39 Bible Verses about Sickness

He said to Hazael, one of his officials: Take a gift to the prophet and ask him to consult Jehovah to find out whether or not I am going to get well.

He said to Hazael, one of his officials: Take a gift to the prophet and ask him to consult Jehovah to find out whether or not I am going to get well.

The night racks my bones, and the pain that eats at me takes no rest.

I go to bed and I think: When will it be morning? But the night drags on, and I toss till dawn. My skin is clothed with worms and scabs. My flesh breaks open filled with pus.

then this is what I will do to you: I will terrorize you with disease and fever. You will suffer from eye problems and depression. You will plant your crops and get nothing because your enemies will eat them.

He cleared a path for his anger. He did not spare them from death. He let the plague take their lives.

For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep.

All his days he eats in darkness. He has much sorrow and anger with his sickness.

if you reject my laws and look at my rules with disgust, if you reject my promise by disobeying my commandments, then this is what I will do to you: I will terrorize you with disease and fever. You will suffer from eye problems and depression. You will plant your crops and get nothing because your enemies will eat them.

Jehovah will also bring you every kind of sickness and plague not written in this Book of the Law. They will continue until you are dead.

You will be affected by a painful stomach disease and suffer until you die.

The blood will be a sign for you on the houses where you live. When I see the blood I will pass over you. No plague will befall you to destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt.

He said: If you will listen carefully to Jehovah your God and do what he considers right, if you pay attention to his commands and obey all his laws, I will never make you suffer any of the diseases I made the Egyptians suffer. I am Jehovah, who heals you.

They will pick up and handle serpents. Deadly drink will not hurt them. They will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover.

At that same time I will cut off the land of Goshen where my people live. No swarms of flies shall be there. / Then you will know that I am Jehovah in the midst of the earth.

The next day Jehovah did as he had said. The Egyptian's animals all died. Not one of the animals of the Israelites died.

She was sick, and died. They washed her body and laid her in an upper chamber.

Satan left Jehovah's presence and struck Job with painful boils from the bottom of his feet to the top of his head.

Hezekiah became ill and was about to die. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz said to him: This is what Jehovah says: 'Give final instructions to your household. You will not recover. You will die.'

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

I, Daniel, fainted from exhaustion, and was sick for days. Then I rose up, and did the king's business. I wondered about the vision, but none understood it.

He took him by the right hand, and lifted him up. Immediately his feet and anklebones received strength.

Crowds came from the cities near Jerusalem. They brought sick people and people with unclean spirits and everyone of them was healed.

Peter said to him: Aeneas, Jesus Christ makes you whole! Stand up and take your bed. And he stood up immediately.

said with a loud voice: Stand up on your feet! And he leaped up and walked.

She did this for many days. This troubled Paul. So he turned and said to the spirit, I charge you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her! And it came out that very hour.

Immediately the angel of God killed him, because he did not give God the glory. He was eaten by worms and died.

See now that I, even I, am he. There is no god besides me! It is I who put to death and give life. I have wounded and it is I who heals. There is no one who can deliver from my hand.

Nathan went home. Jehovah struck the child that Uriah's wife had given birth to David. The child became sick.

If so, Jehovah will strike you and your descendants with unimaginable plagues. They will be terrible continuing plagues. They will be severe and lingering diseases. He will bring all the diseases of Egypt that you dreaded. They will cling to you. Jehovah will also bring you every kind of sickness and plague not written in this Book of the Law. They will continue until you are dead.

For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep.

A letter came to him from the prophet Elijah. It read: This is what Jehovah the God of your ancestor David says: You have not followed the ways of your father Jehoshaphat or the ways of King Asa of Judah. Instead, you have followed the ways of the kings of Israel. You, like Ahab's family, have caused Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to chase after foreign gods as if they were prostitutes. You have killed your brothers, your father's family. Your brothers were better than you. Jehovah will strike a great blow to your people, your sons, your wives, and all your property because you did this. read more.
You will be affected by a painful stomach disease and suffer until you die.

If you will not listen to me and obey all these commandments, if you reject my laws and look at my rules with disgust, if you reject my promise by disobeying my commandments, then this is what I will do to you: I will terrorize you with disease and fever. You will suffer from eye problems and depression. You will plant your crops and get nothing because your enemies will eat them.

He said: If you will listen carefully to Jehovah your God and do what he considers right, if you pay attention to his commands and obey all his laws, I will never make you suffer any of the diseases I made the Egyptians suffer. I am Jehovah, who heals you.

Jehovah will take away every sickness from you. He will not afflict you with any of the evil diseases of Egypt, which you have known. He will put them on all who hate you.

For they are life to those who find them, and health to all their flesh.

