and sat down on the bed.

Psalm 107:18

They lost their appetite for all food, and they drew near the gates of death.

Diseases » God often entreated to cure

2 Kings 20:1-3

In those days Hezekiah was stricken with a terminal illness. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz visited him and told him, "This is what the Lord says, 'Give your household instructions, for you are about to die; you will not get well.'" He turned his face to the wall and prayed to the Lord, "Please, Lord. Remember how I have served you faithfully and with wholehearted devotion, and how I have carried out your will." Then Hezekiah wept bitterly.

Diseases » Other diseases mentioned » Chronic

Acts 3:2

And a man lame from birth was being carried up, who was placed at the temple gate called "the Beautiful Gate" every day so he could beg for money from those going into the temple courts.

John 9:1

Now as Jesus was passing by, he saw a man who had been blind from birth.

Mark 9:21

Jesus asked his father, "How long has this been happening to him?" And he said, "From childhood.

Diseases » Mentioned in scripture » Emerods

1 Samuel 5:6

The Lord attacked the residents of Ashdod severely, bringing devastation on them. He struck the people of both Ashdod and the surrounding area with sores.

Deuteronomy 28:27

The Lord will afflict you with the boils of Egypt and with tumors, eczema, and scabies, all of which cannot be healed.

1 Samuel 5:12

The people who did not die were struck with sores; the city's cry for help went all the way up to heaven.

Diseases » Disease, different forms of » Insanity

Daniel 4:33

Now in that very moment this pronouncement about Nebuchadnezzar came true. He was driven from human society, he ate grass like oxen, and his body became damp with the dew of the sky, until his hair became long like an eagle's feathers, and his nails like a bird's claws.

Matthew 4:24

So a report about him spread throughout Syria. People brought to him all who suffered with various illnesses and afflictions, those who had seizures, paralytics, and those possessed by demons, and he healed them.

Matthew 17:15

and said, "Lord, have mercy on my son, because he has seizures and suffers terribly, for he often falls into the fire and into the water.

Diseases » Frequently » Tedious

Luke 13:16

Then shouldn't this woman, a daughter of Abraham whom Satan bound for eighteen long years, be released from this imprisonment on the Sabbath day?"

Deuteronomy 28:59

then the Lord will increase your punishments and those of your descendants -- great and long-lasting afflictions and severe, enduring illnesses.

Diseases » Physicians undertook the cure of

Jeremiah 8:22

There is still medicinal ointment available in Gilead! There is still a physician there! Why then have my dear people not been restored to health?

Matthew 9:12

When Jesus heard this he said, "Those who are healthy don't need a physician, but those who are sick do.

Luke 4:23

Jesus said to them, "No doubt you will quote to me the proverb, 'Physician, heal yourself!' and say, 'What we have heard that you did in Capernaum, do here in your hometown too.'"

Diseases » Other diseases mentioned » Consumption

Leviticus 26:16

I for my part will do this to you: I will inflict horror on you, consumption and fever, which diminish eyesight and drain away the vitality of life. You will sow your seed in vain because your enemies will eat it.

Deuteronomy 28:22

He will afflict you with weakness, fever, inflammation, infection, sword, blight, and mildew; these will attack you until you perish.

Diseases » Mentioned in scripture » Consumption

Leviticus 26:16

I for my part will do this to you: I will inflict horror on you, consumption and fever, which diminish eyesight and drain away the vitality of life. You will sow your seed in vain because your enemies will eat it.

Deuteronomy 28:22

He will afflict you with weakness, fever, inflammation, infection, sword, blight, and mildew; these will attack you until you perish.

Diseases » Frequently » Incurable

2 Chronicles 21:18

After all this happened, the Lord afflicted him with an incurable intestinal disease.

Jeremiah 14:19

Then I said, "Lord, have you completely rejected the nation of Judah? Do you despise the city of Zion? Why have you struck us with such force that we are beyond recovery? We hope for peace, but nothing good has come of it. We hope for a time of relief from our troubles, but experience terror.

Diseases » Regarded as visitations

Psalm 38:7

For I am overcome with shame and my whole body is sick.

Job 2:7-10

So Satan went out from the presence of the Lord, and he afflicted Job with a malignant ulcer from the sole of his feet to the top of his head. Job took a shard of broken pottery to scrape himself with while he was sitting among the ashes. Then his wife said to him, "Are you still holding firmly to your integrity? Curse God, and die!" read more.
But he replied, "You're talking like one of the godless women would do! Should we receive what is good from God, and not also receive what is evil?" In all this Job did not sin by what he said.

