88 Bible Verses about diseases

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Mark 3:10

For he had healed many, insomuch that they pressed upon him, for to touch him, as many as had plagues.

Exodus 15:26

and said, "If ye will hearken unto the voice of the LORD your God, and will do that which is right in his sight and will give an ear unto his commandments, and keep all his ordinances: then will I put none of these diseases upon thee which I brought upon the Egyptians, for I am the LORD thy surgeon."

Mark 1:32-34

And at even, when the sun was down, they brought unto him all that were diseased, and them that were possessed with devils, and all the city gathered together at the door, and he healed many that were sick of divers diseases. And he cast out many devils; and suffered them not to speak, because they knew him.

Deuteronomy 7:15

Moreover, the LORD will turn from thee all manner infirmities, and will put none of the evil diseases of Egypt - which thou knowest - upon thee, but will send them upon them that hate thee.

2 Chronicles 16:12

And the thirty ninth year of his reign Asa fell sick of his feet, and that his disease exceeded. And thereto in his sickness he asked no counsel of the LORD, but of Physicians.

John 5:3

in which lay a great multitude of sick folk: of blind, halt, and withered, waiting for the moving of the water.

Ezekiel 34:4

The weak have ye not holden up, the sick have ye not healed: the broken have ye not bound together, the outcasts have ye not brought again. The lost have ye not sought, but churlishly and cruelly have ye ruled them.

1 Samuel 1:7

And so did she year by year, as oft as she went up to the house of the LORD. And so chafed her: wherefore Hannah wept and ate not.

Acts 28:9

When this was done, others also which had diseases in the isle, came and were healed:

1 Samuel 28:20

Then Saul fell straightway flat on the earth as long as he was, and was sore a dread of the words of Samuel. And thereto there was no strength in him: for he had not eaten all the day and the night before.

John 9:1

And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth;

Exodus 9:9

and it shall turn to dust in all the land of Egypt, and shall make swelling sores with blains both on man and beast in all the land of Egypt."

Psalm 107:18

Their soul abhorred all manner of meat, and they were even hard at death's door.

Luke 10:30-37

Jesus answered and said, "A certain man descended from Jerusalem into Jericho; And fell into the hands of thieves, which robbed him of his raiment and wounded him, and departed leaving him half dead. And by chance, there came a certain priest that same way, and when he saw him, he passed by. And likewise a Levite, when he was come nigh to the place, went and looked on him, and passed by.read more.
Then a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came nigh unto him: and when he saw him, had compassion on him, and went to him, and bound up his wounds, and poured in wine, and oil, and put him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn, and made provision for him. And on the morrow, when he departed, he took out two pence, and gave them to the host and said unto him, 'Take care of him, and whatsoever thou spendest more, when I come again I will recompense thee.' Which now of these three, thinkest thou was neighbor unto him that fell into the thieves hands?" And he said, "He that showed mercy on him." Then said Jesus unto him, "Go and do thou likewise."

Leviticus 26:16

then I will do this again unto you: I will visit you with vexations, swelling, and fevers, that shall make your eyes dazzle; and with sorrows of heart. And ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.

Isaiah 38:21

And Isaiah said, "Take a plaster of figs, and lay it upon the sore, so shall it be whole."

2 Corinthians 12:8-10

For this thing besought I the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me, and he said unto me, "My grace is sufficient for thee. For my strength is made perfect through weakness." Very gladly therefore will I rejoice of my weakness, that the strength of Christ may dwell in me. Therefore have I delectation in infirmities, in rebukes, in need, in persecutions, in anguish, for Christ's sake. For when I am weak, then am I strong.

Luke 16:20

And there was a certain beggar, named Lazarus, which lay at his gate full of sores,

Deuteronomy 28:22

And the LORD shall smite thee with swelling, with fevers, heat, burning, weathering, with smiting and blasting. And they shall follow thee, until thou perish.

Job 2:3

Then said the LORD unto Satan, "Hast thou not considered my servant Job, how that he is an innocent and virtuous man such one as feareth God, and escheweth evil, and that there is none like him in the land? But thou movedst me against him, to punish him: yet is it in vain, for he continueth still in his godliness."

Luke 14:2

And behold, there was a man before him, which had the dropsy.

Psalm 38:2-3

For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore. There is no health in my flesh, because of thy displeasure; neither is there any rest in my bones, by reason of my sin.

Genesis 20:17

And so Abraham prayed unto God, and God healed Abimelech and his wife and his maidens, so that they bare.

Acts 28:8

And it fortuned that the father of Publius lay sick of a fever, and of a bloody flux: to whom Paul entered in and prayed, and laid his hands on him and healed him.

Psalm 41:7-8

All mine enemies whisper together against me; even against me do they imagine this evil. They have given a wicked sentence upon me, "When he lieth, he shall rise up no more."