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

See now that I, even I, am he. There is no god besides me! It is I who put to death and give life. I have wounded and it is I who heals. There is no one who can deliver from my hand.

He forgives all your iniquities and heals all your diseases.

to go back to Hezekiah and say to him: I Jehovah, the God of your ancestor David, have heard your prayer and seen your tears. I will add fifteen more years to your life.

King Hezekiah of Judah wrote this after he was sick and became well again:

The King will say to those on his right hand: 'Come, you blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.

The King will answer: 'To the extent that you did it to one of the least of my brothers, you did it to me.'

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

My life was over. You rolled it up like a shepherd's tent. You rolled up my life like a weaver. You cut me off from the loom. You ended my life in one day.

([Psalm of David]) I have taken refuge in you, O Jehovah. Never let me be put to shame. Deliver me because of your righteousness. Turn your ear toward me. Rescue me quickly. Be a rock of refuge for me, a stronghold fortress to save me. You are my rock and my stronghold. For the sake of your name, lead me and guide me. read more.
You are my refuge. Pull me out of the net that they have secretly laid for me. Into your hands I entrust my spirit. You have redeemed me, O Jehovah, God of truth. I hate those who cling to false gods, but I do trust in Jehovah. I will rejoice and be glad because of your loving-kindness (mercy). You have seen my misery. You have known my troubles. You have not handed me over to the hand of the enemy. You have set my feet in a large place.

There is nothing I can say in answer to you. For you are the one who has done this to me. My life has turned sour. I will limp until I die.

To another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the one Spirit;

Do all have the gifts of healing? Do all speak with tongues? Do all interpret?

The living, yes the living praise you, as I am doing today! Fathers tell their children about your faithfulness.

([Psalm of David]) Bless Jehovah with all my being. With all that I am I praise his holy name! With all my heart I praise Jehovah! Do not forget how kind he has been. He forgives all your iniquities and heals all your diseases.

When he was healed, one of them came back and praised God in a loud voice.

Jehovah will strike you with the boils of Egypt and with tumors and with the scab and with the itch, from which you cannot be healed.

After this happened; Jehovah struck Jehoram with an incurable stomach disease.

He called his twelve disciples. He gave them power to cast out unclean spirits and to heal all kinds of disease and sickness.

not in some older manuscripts) After he had risen early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene. She was the one who had the seven demons that he cast out.

They will pick up and handle serpents. Deadly drink will not hurt them. They will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover.

On the other hand a man may be chastened on a bed of pain with constant distress in his bones. His very being finds food repulsive and he loathes the choicest meal. His flesh wastes away to nothing, and his bones, once hidden, now stick out. read more.
He draws near to the pit and to the messengers of death. Yet if there is an angel on his side as a mediator, one out of a thousand, to tell a man what is right for him, to be gracious to him and say: 'Spare him from going down to the pit. I have found a ransom for him!'

Fools suffered because of their disobedience and because of their crimes. All food was disgusting to them, and they came near death's gates. In their distress they cried out to Jehovah. He saved them from their troubles. read more.
He sent his message and healed them. He rescued them from the grave. Let them give thanks to Jehovah because of his goodness. He performed his miracles for the sons of men.

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

The King will answer: 'To the extent that you did not do it to one of the least of my brothers, you did not do it to me.'

That evening, they brought many people possessed with demons to him. He cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all that were sick. In so doing, that which was spoken through Isaiah was fulfilled. Isaiah wrote: He took our sicknesses and removed our diseases.

He took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows. We considered him stricken by God, smitten by him, and afflicted.

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

All food was disgusting to them, and they came near death's gates. In their distress they cried out to Jehovah. He saved them from their troubles. He sent his message and healed them. He rescued them from the grave.

Go back and tell Hezekiah, the leader of my people: 'This is what Jehovah God of your ancestor David says: I heard your prayer. I saw your tears. Now I will heal you. The day after tomorrow you will go to Jehovah's Temple.

You must serve Jehovah your God! I will bless your food and water. I will take away all sickness from among you.

The centurion replied to Jesus: Lord, I am not worthy that you come under my roof. Say the word and my servant will be healed.

Jesus said to the centurion: Go. Just as you believe, so it will be done to you. The servant was healed in that hour.

His father was sick in bed. He suffered from fever and dysentery. Paul went to him, prayed, placed his hands on him, and made him well.

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.

Jesus walked all over Galilee teaching in the synagogues. He preached the Good News about the Kingdom. He also healed every kind of disease and infirmity among the people.

He took her by the hand and helped her sit up. The fever suddenly left. So she got up and prepared a meal for them.

He leaped up, stood and walked. He entered the temple with them walking, and leaping, and praising God.