Diseases » Mentioned in scripture » Dysentery

Acts 28:8

The father of Publius lay sick in bed, suffering from fever and dysentery. Paul went in to see him and after praying, placed his hands on him and healed him.

2 Chronicles 21:12-19

Jehoram received this letter from Elijah the prophet: "This is what the Lord God of your ancestor David says: 'You have not followed in the footsteps of your father Jehoshaphat and of King Asa of Judah, but have instead followed in the footsteps of the kings of Israel. You encouraged the people of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem to be unfaithful to the Lord, just as the family of Ahab does in Israel. You also killed your brothers, members of your father's family, who were better than you. So look, the Lord is about to severely afflict your people, your sons, your wives, and all you own. read more.
And you will get a serious, chronic intestinal disease which will cause your intestines to come out." The Lord stirred up against Jehoram the Philistines and the Arabs who lived beside the Cushites. They attacked Judah and swept through it. They carried off everything they found in the royal palace, including his sons and wives. None of his sons was left, except for his youngest, Ahaziah. After all this happened, the Lord afflicted him with an incurable intestinal disease. After about two years his intestines came out because of the disease, so that he died a very painful death. His people did not make a bonfire to honor him, as they had done for his ancestors.

Diseases » Mentioned in scripture » Lameness

2 Samuel 4:4

Now Saul's son Jonathan had a son who was crippled in both feet. He was five years old when the news about Saul and Jonathan arrived from Jezreel. His nurse picked him up and fled, but in her haste to get away, he fell and was injured. Mephibosheth was his name.

2 Chronicles 16:12

In the thirty-ninth year of his reign, Asa developed a foot disease. Though his disease was severe, he did not seek the Lord, but only the doctors.

Diseases » Other diseases mentioned » Emerods

1 Samuel 5:6

The Lord attacked the residents of Ashdod severely, bringing devastation on them. He struck the people of both Ashdod and the surrounding area with sores.

Deuteronomy 28:27

The Lord will afflict you with the boils of Egypt and with tumors, eczema, and scabies, all of which cannot be healed.

Diseases » Mentioned in scripture » Fever

Deuteronomy 28:22

He will afflict you with weakness, fever, inflammation, infection, sword, blight, and mildew; these will attack you until you perish.

Matthew 8:14

Now when Jesus entered Peter's house, he saw his mother-in-law lying down, sick with a fever.

Diseases » Disease, different forms of » Epilepsy

Matthew 4:24

So a report about him spread throughout Syria. People brought to him all who suffered with various illnesses and afflictions, those who had seizures, paralytics, and those possessed by demons, and he healed them.

Matthew 17:14-15

When they came to the crowd, a man came to him, knelt before him, and said, "Lord, have mercy on my son, because he has seizures and suffers terribly, for he often falls into the fire and into the water.

Diseases » Other diseases mentioned » Sun-stroke

2 Kings 4:18-19

The boy grew and one day he went out to see his father who was with the harvest workers. He said to his father, "My head! My head!" His father told a servant, "Carry him to his mother."

Isaiah 49:10

They will not be hungry or thirsty; the sun's oppressive heat will not beat down on them, for one who has compassion on them will guide them; he will lead them to springs of water.

Diseases » Mentioned in scripture » Sun-stroke

Isaiah 49:10

They will not be hungry or thirsty; the sun's oppressive heat will not beat down on them, for one who has compassion on them will guide them; he will lead them to springs of water.

2 Kings 4:18-20

The boy grew and one day he went out to see his father who was with the harvest workers. He said to his father, "My head! My head!" His father told a servant, "Carry him to his mother." So he picked him up and took him to his mother. He sat on her lap until noon and then died.

Diseases » Frequently » Painful

Job 33:19

Or a person is chastened by pain on his bed, and with the continual strife of his bones,

2 Chronicles 21:15

And you will get a serious, chronic intestinal disease which will cause your intestines to come out."

Diseases » Children subject to

2 Samuel 12:15

Then Nathan went to his home. The Lord struck the child that Uriah's wife had borne to David, and the child became very ill.

1 Kings 17:17

After this the son of the woman who owned the house got sick. His illness was so severe he could no longer breathe.

Diseases » Often sent as punishment

Deuteronomy 28:21

The Lord will plague you with deadly diseases until he has completely removed you from the land you are about to possess.

John 5:14

After this Jesus found him at the temple and said to him, "Look, you have become well. Don't sin any more, lest anything worse happen to you."

Diseases » Mentioned in scripture » Dumbness

Matthew 9:32

As they were going away, a man who could not talk and was demon-possessed was brought to him.

Proverbs 31:8

Open your mouth on behalf of those unable to speak, for the legal rights of all the dying.