2 Kings 20:1

About that time Hezekiah was sick unto the death. And the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz came to him, and said to him, "Thus sayeth the LORD: put thine household in an order, for thou shalt die and not live."

Matthew 17:15

"Master have mercy on my son, for he is lunatic, and is sore vexed. And ofttimes, he falleth into the fire, and oft into the water.

Isaiah 1:5-6

Wherefore should ye be plagued any more? For ye are ever falling away. The whole head is sick, and the heart is very heavy. From the sole of the foot unto the head, there is no whole part in all your body: but all are wounds, botches, sores and stripes, which can neither be helped, bound up, mollified, nor eased with any ointment.

Jeremiah 8:22

for there is no more treacle at Gilead, and there is no Physician, that can heal the hurt of my people.

Matthew 4:24

And his fame spread abroad throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and gripings, and them that were possessed with devils and those which were lunatic and those that had the palsy: and he healed them.

2 Chronicles 32:24

In those days Hezekiah was sick unto the death and besought the LORD; which answered him and showed him a wonderful miracle.

Mark 9:17-18

And one of the company answered, and said, "Master, I have brought my son unto thee, which hath a dumb spirit. And whensoever he taketh him, he teareth him, and he foameth, and gnasheth with his teeth, and pineth away. And I spake to thy disciples that they should cast him out, and they could not."

Daniel 8:27

Upon this was I, Daniel, very faint, so that I lay sick certain days: but when I rose up, I went about the king's business, and marveled at the vision. Nevertheless, no man knew of it.

Jeremiah 30:12

Therefore thus sayeth the LORD: Thy bruisings are perilous, and thy wounds ready to cast thee into sickness.

Job 30:30

My skin upon me is turned to black, and my bones are burnt with heat;

Micah 1:9

For their wound is past remedy. And why? It is come into Judah, and hath touched the port of my people at Jerusalem already.

Luke 7:2

And the servant of a certain Centurion was sick, and ready to die, whom he made much of.

John 11:1

Acertain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha.

Matthew 8:14

And then Jesus went to Peter's house, and saw his wife's mother lying, sick of a fever.

Matthew 9:12-13

When Jesus heard that, he said unto them, "The whole need not the physician, but they that are sick. Go and learn, what that meaneth: 'I have pleasure in mercy, and not in offering.' For I am not come to call the righteous, but the sinners to repentance."

Acts 9:36-37

There was at Joppa a certain woman, which was a disciple named Tabitha, which by interpretation is called Dorcas: the same was full of good works and alms deeds, which she did. And it chanced in those days that she was sick and died. When they had washed her and laid her in a chamber -

Luke 5:31-32

Jesus answered and said unto them, "They that are whole, need not of the physician: but they that are sick. I came not to call the righteous: but the sinners to repentance."

Mark 1:30

And Simon's mother-in-law lay sick of a fever, and anon they told him of her.

Isaiah 53:4-5

He was so despisable, that we esteemed him not. Truly, he took upon him our diseases, and bare our sorrows. And yet we counted him plagued, and beaten, and humbled of God. He was wounded for our transgressions, and bruised for our iniquities. The correction that brought us peace was on him, and with his stripes we were healed.

Galatians 4:13

Ye know well how that through infirmity of the flesh, I preached the gospel unto you at the first.

Luke 4:38

And he rose up and came out of the synagogue, and entered into Simon's house. And Simon's mother-in-law was taken with a great fever; And they made intercession to him for her.

Philippians 2:25-27

I supposed it necessary to send brother Epaphroditus unto you, my companion in labour and fellow soldier, your apostle, and my minister at my needs. For he longed after you, and was full of heaviness, because that ye had heard say that he should be sick, and no doubt he was sick, and that nigh unto death, but God had mercy on him: not on him only, but on me also, lest I should have had sorrow upon sorrow.

Matthew 9:20

And, behold, a woman, which was diseased with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him and touched the hem of his vesture:

Revelation 22:1-3

And he showed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the seat of God and of the lamb. In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river was there wood of life; which bare twelve manner of fruits, and gave fruit every month: and the leaves of the wood served to heal the people withal. And there shall be no more curse, but the seat of God and the lamb shall be in it: and his servants shall serve him.

Ezekiel 47:12

By this river upon both the sides of the shore, there shall grow all manner of fruitful trees, whose leaves shall not fall off, neither shall their fruit perish: but ever be ripe at their months, for their water runneth out of the Sanctuary. His fruit is good to eat, and his leaf profitable for medicine.

2 Timothy 4:20

Erastus abode at Corinth. Trophimus I left at Miletus sick.

Luke 8:43

And a woman having an issue of blood twelve years: which had spent all her substance among Physicians, neither could be helped of any:

John 9:2

And his disciples asked him saying, "Master, who did sin: this man, or his father and mother, that he was born blind?"