Jehovah will save me! We will sing with stringed instruments all the days of our lives in the Temple of Jehovah.

He touched her and at once she stood straight up and praised God.

He laid his hands upon a few sick and healed them. Otherwise he did no mighty work there.

In the thirty-ninth year that Asa was king a severe foot disease crippled him. Even then he did not turn to Jehovah for help, but to doctors.

If you have a dreaded skin disease, you must wear torn clothes, leave your hair uncombed, cover the lower part of your face, and call out: Unclean, unclean! You remain unclean as long as you have the disease. You must live outside the camp, away from others.

All his days he eats in darkness. He has much sorrow and anger with his sickness.

When the men of that place heard the news about Jesus they told everyone in the country. The sick were taken to him. They wanted to touch his robe to be made well.

Indeed he was sick and near to death. But God had mercy on him; and not on him only, but also on me, that I might not have sorrow upon sorrow.

Let us say I send a plague into that country or pour out my fury on it by killing people and destroying animals. As I am alive, declares the Lord Jehovah, not even Noah, Daniel, and Job could, by their righteousness, rescue their sons or daughters. They could rescue only themselves.' This is what the Lord Jehovah says: 'I will surely send four terrible punishments against Jerusalem. I will send wars, famines, wild animals, and plagues. They will destroy people and animals.

He went into a nearby house. The blind men followed him. Jesus asked them: Do you believe that I can heal you? They said: Yes Lord. He touched their eyes. Let it be done, he said, according to your faith.

Who is your master? Where are you from? David asked. I am an Egyptian, the slave of an Amalekite, he answered. My master left me behind three days ago when I got sick.

I will chase them with wars, famines, and plagues. I will make them a terror to all the kingdoms on the earth. They will become something cursed, ridiculed, and hissed at, and they will be a disgrace among all the nations where I scatter them.

This is what Jehovah says: 'You did not obey me. You have not freed your relatives and neighbors. Now I am going to free you,' declares Jehovah. 'I will free you to die in wars, plagues, and famines. I will make all the kingdoms of the world horrified at the thought of you.

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

Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to Jehovah: Remember, Jehovah, that I have served you faithfully and loyally. I have always tried to do what you wanted me to. Then he cried bitterly.

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

The official of the synagogue was angry that Jesus healed on the Sabbath. He told the people: There are six days in which we should work. Come during those days and be healed, not on the Sabbath! The Lord answered: You hypocrites! You would untie your ox or your donkey from the stall and take it out to give it water on the Sabbath. Here is a descendant of Abraham whom Satan has kept in bonds for eighteen years. Should she be released on the Sabbath?

Jesus said to the centurion: Go. Just as you believe, so it will be done to you. The servant was healed in that hour.

Jehovah will save me! We will sing with stringed instruments all the days of our lives in the Temple of Jehovah.

I cry like a swallow (swift). I mourn like a dove. My eyes are red from looking to you, Jehovah. I am terribly abused. Please come and help me.

Yes, it was for my benefit that I suffered such distress. In your love you kept me from the pit of destruction. You have put (thrown) (hurled) all my sins behind your back.

He is the one who will rescue you from the bird hunter's trap (fowler's snare) and from deadly plagues. He will cover you with his pinions, and under his wings you will find refuge. His truth is your shield and armor. You will not be afraid of the terror of the night and arrows that fly during the day, read more.
plagues that roam the dark, epidemics that strike at noon. They will not come near you, even though a thousand may fall dead beside you or ten thousand at your right side.

He reached out his hand and touched him, saying: I want to. Be made clean. Right away his leprosy was cleansed.

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

Jehovah will support him on his sickbed. You will restore him to health when he is ill.

Jehovah will support him on his sickbed. You will restore him to health when he is ill.

But stretch out your hand, and strike his flesh and bones and he will curse you to your face! Jehovah told Satan: He is in your power, but you must spare his life!

One day when he was teaching, Pharisees and doctors of the Law were in the crowd. People came from every village of Galilee, Judea and Jerusalem. God's power was with him to heal.

Jehovah told Satan: He is in your power, but you must spare his life! Satan left Jehovah's presence and struck Job with painful boils from the bottom of his feet to the top of his head.

On the day of the king's celebration, the officials become drunk from the heat of wine, and the king joins mockers.

He said to her: You are talking like a godless fool. We accept the good that God gives us. Should we not also accept the bad? Through all this Job did not speak sinful words.

The night racks my bones, and the pain that eats at me takes no rest.

I go to bed and I think: When will it be morning? But the night drags on, and I toss till dawn. My skin is clothed with worms and scabs. My flesh breaks open filled with pus.