22 Bible Verses about Sickness

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Matthew 9:35

And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every disease and every sickness.

Galatians 4:13

you know it was because of an illness in the flesh that I preached the gospel to you at first;

Luke 4:40

When the sun was setting, all those who had any that were sick with various diseases brought them to him; and he laid his hands on every one of them and healed them.

Matthew 8:14

When Jesus come into Peter's house, he saw his mother-in-law lying sick with a fever.

Luke 13:12

When Jesus saw her, he called her forward and said to her, "Woman, you are freed from your infirmity."

Revelation 2:22

So I will cast her on a sickbed, and I will throw those who commit adultery with her into great tribulation, unless they repent of her ways.

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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

That is why many among you are weak and sick, and a number of you have fallen asleep.

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

Mark 16:18

they will pick up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it will not hurt them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will recover."

Sickness » The righteous suffer from

Acts 9:37

And at that time she fell sick and died; and when they had washed her, they laid her body in an upper room.

2 Timothy 4:20

Erastus remained at Corinth, but Trophimus I left sick at Miletus.

Sickness » Healing » Examples of apostolic

Acts 3:7

And taking him by the right hand, he raised him up; and immediately his feet and ankles were made strong.

Acts 9:34

Peter said to him, "Aeneas, Jesus Christ heals you; get up and make your bed." Immediately he got up.

Acts 14:10

said with a loud voice, "Stand upright on your feet." And he leaped up and began to walk.

Acts 16:18

She continued doing this for many days. But Paul was greatly annoyed, and turned and said to the spirit, "I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her!" And it came out at that very moment.

More verses: Acts 19:12 Acts 28:8

Sickness » Sent by God

Sickness » Often sent as a punishment of sin

1 Corinthians 11:30

That is why many among you are weak and sick, and a number of you have fallen asleep.

Sickness » Inflicted upon the wicked » Promises of immunity from

Sickness » God » Heals

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

Sickness » Saints » Acknowledge that, comes from God

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

Sickness » Saints » Praise God for recovery from

Luke 17:15

Then one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned 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 pick up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it will not hurt them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will recover."

Sickness » God » Often manifests saving grace to sinners during

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

Matthew 25:43

I was a stranger and you did not take me in, naked and you did not clothe me, sick and in prison and you did not visit me.'

Matthew 25:45

Then he will answer them, 'Truly, I say to you, as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to me.'

Sickness » Christ compassionated those in

Matthew 8:16-17

When evening had come, they brought to him many who were demon-possessed. And he cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all who were sick. This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah: "He took up our infirmities and bore 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 centurion answered him, "Lord, I am not worthy to have you come under my roof. But only say the word, and my servant will be healed.

Matthew 8:13

Then to the centurion Jesus said, "Go; be it done for you as you have believed." And his servant was healed at that very hour.

Sickness » Pray for those afflicted with

Acts 28:8

It happened that the father of Publius was lying in bed sick with recurrent fever and dysentery; and Paul went in to see him and after he had prayed, he laid his hands on him and healed him.

James 5:14-15

Is any among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord; and the prayer offered in faith will save the sick man, and the Lord will raise him up; and if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.

Sickness » Christ healed » Being present

Mark 1:31

So he came and took her by the hand and lifted her up, and immediately the fever left her. And she served them.

Sickness » Saints » Thank God publicly for recovery from

Acts 3:8

With a leap he stood upright and began to walk; and he entered the temple with them, walking and leaping and praising God.

Sickness » Christ healed » By imposition of hands

Mark 6:5

Now he could do no mighty work there, except that he laid his hands on a few sick people and healed 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 when the men of that place recognized him, they sent to all that surrounding region and brought to him all who were sick, and begged him that they might only touch the fringe of his garment; and as many as touched it were made well.

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

When he had entered the house, the blind men came to him; and Jesus said to them, "Do you believe that I am able to do this?" They said to him, "Yes, Lord." Then he touched their eyes, saying, "According to your faith be it done to 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

I was a stranger and you did not take me in, naked and you did not clothe me, sick and in prison and you did not visit 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 ruler of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, said to the people, "There are six days on which work ought to be done; come on those days and be healed, and not on the Sabbath day." Then the Lord answered him, "You hypocrites! Does not each of you on the Sabbath untie his ox or his donkey from the stall, and lead it away to water it? Then ought not this woman, a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has bound for eighteen years, be loosed on the Sabbath day from this bond?"

Sickness » Christ healed » Not being present

Matthew 8:13

Then to the centurion Jesus said, "Go; be it done for you as you have believed." And his servant was healed at 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 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 present for him to heal.

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 Jesus come into Peter's house, he saw his mother-in-law lying sick with a fever.

Divine Care In Sickness

2 Corinthians 1:3-5

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and the God of all comfort,

Healing Sickness

Matthew 9:35

And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every disease and every sickness.

Sin Brings Sickness

John 9:2

And his disciples asked him, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?"

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