Revelation 21:1-4

And I saw a new heaven, and a new earth. For the first heaven and the first earth were vanished away, and there was no more sea. And I, John, saw that holy city, new Jerusalem, come down from God out of heaven prepared as a bride garnished for her husband. And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, "Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them. And they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them and be their God.read more.
And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes. And there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, neither crying, neither shall there be any more pain, for the old things are gone.

Genesis 3:16-17

And unto the woman he said, "I will surely increase thy sorrow and make thee oft with child, and with pain shalt thou be delivered: And thy lusts shall pertain unto thy husband and he shall rule thee." And unto Adam he said, "Forasmuch as thou hast obeyed the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree of which I commanded thee, saying 'See thou eat not thereof' cursed be the earth for thy sake. In sorrow shalt thou eat thereof all days of thy life:

1 Samuel 21:13

And he changed his countenance before them, and raved in their hands, and scrabbled on the doors of the gate, and let his spittle fall down upon his beard.

2 Kings 4:39-40

And one went out into the field, to gather herbs, and found as it were a wild vine, and gathered thereof coloquintidaes, his lapful, and came and shred them into the pot of pottage - they unwitting. And they poured out for the men to eat. And when they had tasted of the pottage, they cried out and said, "There is death in the pot, thou man of God!" And could not eat thereof.

Psalm 107:17-18

Foolish men were plagued for their offense, and because of their wickedness. Their soul abhorred all manner of meat, and they were even hard at death's door.

Daniel 4:33-35

The very same hour was this matter fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar: so that he was cast out of men's company, and ate grass like an ox; His body was wet with the dew of heaven, till his hairs were as great as Eagle's feathers, and his nails like bird's claws. When this time was past, I, Nebuchadnezzar, lift up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding was restored unto me again. Then gave I thanks to the highest. I magnified and praised him that liveth for evermore, whose power endureth alway, and his kingdom from one generation to another: in comparison of whom, all they that dwell upon the earth are to be reputed as nothing. He handleth according to his will, among the powers of heaven and among the inhabiters of the earth - and there is none that may resist his hand, or say, 'What doest thou?'

Exodus 9:8-10

And the LORD said unto Moses and Aaron, "Take your hands full of ashes out of the furnace, and let Moses sprinkle it up into the air in the sight of Pharaoh, and it shall turn to dust in all the land of Egypt, and shall make swelling sores with blains both on man and beast in all the land of Egypt." And they took ashes out of the furnace, and stood before Pharaoh, and Moses sprinkled it up into the air: And there brake out sores with blains both in man and beast:

Numbers 12:10

and the cloud departed from the tabernacle. And behold, Miriam was become leprous, as it were snow. And when Aaron looked upon Miriam and saw that she was leprous,

Leviticus 26:14-16

"'But and if ye will not hearken unto me, nor will do all these my commandments, or if ye shall despise mine ordinances, either if your souls refuse my laws, so that ye will not do all my commandments, but shall break mine covenant: then I will do this again unto you: I will visit you with vexations, swelling, and fevers, that shall make your eyes dazzle; and with sorrows of heart. And ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.

2 Chronicles 26:21

And Uzziah the king continued a leper unto the day of his death and dwelt in a house at liberty: howbeit, he was cast out of the house of the LORD. And Jotham his son had the governance of the king's house and judged the people of the land.

Numbers 16:41-49

And on the morrow all the multitude of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron, saying, "Ye have killed the people of the LORD." And when the multitude was gathered against Moses and Aaron, they looked toward the tabernacle of witness; And behold, the cloud had covered it and the glory of the LORD appeared. And Moses and Aaron went before the tabernacle of witness.read more.
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, "Get you from this congregation, that I may consume them quickly." And they fell upon their faces. And Moses said unto Aaron, "Take a censer and put fire therein out of the altar, and pour on cense, and go quickly unto the congregation and make an atonement for them. For there is wrath gone out from the LORD, and there is a plague begun." And Aaron took as Moses commanded him, and ran unto the congregation: and behold, the plague was begun among the people, and he put on cense, and made an atonement for the people. And he stood between the dead, and them that were alive, and the plague ceased. And the number of them that died in the plague, were fourteen thousand and seven hundred: beside them that died about the business of Korah.

2 Kings 5:27

The leprosy therefore of Naaman cleave unto thee, and unto thy seed forever." And he went out from him a leper as white as snow.

Luke 17:11-19

And it chanced as he went to Jerusalem, that he passed through Samaria and Galilee. And as he entered into a certain town, there met him ten men, that were lepers, which stood afar off, and put forth their voices, and said, "Jesus, Master, have mercy on us."read more.
When he saw them, he said unto them, "Go and show yourselves to the priests." And it chanced, as they went, they were cleansed. And one of them, when he saw that he was cleansed, turned back again, and with a loud voice praised God, and fell down on his face at his feet, and gave him thanks. And the same was a Samaritan. And Jesus answered and said, "Are there not ten cleansed? But where are those nine? There are not found that returned again, to give God praise, save only this stranger." And he said unto him, "Arise, and go thy way, thy faith hath made thee whole."

