88 Bible Verses about diseases

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Mark 3:10

He healed many. Others with afflictions pressed close to him that they might touch him.

Exodus 15:26

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.

Mark 1:32-34

That evening at sunset many sick and demon-possessed people were presented to Jesus. A huge crowd of people from all over Capernaum gathered outside to watch. Jesus healed many who were sick with various diseases. He cast out many demons. Knowing them he would not permit the demons to speak.

Deuteronomy 7:15

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.

2 Chronicles 16:12

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.

John 5:3

In these lay a great crowd of sick people, of blind and lame waiting for the water to bubble up.

Ezekiel 34:4

You have not strengthened those that were weak, healed those who were sick, or bandaged those who were injured. You have not brought back those who strayed away or looked for those who were lost. You have ruled them harshly and violently.

1 Samuel 1:7

Year after year when Peninnah went to the Temple of Jehovah, she kept on provoking Hannah. It bothered Hannah so much she wept and did not eat.

Acts 28:9

After that happened, other sick people on the island went to Paul and were made well.

1 Samuel 28:20

At once Saul fell down and lay stretched out on the ground. He was terrified by what Samuel said. He was weak because he had not eaten anything all day and all night.

Exodus 9:9

They will spread out like fine dust over all the land of Egypt. They will produce boils that become open sores on the people and the animals.

Psalm 107:18

All food was disgusting to them, and they came near death's gates.

Luke 10:30-37

Jesus answered: A man traveled from Jerusalem to Jericho. He fell among robbers. They stripped him, beat him and left him half dead. A priest traveled on that road. When he saw him he passed by on the other side. When a Levite came to the place he saw the man and passed by on the other side.read more.
Then a Samaritan arrived where he was. He was moved with compassion when he saw him. He went to him and bandaged his wounds pouring oil and wine on them. He set him on his own beast and brought him to an inn to take care of him. The next day he paid the host two shillings. He said take care of him and if you spend more I will repay you when I return. Which of these three do you think proved to be a neighbor to the man who fell among the robbers? He said: The one who showed mercy to him. Jesus said to him: Go and you do like wise.

Leviticus 26:16

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.

Isaiah 38:21

Isaiah said: Prepare a poultice of figs and apply it to the boil, and he will recover.

2 Corinthians 12:8-10

Three times I prayed to God about this and asked him to take it away. He told me: My grace is sufficient for you for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore, I would rather glory in my infirmities (frailities), that the power of Christ may rest upon me (cover me like a tent) (descend upon me) (abide with me). (Isaiah 40:29-31) Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then I am strong.

Luke 16:20

A poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, used to be brought to the rich man's door.

Deuteronomy 28:22

Jehovah will strike you with infectious diseases, with swelling and fever. He will send drought and scorching winds to destroy your crops. These disasters will be with you until you die.

Job 2:3

Jehovah asked Satan: Have you thought about my servant Job? No one in the world is like him! He is a man of integrity! He is decent and he respects God. He stays away from evil. And he still holds on to his principles. You are trying to provoke me into ruining him for no reason.

Luke 14:2

There was in his presence a man who had the dropsy (swollen arms and legs).

Psalm 38:2-3

Your arrows have struck me. Your hand has struck me hard. No healthy spot is left on my body because of your rage. There is no peace in my bones because of my sin.

Genesis 20:17

Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech, his wife, and his female slaves so that they could have children.

Acts 28:8

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.

Psalm 41:7-8

All who hate me whisper together (gossip) against me; against me they devise my hurt, saying: A wicked thing is poured out upon him, that when he lies down, he will not rise up again.

2 Kings 20:1

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.'

Matthew 17:15

Lord, have mercy on my son. He has mental problems and is in great pain. He frequently falls into the fire and into the water.

Isaiah 1:5-6

Why do you still want to be beaten? Why do you continue to rebel? Your whole head is infected. Your whole heart is sick. From the bottom of your feet to the top of your head there is no healthy spot left on your body. You have only bruises, sores, and fresh wounds. They have not been cleansed, bandaged, or soothed with oil.

Jeremiah 8:22

Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician (healer) there? Why then has the health of the daughter of my people not been restored?

Matthew 4:24

News about him spread throughout the country of Syria. People sick and suffering from diseases, people with demons, epileptics and paralytics, came to him. Jesus healed them all.