Diseases » Mentioned in scripture » Lunacy

Matthew 4:24

So a report about him spread throughout Syria. People brought to him all who suffered with various illnesses and afflictions, those who had seizures, paralytics, and those possessed by demons, and he healed them.

Matthew 17:15

and said, "Lord, have mercy on my son, because he has seizures and suffers terribly, for he often falls into the fire and into the water.

Diseases » Mentioned in scripture » Leprosy

2 Kings 5:1

Now Naaman, the commander of the king of Syria's army, was esteemed and respected by his master, for through him the Lord had given Syria military victories. But this great warrior had a skin disease.

Leviticus 13:2

"When someone has a swelling or a scab or a bright spot on the skin of his body that may become a diseased infection, he must be brought to Aaron the priest or one of his sons, the priests.

Diseases » Mentioned in scripture » Debility

Psalm 102:23

He has taken away my strength in the middle of life; he has cut short my days.

Ezekiel 7:17

All of their hands will hang limp; their knees will be wet with urine.

Diseases » Medicine used for curing

Isaiah 1:6

From the soles of your feet to your head, there is no spot that is unharmed. There are only bruises, cuts, and open wounds. They have not been cleansed or bandaged, nor have they been treated with olive oil.

Diseases » Often through satan

Job 2:7

So Satan went out from the presence of the Lord, and he afflicted Job with a malignant ulcer from the sole of his feet to the top of his head.

1 Samuel 16:14-16

Now the Spirit of the Lord had turned away from Saul, and an evil spirit from the Lord tormented him. Then Saul's servants said to him, "Look, an evil spirit from God is tormenting you!" Let our lord instruct his servants who are here before you to look for a man who knows how to play the lyre. Then whenever the evil spirit from God comes upon you, he can play the lyre and you will feel better."

Diseases » Mentioned in scripture » Demoniacal possession

Mark 5:15

They came to Jesus and saw the demon-possessed man sitting there, clothed and in his right mind -- the one who had the "Legion" -- and they were afraid.

Diseases » Mentioned in scripture » Palsy

Matthew 9:2

Just then some people brought to him a paralytic lying on a stretcher. When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, "Have courage, son! Your sins are forgiven."

Diseases » Those afflicted with » Often divinely cured

2 Kings 20:5

"Go back and tell Hezekiah, the leader of my people: 'This is what the Lord God of your ancestor David says: "I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. Look, I will heal you. The day after tomorrow you will go up to the Lord's temple.

Diseases » Mentioned in scripture » Blindness

Matthew 9:27

As Jesus went on from there, two blind men followed him, shouting, "Have mercy on us, Son of David!"

Job 29:15

I was eyes for the blind and feet for the lame;

Diseases » Mentioned in scripture » Loss of appetite

Psalm 107:18

They lost their appetite for all food, and they drew near the gates of death.

Job 33:20

so that his life loathes food, and his soul rejects appetizing fare.

Diseases » Other diseases mentioned » Ulcers

Isaiah 1:6

From the soles of your feet to your head, there is no spot that is unharmed. There are only bruises, cuts, and open wounds. They have not been cleansed or bandaged, nor have they been treated with olive oil.

Luke 16:20

But at his gate lay a poor man named Lazarus whose body was covered with sores,

Diseases » Mentioned in scripture » Deafness

Mark 7:32

They brought to him a deaf man who had difficulty speaking, and they asked him to place his hands on him.

Psalm 38:13

But I am like a deaf man -- I hear nothing; I am like a mute who cannot speak.

Diseases » Mentioned in scripture » Ulcers

Isaiah 1:6

From the soles of your feet to your head, there is no spot that is unharmed. There are only bruises, cuts, and open wounds. They have not been cleansed or bandaged, nor have they been treated with olive oil.

Luke 16:20

But at his gate lay a poor man named Lazarus whose body was covered with sores,

Diseases » Frequently » Loathsome

Psalm 38:7

For I am overcome with shame and my whole body is sick.

Psalm 41:8

They say, 'An awful disease overwhelms him, and now that he is bed-ridden he will never recover.'

Diseases » Those afflicted with » Anointed

Diseases » Those afflicted with » Often laid in the streets to receive advice from passers by

Acts 5:15

Thus they even carried the sick out into the streets, and put them on cots and pallets, so that when Peter came by at least his shadow would fall on some of them.

Mark 6:56

And wherever he would go -- into villages, towns, or countryside -- they would place the sick in the marketplaces, and would ask him if they could just touch the edge of his cloak, and all who touched it were healed.

Diseases » Frequently » Complicated

Deuteronomy 28:60-61

He will infect you with all the diseases of Egypt that you dreaded, and they will persistently afflict you. Moreover, the Lord will bring upon you every kind of sickness and plague not mentioned in this scroll of commandments, until you have perished.