Jeremiah 14:12

For though they fast, I will not hear their prayers. And though they offer burnt offerings and sacrifices, yet will not I accept them. For I will destroy them with the sword, hunger, and pestilence."

Matthew 8:6

saying, "Master, my servant lieth sick at home of the palsy, and is grievously pained."

1 Corinthians 11:29-30

For he that eateth or drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh his own damnation, because he maketh no difference of the Lord's body. For this cause many are weak and sick among you, and many sleep.

Matthew 9:2

And, lo, they brought unto him a man sick of the palsy, lying in his bed: and when Jesus saw the faith of them, he said to the sick of the palsy, "Son, be of good cheer; thy sins be forgiven thee."

Job 2:5

But lay thine hand upon him, touch him once upon the bone and flesh, and, I hold, he shall curse thee to thy face."

Mark 2:3

And there came unto him, that brought one sick of the palsy, borne of four men:

Luke 5:18

And behold, men brought a man lying in his bed, which was taken with a palsy, and they sought means to bring him in, and to lay him before him.

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Diseases » Disease, different forms of » Leprosy

2 Chronicles 26:19

And Uzziah was wroth and had cense in his hand to offer, and in his indignation against the priest, the leprosy sprang in his forehead before the priests in the house of the LORD, even beside the incense altar.

Leviticus 14:34

"When ye be come unto the land of Canaan which I give you to possess: if I put the plague of leprosy in any house of the land of your possession,

Leviticus 13:2

"When there appeareth a rising in any man's flesh - either a scab or a glistering white - as though the plague of leprosy were in the skin of his flesh, then let him be brought unto Aaron the priest or unto one of his sons, the priests.

Leviticus 14:2

"This is the law of a leper when he shall be cleansed: He shall be brought unto the priest,

Deuteronomy 24:8

Take heed to thyself as concerning the plague of leprosy, that thou observe diligently to do according to all that the priests the Levites shall teach thee, as I commanded them so ye shall observe to do.

Diseases » Disease, different forms of » Fever

Leviticus 26:16

then I will do this again unto you: I will visit you with vexations, swelling, and fevers, that shall make your eyes dazzle; and with sorrows of heart. And ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.

Deuteronomy 28:22

And the LORD shall smite thee with swelling, with fevers, heat, burning, weathering, with smiting and blasting. And they shall follow thee, until thou perish.

Acts 28:8

And it fortuned that the father of Publius lay sick of a fever, and of a bloody flux: to whom Paul entered in and prayed, and laid his hands on him and healed him.

Job 30:30

My skin upon me is turned to black, and my bones are burnt with heat;

Mark 1:30

And Simon's mother-in-law lay sick of a fever, and anon they told him of her.

More verses: John 4:52

Diseases » Disease, different forms of » Boils

2 Kings 20:7

And Isaiah said, "Bring a lump of figs." And they brought and put it on the sore, and he recovered.

Isaiah 38:21

And Isaiah said, "Take a plaster of figs, and lay it upon the sore, so shall it be whole."

Exodus 9:9

and it shall turn to dust in all the land of Egypt, and shall make swelling sores with blains both on man and beast in all the land of Egypt."

Leviticus 13:18

"When there is a boil in the skin of any man's flesh, and is healed;

Diseases » Mentioned in scripture » Plague

2 Samuel 24:21

and said, "Wherefore is my lord the king come to his servant?" And David said, "To buy the threshing floor of thee, for to make an altar unto the LORD that the plague may cease from the people."

2 Samuel 24:25

And David built there an altar unto the LORD and offered burnt sacrifices and peace offerings. And so the LORD was agreed with the land. And the plague ceased from Israel.

2 Samuel 24:15

And the LORD sent a pestilence in Israel from the morning unto the end of the time appointed. And there died of the people between Dan and Beersheba seventy thousand men.

Numbers 11:33

And while the flesh was yet between their teeth, yer it was chewed up, the wrath of the LORD waxed hot upon the people, and the LORD slew of the people an exceeding mighty slaughter.

Diseases » Disease, different forms of » Palsy

Matthew 9:2

And, lo, they brought unto him a man sick of the palsy, lying in his bed: and when Jesus saw the faith of them, he said to the sick of the palsy, "Son, be of good cheer; thy sins be forgiven thee."

Matthew 4:24

And his fame spread abroad throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and gripings, and them that were possessed with devils and those which were lunatic and those that had the palsy: and he healed them.

Matthew 8:6

saying, "Master, my servant lieth sick at home of the palsy, and is grievously pained."

Acts 8:7

For unclean spirits, crying with loud voice, came out of many that were possessed of them. And many taken with palsies, and many that halted, were healed.

Acts 9:33

And there he found a certain man named Aeneas, which had kept his bed eight years sick of the palsy.