2 Chronicles 32:24

Hezekiah became sick and was about to die. He prayed to Jehovah, who answered him and gave him a miraculous sign.

Mark 9:17-18

One of the people answered him: Teacher I brought my son who is unable to talk because of a spirit. The spirit seizes him and slams him down. He foams at the mouth and grinds his teeth. I asked your disciples to cast it out but they could not do it.

Daniel 8:27

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.

Micah 1:9

Samaria's wound is incurable! It came as far as Judah. It even reached to the gate of my people, Jerusalem.

Luke 7:2

A centurion's servant, who was highly regarded by him, was sick and at the point of death.

John 11:1

A man named Lazarus was sick. He lived at Bethany where his sisters Mary and Martha lived.

Matthew 9:12-13

When he heard it, he said: People who are well do not have need of a physician. The sick do. You should learn what this means: 'I desire mercy, and not sacrifice'; for I came, not to call the righteous, but sinners.

Acts 9:36-37

A disciple named Tabitha was at Joppa. Her name, when translated means Dorcas. This woman did many good works and gave gifts of mercy. She was sick, and died. They washed her body and laid her in an upper chamber.

Luke 5:31-32

Jesus answered them: Those who have good health do not need a physician. The sick do. I did not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance.

Mark 1:30

Simon's mother-in-law was in bed with a fever. At once they told Jesus about her.

Isaiah 53:4-5

He took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows. We considered him stricken by God, smitten by him, and afflicted. But he was pierced for our transgressions! He was crushed for our iniquities! The punishment that brought us peace was upon him. There has been healing for us because of his wounds.

Galatians 4:13

You know that because of an infirmity of the flesh I preached the good news to you the first time.

Luke 4:38

He left the synagogue and went to Simon's house. Simon's mother in law was suffering with a great fever. They asked him to help her.

Philippians 2:25-27

I find it necessary to send Epaphroditus to you. He is my brother and fellow-worker and fellow-soldier, and your messenger and minister to my need. He longed to see you and was worried because you had heard that he was sick. 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.

Matthew 9:20

A woman who had a hemorrhage (chronic flow of blood) for twelve years came behind him. She touched the border of his garment.

Revelation 22:1-3

He showed me a pure river of water of life. It was clear as crystal and flowed out of the throne of God and of the Lamb. This was in the middle of the street of the city. The tree of life was on each side of the river. It produced twelve kinds of fruit and yielded the fruit every month. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. There will be no curse. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be in the city. His servants will serve him.

Ezekiel 47:12

All kinds of fruit trees will grow on both sides of the river. Their leaves will not wither, and they will not fail to produce fruit. Each month they will produce fresh fruit because this water flows from the Holy Place. The fruit will be good food, and the leaves will be used for healing.

2 Timothy 4:20

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

Luke 8:43

There was a woman having an issue of blood twelve years. She spent all her money on physicians, and could not be healed by any.

John 9:2

His disciples asked him: Rabbi he was born blind. Who sinned, this man or his parents?

Revelation 21:1-4

I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away. There was no more sea. Then I, John, saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. Then I heard a loud voice out of heaven saying: Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men. He will dwell with them and they will be his people! God will be with them, and be their God.read more.
God will wipe away all tears from their eyes. There will be no more death. There will be no more sorrow nor crying. There will be no more pain! The former things have passed away.

Genesis 3:16-17

He said to the woman: I will greatly increase your pains in childbirth; with pain you will give birth to children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you. He said to Adam: Because you listened to your wife and ate from the tree about which I commanded you, 'You must not eat of it,' cursed is the ground because of you; through painful toil you will eat of it all the days of your life.

1 Samuel 21:13

Right there in front of everyone, he pretended to be insane. He acted confused and scratched up the doors of the town gate. He drooled in his beard.

2 Kings 4:39-40

One of them went out in the fields to gather herbs. He found a wild vine and picked as many gourds as he could carry. He brought them back and sliced them into the stew, not knowing what they were. The stew was poured out for the men to eat. They tasted it and exclaimed to Elisha: It is poisoned! They would not eat it.

Psalm 107:17-18

Fools suffered because of their disobedience and because of their crimes. All food was disgusting to them, and they came near death's gates.