Diseases » Mentioned in scripture » Atrophy

Job 16:8

You have seized me, and it has become a witness; my leanness has risen up against me and testifies against me.

Job 19:20

My bones stick to my skin and my flesh; I have escaped alive with only the skin of my teeth.

Diseases » Art of curing, defective

Mark 5:26

She had endured a great deal under the care of many doctors and had spent all that she had. Yet instead of getting better, she grew worse.

Job 13:4

But you, however, are inventors of lies; all of you are worthless physicians!

Diseases » Not looking to God in, condemned

2 Chronicles 16:12

In the thirty-ninth year of his reign, Asa developed a foot disease. Though his disease was severe, he did not seek the Lord, but only the doctors.

Diseases » Other diseases mentioned » Itch

Deuteronomy 28:27

The Lord will afflict you with the boils of Egypt and with tumors, eczema, and scabies, all of which cannot be healed.

Diseases » Mentioned in scripture » Inflammation

Deuteronomy 28:22

He will afflict you with weakness, fever, inflammation, infection, sword, blight, and mildew; these will attack you until you perish.

Diseases » Mentioned in scripture » Itch

Deuteronomy 28:27

The Lord will afflict you with the boils of Egypt and with tumors, eczema, and scabies, all of which cannot be healed.

Diseases » Mentioned in scripture » Scab

Deuteronomy 28:27

The Lord will afflict you with the boils of Egypt and with tumors, eczema, and scabies, all of which cannot be healed.

Diseases » Often brought from other countries

Deuteronomy 7:15

The Lord will protect you from all sickness, and you will not experience any of the terrible diseases that you knew in Egypt; instead he will inflict them on all those who hate you.

Diseases » Other diseases mentioned » Ague

Leviticus 26:16

I for my part will do this to you: I will inflict horror on you, consumption and fever, which diminish eyesight and drain away the vitality of life. You will sow your seed in vain because your enemies will eat it.

Diseases » Mentioned in scripture » Ague

Leviticus 26:16

I for my part will do this to you: I will inflict horror on you, consumption and fever, which diminish eyesight and drain away the vitality of life. You will sow your seed in vain because your enemies will eat it.

Diseases » Mentioned in scripture » Melancholy

Diseases » Other diseases mentioned » Issue of blood

Matthew 9:20

But a woman who had been suffering from a hemorrhage for twelve years came up behind him and touched the edge of his cloak.

Diseases » Mentioned in scripture » Abscess

2 Kings 20:7

Isaiah ordered, "Get a fig cake." So they did as he ordered and placed it on the ulcerated sore, and he recovered.

Diseases » Mentioned in scripture » Issue of blood

Matthew 9:20

But a woman who had been suffering from a hemorrhage for twelve years came up behind him and touched the edge of his cloak.

Diseases » Were many and divers

Matthew 4:24

So a report about him spread throughout Syria. People brought to him all who suffered with various illnesses and afflictions, those who had seizures, paralytics, and those possessed by demons, and he healed them.

Diseases » Mentioned in scripture » Boils and blains

Exodus 9:10

So they took soot from a furnace and stood before Pharaoh, Moses threw it into the air, and it caused festering boils to break out on both people and animals.

Diseases » Over-excitement a cause of

Daniel 8:27

I, Daniel, was exhausted and sick for days. Then I got up and again carried out the king's business. But I was astonished at the vision, and there was no one to explain it.

Diseases » Mentioned in scripture » Worms

Diseases » Those afflicted with » Often divinely supported

Diseases » Illustrative of sin

Isaiah 1:5

Why do you insist on being battered? Why do you continue to rebel? Your head has a massive wound, your whole body is weak.

Diseases » Other diseases mentioned » Dysentery

Acts 28:8

The father of Publius lay sick in bed, suffering from fever and dysentery. Paul went in to see him and after praying, placed his hands on him and healed him.

Diseases » Other diseases mentioned » Dropsy

Luke 14:2

There right in front of him was a man suffering from dropsy.

Diseases » Mentioned in scripture » Impediment speech

Mark 7:32

They brought to him a deaf man who had difficulty speaking, and they asked him to place his hands on him.

Diseases » Mentioned in scripture » Dropsy

Luke 14:2

There right in front of him was a man suffering from dropsy.

Diseases » Sins of youth a cause of

Job 20:11

His bones were full of his youthful vigor, but that vigor will lie down with him in the dust.

Diseases » Intemperance a cause of

Hosea 7:5

At the celebration of their king, his princes become inflamed with wine; they conspire with evildoers.

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