Diseases » Disease, different forms of » Loss of appetite

1 Samuel 1:7

And so did she year by year, as oft as she went up to the house of the LORD. And so chafed her: wherefore Hannah wept and ate not.

1 Samuel 28:23

But he refused it and said, "I will not eat." But his servants and the woman together compelled him, that he heard their voice. And so he arose from the earth and sat him on a bed.

Psalm 107:18

Their soul abhorred all manner of meat, and they were even hard at death's door.

Diseases » God often entreated to cure

2 Kings 20:1-3

About that time Hezekiah was sick unto the death. And the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz came to him, and said to him, "Thus sayeth the LORD: put thine household in an order, for thou shalt die and not live." And Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and besought the LORD, saying, "Oh LORD, remember yet how I have walked before thee truly and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight," and wept a great pace.

Diseases » Other diseases mentioned » Chronic

Acts 3:2

And there was a certain man halt from his mother's womb, whom they brought and laid at the gate of the temple called Beautiful, to ask his alms of them that entered into the temple.

John 9:1

And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth;

Mark 9:21

And he asked his father, "How long is it ago, since this hath happened him?" And he said, "Of a child.

Diseases » Mentioned in scripture » Emerods

1 Samuel 5:6

But the hand of the LORD was heavy upon them of Ashdod, and he destroyed them, and smote them with hemorrhoids; both Ashdod and all the coasts thereof.

Deuteronomy 28:27

"And the LORD will smite thee with the botches of Egypt and the hemorrhoids, scall and manginess, that thou shalt not be healed thereof.

1 Samuel 5:12

insomuch that they which died not, were smitten with the hemorrhoids: so that the cry of the city went up to heaven.

Diseases » Disease, different forms of » Insanity

Daniel 4:33

The very same hour was this matter fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar: so that he was cast out of men's company, and ate grass like an ox; His body was wet with the dew of heaven, till his hairs were as great as Eagle's feathers, and his nails like bird's claws.

Matthew 4:24

And his fame spread abroad throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and gripings, and them that were possessed with devils and those which were lunatic and those that had the palsy: and he healed them.

Matthew 17:15

"Master have mercy on my son, for he is lunatic, and is sore vexed. And ofttimes, he falleth into the fire, and oft into the water.

Diseases » Frequently » Tedious

Luke 13:16

And ought not this daughter of Abraham, be loosed from this bond on the Sabbath day, whom Satan hath bound lo, eighteen years?"

Deuteronomy 28:59

the LORD will smite both thee and thy seed with wonderful plagues and with great plagues and of long continuance,

Diseases » Physicians undertook the cure of

Jeremiah 8:22

for there is no more treacle at Gilead, and there is no Physician, that can heal the hurt of my people.

Matthew 9:12

When Jesus heard that, he said unto them, "The whole need not the physician, but they that are sick.

Luke 4:23

And he said unto them, "Ye may very well say unto me this proverb. 'Physician, heal thyself. Whatsoever we have heard done in Capernaum, do the same here likewise in thine own country.'"

Diseases » Other diseases mentioned » Consumption

Leviticus 26:16

then I will do this again unto you: I will visit you with vexations, swelling, and fevers, that shall make your eyes dazzle; and with sorrows of heart. And ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.

Deuteronomy 28:22

And the LORD shall smite thee with swelling, with fevers, heat, burning, weathering, with smiting and blasting. And they shall follow thee, until thou perish.

Diseases » Mentioned in scripture » Consumption

Leviticus 26:16

then I will do this again unto you: I will visit you with vexations, swelling, and fevers, that shall make your eyes dazzle; and with sorrows of heart. And ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.

Deuteronomy 28:22

And the LORD shall smite thee with swelling, with fevers, heat, burning, weathering, with smiting and blasting. And they shall follow thee, until thou perish.

Diseases » Frequently » Incurable

2 Chronicles 21:18

And after all that, the LORD smote him in his bowels with an incurable disease.

Jeremiah 14:19

"Hast thou then utterly forsaken Judah?" said I, "Doest thou so abhor Zion? Or hast thou so plagued us, that we can be healed no more? We looked for peace, and there cometh no good: for the time of health, and lo, here is nothing but trouble.

Diseases » Regarded as visitations

Psalm 38:7

For my loins are filled with a sore disease, and there is no whole part in my body.

Job 2:7-10

So went Satan forth from the LORD, and smote Job with marvelous sore boils, from the sole of the foot unto his crown; so that he sat upon the ground in the ashes, and scraped off the filth of his sores with a potsherd. Then said his wife unto him, "Dost thou yet continue in thy perfectness? Curse God, and die." read more.
But Job said unto her, "Thou speakest like a foolish woman. Seeing we have received prosperity at the hand of God, wherefore should we not be content with adversity also?" In all these things, did not Job sin with his lips.

Diseases » Mentioned in scripture » Dysentery

Acts 28:8

And it fortuned that the father of Publius lay sick of a fever, and of a bloody flux: to whom Paul entered in and prayed, and laid his hands on him and healed him.

