22 Bible Verses about Sickness

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Matthew 9:35

Jesus kept visiting all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the good news of the kingdom, and curing every sort of sickness and ailment.

Galatians 4:13

And yet you know that it was because of an illness of mine that I preached the good news to you the first time,

John 5:5

And there was one man there who had been an invalid for thirty-eight years.

Luke 4:40

As the sun was setting, all who had friends sick with various diseases brought them to Him. Then He continued to lay His hands upon them one by one and cured them.

Luke 13:11

and there was a woman there who for eighteen years had had a disease caused by a spirit. She was bent double and could not straighten herself up at all.

Matthew 8:14

When He went into Peter's house, He saw his mother-in-law lying in bed sick with fever.

Luke 13:12

As soon as Jesus saw her, He called her to Him and said to her, "Woman, you are freed from your disease!"

Revelation 2:22

See! I am going to lay her on a bed of sickness, and bring down to great and pressing sorrow those who practice immorality with her, unless they repent of their practices;

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

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

Insomnia » Sickness

Israel » Sickness » hezekiah » Miracle » Restoration

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

Sickness » Sometimes sent as a judgment for sin

1 Corinthians 11:30

This is why many of you are sick and feeble, and a considerable number are falling asleep.

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

Mark 16:18

they will take snakes in their hands; even if they drink anything poisonous, it will not hurt them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will get well."

Sickness » The righteous suffer from

Acts 9:37

Just at that time it happened that she had been taken ill and had died. They washed her body and laid her out in a room upstairs.

Sickness » Healing » Examples of apostolic

Acts 3:7

Then he took him by the right hand and lifted him, and his feet and ankles instantly grew strong,

Acts 5:16

Even from the towns around Jerusalem crowds continued coming in to bring their sick ones and those troubled with foul spirits, and they were all cured.

Acts 9:34

So Peter said to him, "Aeneas, Jesus Christ now cures you! Get up and make your bed!" And at once he got up.

Acts 14:10

he shouted aloud to him, "Get on your feet and stand erect!" Then up he leaped and began to walk.

Acts 16:18

She kept this up for a number of days. Because Paul was so much annoyed by her, he turned and said to the spirit in her, "In the name of Jesus Christ I order you to come out of her." And that very moment it came out.

More verses: Acts 19:12 Acts 28:8

Sickness » Sent by God

Sickness » Often sent as a punishment of sin

1 Corinthians 11:30

This is why many of you are sick and feeble, and a considerable number are falling asleep.

Sickness » Inflicted upon the wicked » Promises of immunity from

Sickness » God » Heals

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

Matthew 25:40

And the King will answer them, 'I solemnly say to you, every time you did a good deed to one of these most insignificant brothers of mine, you did a good deed to me.'

Sickness » Saints » Acknowledge that, comes from God

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

1 Corinthians 12:30

Not all are people with power to cure the sick, are they? Not all are ecstatic speakers, are they? Not all can explain ecstatic speaking, can they?

Sickness » Saints » Praise God for recovery from

Luke 17:15

But one of them, when he saw that he was cured, came back, praising God with a loud voice,

Sickness » Often incurable by human means

Sickness » The apostles were endued with power to heal

Mark 16:18

they will take snakes in their hands; even if they drink anything poisonous, it will not hurt them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will get well."

Sickness » God » Often manifests saving grace to sinners during

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

Matthew 25:43

when I was a stranger you did not welcome me to your homes, when I needed clothes you did not put them on me, when I was sick and in prison, you did not look after me.'

Matthew 25:45

Then He will answer, 'I solemnly say to you, every time you failed to do a good deed to one of these most insignificant people, you failed to do a good deed to me.'

Sickness » Christ compassionated those in

Matthew 8:16-17

When evening had come, they brought to Him many who were under the power of demons, and at a mere word He drove the spirits out, and cured all who were sick, and so fulfilled what was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, "He took our sicknesses and bore away our diseases."

Sickness » God » Hears the prayers of those in

Sickness » God » Promises to heal

Sickness » Christ healed » With a word

Matthew 8:8

But the captain answered, "I am not fit for you to come under my roof, but simply speak the word, and my servant-boy will be cured.