Daniel 4:33-35

That same hour it was fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar. He was driven from men and did eat grass like bulls. His body was wet with the dew of heaven, till his hair grew like eagles' feathers, and his fingernails like birds' claws. At the end of the days I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted up my eyes to heaven and my understanding returned to me. I blessed the Most High and I praised and honored the one who lives forever. His dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom from generation to generation. All the inhabitants of the earth are considered as nothing. He does according to his will in the army of heaven and among the inhabitants of earth. None can stop him, or say to him: 'What do you do?'

Exodus 9:8-10

Then Jehovah said to Moses and Aaron: Take a few handfuls of ashes from a furnace. Moses is to throw them into the air in front of the king. They will spread out like fine dust over all the land of Egypt. They will produce boils that become open sores on the people and the animals. They got some ashes and stood before the king. Moses threw them into the air. They produced boils that became open sores on the people and the animals.

Numbers 12:10

After the smoke left the tent, Miriam was covered with an infectious skin disease. She was as white as snow. Aaron turned to her and saw she was covered with the disease.

Leviticus 26:14-16

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.

2 Chronicles 26:21

King Uzziah had a skin disease until the day he died. Since he had a skin disease, he lived in a separate house and was barred from Jehovah's Temple. His son Jotham was in charge of the royal palace and governed the country.

Numbers 16:41-49

The next day the whole congregation of Israel complained to Moses and Aaron. They said: You have killed Jehovah's people. The congregation came together to confront Moses and Aaron. When they turned toward the tent of meeting, they saw the smoke covering it, and the glory of Jehovah appeared. Then Moses and Aaron went to the front of the tent of meeting.read more.
Jehovah said to Moses: Get away from these people, and let me destroy them in an instant! Immediately, they bowed with their faces touching the ground. Moses said to Aaron: Take your incense burner, put burning coals from the altar and incense in it, and go quickly into the congregation to make peace with Jehovah for the people. Jehovah shows his anger! A plague has started. Aaron took his incense burner, as Moses told him. He ran into the middle of the assembly, because the plague had already begun among the people. He put incense on the incense burner to make peace with Jehovah for the people. He stood between those who had died and those who were still alive. The plague stopped. Fourteen thousand seven hundred died from the plague in addition to those who died because of Korah.

Matthew 11:5

The blind receive their sight. The lame walk! The lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear. The dead are raised up, and the poor have good news preached to them.

2 Kings 5:27

Naaman's leprosy will come upon you. You and your descendants will have it from generation to generation! When Gehazi left, he had the disease. His skin was as white as snow.

Luke 17:11-19

Jesus traveled to Jerusalem. He went along the border between Samaria and Galilee. Entering a village he met ten men suffering from a dreaded skin disease. They shouted: Jesus! Master! Have pity on us!read more.
When he saw them he told them to go show themselves to the priests. They were cleansed on the way. When he was healed, one of them came back and praised God in a loud voice. He fell on his face at Jesus feet and thanked him. He was a Samaritan. Jesus answered: Were all ten cleansed? Where are the nine? Were the others not willing to return with this foreigner to give glory to God? He said: Arise and go your way. Your faith has made you whole.

Jeremiah 14:12

Even if they go without food, I will not listen to their cries for help. Even if they sacrifice burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not be pleased with them. But I will destroy these people with wars, famines, and plagues.

Matthew 8:6

He said: Lord, my servant is lying paralyzed at home and terribly tormented.

1 Corinthians 11:29-30

For he that eats and drinks unworthily, eats and drinks damnation to himself, not discerning (not judging rightly) the Lord's body. For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep.

Job 2:5

But stretch out your hand, and strike his flesh and bones and he will curse you to your face!

Luke 5:18

Men brought a man on a bed. He was paralyzed. They tried to bring him in and lay him before Jesus.

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Diseases » Disease, different forms of » Leprosy

2 Chronicles 26:19

Uzziah held an incense burner in his hand. He became angry. As his anger with the priests grew, a skin disease broke out on his forehead. This happened in front of the priests in Jehovah's Temple as Uzziah was at the incense altar.

Leviticus 14:34

When you come to Canaan that I am going to give to you, mildew may appear in a house.

Leviticus 13:2

If any of you have a sore on your skin or a boil or an inflammation that could develop into a dreaded skin disease, you shall be brought to the priest.