2 Chronicles 21:12-19

And there came a writing to him from Elijah the prophet, of this tenor: "Thus sayeth the LORD God of David thy father: 'Because thou walkedst not in the ways of Jehoshaphat thy father and in the ways of Asa king of Judah, but walkedst in the ways of Asa king of Israel and hast made Judah and the dwellers of Jerusalem go a-whoring, like to the whoring of the house of Ahab, and hast thereto slain thy brethren that were thy father's house, which were better than thou: Therefore, behold, the LORD will smite thee with a mighty plague in thy folk, in thy children, in thy wives and in thy goods. read more.
And thou shalt have much disease through infirmity in thy bowels, until thy bowels fall out by reason of thy sickness, day by day.'" And the LORD stirred up against Jehoram the spirit of the Philistines and the Arabians that border on the black Moors. Which came against Judah and all to tare the land, and carried away all the substance that was found in the king's house, and thereto his sons and his wives: so that there was never a son left him save Jehoahaz his youngest son. And after all that, the LORD smote him in his bowels with an incurable disease. And in process of time, even about the end of two years, his guts fell out by reason of his sickness: and so he died of evil diseases. But they made him no bonfire, like the bonfires of his fathers.

Diseases » Mentioned in scripture » Lameness

2 Samuel 4:4

And Jonathan, Saul's son, had a son that was lame on his feet: five years old was he when the tidings came of Saul and Jonathan out of Jezreel. And his nurse took him up and fled away. And as she made haste to flee and was amazed, the child fell and became halt and was called Mephibosheth.

2 Chronicles 16:12

And the thirty ninth year of his reign Asa fell sick of his feet, and that his disease exceeded. And thereto in his sickness he asked no counsel of the LORD, but of Physicians.

Diseases » Other diseases mentioned » Emerods

1 Samuel 5:6

But the hand of the LORD was heavy upon them of Ashdod, and he destroyed them, and smote them with hemorrhoids; both Ashdod and all the coasts thereof.

Deuteronomy 28:27

"And the LORD will smite thee with the botches of Egypt and the hemorrhoids, scall and manginess, that thou shalt not be healed thereof.

Diseases » Mentioned in scripture » Fever

Deuteronomy 28:22

And the LORD shall smite thee with swelling, with fevers, heat, burning, weathering, with smiting and blasting. And they shall follow thee, until thou perish.

Matthew 8:14

And then Jesus went to Peter's house, and saw his wife's mother lying, sick of a fever.

Diseases » Disease, different forms of » Epilepsy

Matthew 4:24

And his fame spread abroad throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and gripings, and them that were possessed with devils and those which were lunatic and those that had the palsy: and he healed them.

Matthew 17:14-15

And when they were come to the people, there came to him a certain man; and kneeled down to him, and said, "Master have mercy on my son, for he is lunatic, and is sore vexed. And ofttimes, he falleth into the fire, and oft into the water.

Diseases » Other diseases mentioned » Sun-stroke

2 Kings 4:18-19

And when the lad was grown, it fell on a day that he went out to his father, to the harvest time. And there he complained unto his father, "My head, my head." And his father said to a lad, "Carry him to his mother."

Diseases » Mentioned in scripture » Sun-stroke

2 Kings 4:18-20

And when the lad was grown, it fell on a day that he went out to his father, to the harvest time. And there he complained unto his father, "My head, my head." And his father said to a lad, "Carry him to his mother." And he took him and brought him to his mother. And he sat on her knees till noon, and then died.

Diseases » Frequently » Painful

Job 33:19

"He chasteneth him with sickness, and bringeth him to his bed: he layeth sore punishment upon his bones,

2 Chronicles 21:15

And thou shalt have much disease through infirmity in thy bowels, until thy bowels fall out by reason of thy sickness, day by day.'"

Diseases » Children subject to

2 Samuel 12:15

And Nathan departed unto his house. And the LORD struck the child, that Uriah's wife bare David, and it sickened.

1 Kings 17:17

And after these things, it happened that the son of the wife of the house fell sick. And his sickness was so sore, that there was no breath left in him.

Diseases » Often sent as punishment

Deuteronomy 28:21

And the LORD shall make the pestilence cleave unto thee, until he have consumed thee from the land whither thou goest to enjoy it.

John 5:14

And after that, Jesus found him in the temple, and said unto him, "Behold, thou art made whole: see thou sin no more, lest a worse thing happen unto thee."

Diseases » Mentioned in scripture » Dumbness

Matthew 9:32

As they went out, behold, they brought to him a dumb man possessed of a devil.

Proverbs 31:8

Be thou an advocate and stand in judgment thyself, to speak for all such as be dumb and sucourless.

Diseases » Mentioned in scripture » Lunacy

Matthew 4:24

And his fame spread abroad throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and gripings, and them that were possessed with devils and those which were lunatic and those that had the palsy: and he healed them.