Matthew 8:13

Then Jesus said to the captain, "Go; it must be done for you as you have believed." And his servant-boy was cured that very hour.

Sickness » Pray for those afflicted with

Acts 28:8

Publius' father chanced to be sick in bed with fever and dysentery, and Paul went to see him and after praying laid his hands upon him and cured him.

James 5:14-15

Is anyone sick among you? He should call in the elders of the church, and they should pray over him, and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord, and the prayer that is offered in faith will save the sick man; the Lord will raise him to health, and if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.

Sickness » Christ healed » Being present

Mark 1:31

Then He went up to her, grasped her hand, and had her get up. The fever left her, and she began to wait upon them.

Sickness » Saints » Thank God publicly for recovery from

Acts 3:8

and at once he leaped to his feet and started walking; then he went into the temple with them, walking, leaping, and praising God.

Sickness » Christ healed » By imposition of hands

Luke 13:13

Then He laid His hands on her, and at once she straightened herself up and burst into praising God.

Mark 6:5

He could not do any mighty deeds there, except that He put His hands on a few ailing people and cured them.

Sickness » God's aid should be sought in

Sickness » Illustrative of sin

Sickness » The wicked » A large amount » Sorrow

Sickness » Christ healed » Through the touch of his garment

Matthew 14:35-36

And the men of that place recognized Him, and sent into all the countryside and brought to Him all who were sick, and they continued to beg Him to let them touch just the tassel on His coat, and all who barely touched it were completely cured.

Sickness » God » Exhibits his mercy in healing

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

Sickness » Faith required in those healed of, by Christ

Matthew 9:28-29

After He had gone into the house, and the blind men had gone up to Him, Jesus said to them, "Do you really believe that I can do this?" They said to Him, "Yes, Lord." Then He touched their eyes, and said, "In accordance with your faith it must be done for you."

Sickness » The wicked » Forsake those in

Sickness » God » Persecutes the wicked by

Sickness » God » Abandons the wicked to

Sickness » The wicked » Visit not those in

Matthew 25:43

when I was a stranger you did not welcome me to your homes, when I needed clothes you did not put them on me, when I was sick and in prison, you did not look after me.'

Sickness » Saints » Pray for recovery from

Sickness » Saints » Visit those in

Sickness » Healing of, lawful on the sabbath

Luke 13:14-16

But the leader of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus had cured her on the Sabbath, answered the crowd, "There are six days on which people must work; so come on these and be cured, but not on the Sabbath." Then the Lord answered him, "You hypocrites! Does not everyone of you on the Sabbath untie his ox or donkey and lead him out of the stable to water him? And so was it not right for this woman, a descendant of Abraham, whom Satan has for eighteen years kept bound, to be freed from this bond on the Sabbath?"

Sickness » Christ healed » Not being present

Matthew 8:13

Then Jesus said to the captain, "Go; it must be done for you as you have believed." And his servant-boy was cured that very hour.

Sickness » Saints » Ascribe recovery from, to God

Sickness » Saints » Mourn under, with prayer

Sickness » God » Exhibits his love in healing

Sickness » God » Preserves saints in time of

Sickness » Christ healed » With a touch

Sickness » Saints » Feel for others in

Sickness » God » Strengthens saints in

Sickness » God » Comforts saints in

Sickness » God » Permits saints to be tried by

Sickness » God » Exhibits his power in healing

Luke 5:17

One day as He was teaching, there were some Pharisees and teachers of the law sitting by who had come from every village of Galilee and Judea and from Jerusalem. And the power of the Lord was with Him to cure people.

Sickness » The devil sometimes permitted to inflict

Sickness » Often brought on by intemperance

Sickness » Saints » Are resigned under

Sleeplessness » Common causes of loss of sleep » Sickness

Topics on Sickness

Christ's Authority Over Sickness

Matthew 8:14-15

When He went into Peter's house, He saw his mother-in-law lying in bed sick with fever.

Divine Care In Sickness

2 Corinthians 1:3-5

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the merciful Father and the all-comforting God,

Healing Sickness

Matthew 9:35

Jesus kept visiting all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the good news of the kingdom, and curing every sort of sickness and ailment.

Sin Brings Sickness

John 9:2

So His disciples asked Him, "Teacher, for whose sin was this man born blind, his own or that of his parents?"

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