Matthew 17:15

"Master have mercy on my son, for he is lunatic, and is sore vexed. And ofttimes, he falleth into the fire, and oft into the water.

Diseases » Mentioned in scripture » Leprosy

2 Kings 5:1

Naaman, captain of the Host to the king of Syria, was great with his master and well taken: for through him the LORD saved Syria. And he was an active man, and yet a leper.

Leviticus 13:2

"When there appeareth a rising in any man's flesh - either a scab or a glistering white - as though the plague of leprosy were in the skin of his flesh, then let him be brought unto Aaron the priest or unto one of his sons, the priests.

Diseases » Mentioned in scripture » Debility

Psalm 102:23

He hath brought down my strength in my journey, and shortened my days.

Ezekiel 7:17

All hands shall be let down, and all knees shall be weak as the water;

Diseases » Medicine used for curing

Isaiah 1:6

From the sole of the foot unto the head, there is no whole part in all your body: but all are wounds, botches, sores and stripes, which can neither be helped, bound up, mollified, nor eased with any ointment.

Diseases » Often through satan

1 Samuel 16:14-16

But the spirit of the LORD departed from Saul; and an evil spirit, sent of the LORD, vexed him. Then said his servants unto him, "Behold, an evil spirit sent of God vexeth thee. Let our lord therefore command his servants to seek a man that is a cunning player with a harp. And then when the evil spirit sent of God cometh upon thee, that he may play with his hand and thou shalt be eased."

Diseases » Mentioned in scripture » Demoniacal possession

Matthew 15:22

And behold, a woman which was a Canaanite came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, "Have mercy on me Lord, thou son of David, my daughter is piteously vexed with a devil."

Mark 5:15

And they came out to Jesus, and they saw him that was vexed with the fiend, and had the legion, sit: both clothed and in his right mind; and were afraid.

Diseases » Mentioned in scripture » Palsy

Matthew 9:2

And, lo, they brought unto him a man sick of the palsy, lying in his bed: and when Jesus saw the faith of them, he said to the sick of the palsy, "Son, be of good cheer; thy sins be forgiven thee."

Matthew 8:6

saying, "Master, my servant lieth sick at home of the palsy, and is grievously pained."

Diseases » Those afflicted with » Often divinely cured

2 Kings 20:5

"Turn again, and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people: 'Thus sayeth the LORD God of David thy father. I have heard thy prayer and seen thy tears. Behold, I will heal thee, and this day three days thou shalt go up into the house of the LORD.

Diseases » Mentioned in scripture » Blindness

Matthew 9:27

And as Jesus departed thence, two blind men followed him crying, and saying, "O thou son of David, have mercy on us."

Job 29:15

I was an eye unto the blind, and a foot to the lame;

Diseases » Mentioned in scripture » Loss of appetite

Psalm 107:18

Their soul abhorred all manner of meat, and they were even hard at death's door.

Job 33:20

so that his life may away with no bread, and his soul abhorreth to eat any dainty meat:

Diseases » Other diseases mentioned » Ulcers

Isaiah 1:6

From the sole of the foot unto the head, there is no whole part in all your body: but all are wounds, botches, sores and stripes, which can neither be helped, bound up, mollified, nor eased with any ointment.

Luke 16:20

And there was a certain beggar, named Lazarus, which lay at his gate full of sores,

Diseases » Mentioned in scripture » Deafness

Mark 7:32

And they brought unto him one that was deaf, and stammered in his speech, and prayed him to lay his hand upon him.

Psalm 38:13

As for me, I was like a deaf man and heard not; as one that were dumb, not opening his mouth.

Diseases » Mentioned in scripture » Ulcers

Isaiah 1:6

From the sole of the foot unto the head, there is no whole part in all your body: but all are wounds, botches, sores and stripes, which can neither be helped, bound up, mollified, nor eased with any ointment.

Luke 16:20

And there was a certain beggar, named Lazarus, which lay at his gate full of sores,

Diseases » Frequently » Loathsome

Psalm 38:7

For my loins are filled with a sore disease, and there is no whole part in my body.

Psalm 41:8

They have given a wicked sentence upon me, "When he lieth, he shall rise up no more."

Diseases » Those afflicted with » Anointed

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

Acts 5:15

insomuch that they brought the sick into the streets, and laid them on beds and pallets: that at the least way the shadow of Peter, when he came by, might shadow some of them.

Mark 6:56

And whithersoever he entered into the towns, or cities, or villages, they laid their sick in the streets, and prayed him, that they might touch and it were but the edge of his vesture. And as many as touched him were safe.

Diseases » Frequently » Complicated

Deuteronomy 28:60-61

and with evil sicknesses and of long durance. Moreover he will bring upon thee all the diseases of Egypt which thou wast afraid of, and they shall cleave unto thee. Thereto, all manner sicknesses and all manner plagues which are not written in the book of this law, will the LORD bring upon thee until thou be come to nought.

Diseases » Mentioned in scripture » Atrophy

Job 16:8

And that thou hast filled me with wrinkles, my flesh is witness; and my leanness riseth up against me and beareth witness thereof in my face.

Job 19:20

My bone hangeth to my skin, and my flesh is away; there is left me only the skin about my teeth.

Diseases » Art of curing, defective

Mark 5:26

and had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and felt none amendment at all: But waxed worse and worse.

Job 13:4

As for you, ye are workmasters of lies, and unprofitable physicians altogether.

Diseases » Not looking to God in, condemned

2 Chronicles 16:12

And the thirty ninth year of his reign Asa fell sick of his feet, and that his disease exceeded. And thereto in his sickness he asked no counsel of the LORD, but of Physicians.

Diseases » Other diseases mentioned » Itch

Deuteronomy 28:27

"And the LORD will smite thee with the botches of Egypt and the hemorrhoids, scall and manginess, that thou shalt not be healed thereof.

Diseases » Mentioned in scripture » Inflammation

Deuteronomy 28:22

And the LORD shall smite thee with swelling, with fevers, heat, burning, weathering, with smiting and blasting. And they shall follow thee, until thou perish.

Diseases » Mentioned in scripture » Itch

Deuteronomy 28:27

"And the LORD will smite thee with the botches of Egypt and the hemorrhoids, scall and manginess, that thou shalt not be healed thereof.

Diseases » Mentioned in scripture » Scab

Deuteronomy 28:27

"And the LORD will smite thee with the botches of Egypt and the hemorrhoids, scall and manginess, that thou shalt not be healed thereof.

Diseases » Often brought from other countries

Deuteronomy 7:15

Moreover, the LORD will turn from thee all manner infirmities, and will put none of the evil diseases of Egypt - which thou knowest - upon thee, but will send them upon them that hate thee.

Diseases » Other diseases mentioned » Ague

Leviticus 26:16

then I will do this again unto you: I will visit you with vexations, swelling, and fevers, that shall make your eyes dazzle; and with sorrows of heart. And ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.

Diseases » Mentioned in scripture » Ague

Leviticus 26:16

then I will do this again unto you: I will visit you with vexations, swelling, and fevers, that shall make your eyes dazzle; and with sorrows of heart. And ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.

Diseases » Mentioned in scripture » Melancholy

Diseases » Other diseases mentioned » Issue of blood

Matthew 9:20

And, behold, a woman, which was diseased with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him and touched the hem of his vesture:

Diseases » Mentioned in scripture » Abscess

2 Kings 20:7

And Isaiah said, "Bring a lump of figs." And they brought and put it on the sore, and he recovered.

Diseases » Mentioned in scripture » Issue of blood

Matthew 9:20

And, behold, a woman, which was diseased with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him and touched the hem of his vesture:

Diseases » Were many and divers

Matthew 4:24

And his fame spread abroad throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and gripings, and them that were possessed with devils and those which were lunatic and those that had the palsy: and he healed them.

Diseases » Mentioned in scripture » Boils and blains

Exodus 9:10

And they took ashes out of the furnace, and stood before Pharaoh, and Moses sprinkled it up into the air: And there brake out sores with blains both in man and beast:

Diseases » Over-excitement a cause of

Daniel 8:27

Upon this was I, Daniel, very faint, so that I lay sick certain days: but when I rose up, I went about the king's business, and marveled at the vision. Nevertheless, no man knew of it.

Diseases » Mentioned in scripture » Worms

Diseases » Those afflicted with » Often divinely supported

Diseases » Illustrative of sin

Isaiah 1:5

Wherefore should ye be plagued any more? For ye are ever falling away. The whole head is sick, and the heart is very heavy.

Diseases » Other diseases mentioned » Dysentery

Acts 28:8

And it fortuned that the father of Publius lay sick of a fever, and of a bloody flux: to whom Paul entered in and prayed, and laid his hands on him and healed him.

Diseases » Other diseases mentioned » Dropsy

Luke 14:2

And behold, there was a man before him, which had the dropsy.

Diseases » Mentioned in scripture » Impediment speech

Mark 7:32

And they brought unto him one that was deaf, and stammered in his speech, and prayed him to lay his hand upon him.

Diseases » Mentioned in scripture » Dropsy

Luke 14:2

And behold, there was a man before him, which had the dropsy.

Diseases » Sins of youth a cause of

Job 20:11

From his youth his bones are full of vice; but now shall it lie down with him in the earth.

Diseases » Intemperance a cause of

Hosea 7:5

Even so goeth it this day with our kings and princes, for they begin to be wood drunken through wine: they use familiarity with such as deceive them.

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Job 16:8

And that thou hast filled me with wrinkles, my flesh is witness; and my leanness riseth up against me and beareth witness thereof in my face.

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