Leviticus 14:2

the following regulations about the ritual purification of those of you cured of a dreaded skin disease: On the day you are to be pronounced clean, you should be brought to the priest.

Deuteronomy 24:8

Stay away from the infection of leprosy. Diligently observe and do according to all that the Levitical priests teach you. I have commanded them, so be careful to obey.

Diseases » Disease, different forms of » Fever

Leviticus 26:16

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.

Deuteronomy 28:22

Jehovah will strike you with infectious diseases, with swelling and fever. He will send drought and scorching winds to destroy your crops. These disasters will be with you until you die.

Acts 28:8

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.

Mark 1:30

Simon's mother-in-law was in bed with a fever. At once they told Jesus about her.

More verses: John 4:52

Diseases » Disease, different forms of » Boils

2 Kings 20:7

Then Isaiah said: Get a fig cake, and put it on the boil so that the king will get well.

Isaiah 38:21

Isaiah said: Prepare a poultice of figs and apply it to the boil, and he will recover.

Exodus 9:9

They will spread out like fine dust over all the land of Egypt. They will produce boils that become open sores on the people and the animals.

Diseases » Mentioned in scripture » Plague

2 Samuel 24:21

and said: My lord the king! Why have you come to see me? David answered: I came to buy your threshing place. I have to build Jehovah an altar here, so this disease will stop killing the people.

2 Samuel 24:25

David built an altar for Jehovah there and sacrificed burnt offerings and fellowship offerings. So Jehovah heard the prayers for the country. The plague on Israel stopped.

2 Samuel 24:15

So Jehovah sent a plague among the Israelites from that morning until the time he had chosen. Of the people from Dan to Beersheba, seventy thousand died.

Numbers 11:33

While the meat was still in their mouths, before they had even had a chance to chew it, Jehovah became angry with the people and struck them with a severe plague.

Diseases » Disease, different forms of » Palsy

Matthew 4:24

News about him spread throughout the country of Syria. People sick and suffering from diseases, people with demons, epileptics and paralytics, came to him. Jesus healed them all.

Matthew 8:6

He said: Lord, my servant is lying paralyzed at home and terribly tormented.

Acts 8:7

Unclean spirits, crying with loud voices, came out of many who were possessed by them. Many who were taken with palsies and the lame were healed.

Acts 9:33

He found a man named Aeneas who lay in his bed for eight years. He was sick of the palsy.

Diseases » Disease, different forms of » Loss of appetite

1 Samuel 1:7

Year after year when Peninnah went to the Temple of Jehovah, she kept on provoking Hannah. It bothered Hannah so much she wept and did not eat.

1 Samuel 28:23

Saul refused. He said he would not eat. But his officers also urged him to eat. He finally gave in, got up from the ground, and sat on the bed.

Psalm 107:18

All food was disgusting to them, and they came near death's gates.

Diseases » God often entreated to cure

2 Kings 20:1-3

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.' Hezekiah faced the wall and prayed to Jehovah: Jehovah, Please remember how I have walked before you in faithfulness and truth. And consider my whole heart devoted to you. I have done what is good in your eyes. Hezekiah wept bitterly.

Diseases » Other diseases mentioned » Chronic

Acts 3:2

A man who had been crippled from birth was carried to the gate of the temple called Beautiful. There he begged for handouts from those who entered the temple.

Mark 9:21

Jesus asked his father: How long has this been going on? He said: Since he was a child.

Diseases » Mentioned in scripture » Emerods

1 Samuel 5:6

Jehovah dealt harshly with the people of Ashdod. He destroyed them by striking the people in the vicinity of Ashdod with tumors.

Deuteronomy 28:27

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.

1 Samuel 5:12

The survivors suffered from the sores, so they all cried to their gods for help.

Diseases » Disease, different forms of » Insanity

Daniel 4:33

That same hour it was fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar. He was driven from men and did eat grass like bulls. His body was wet with the dew of heaven, till his hair grew like eagles' feathers, and his fingernails like birds' claws.

Matthew 4:24

News about him spread throughout the country of Syria. People sick and suffering from diseases, people with demons, epileptics and paralytics, came to him. Jesus healed them all.

Matthew 17:15

Lord, have mercy on my son. He has mental problems and is in great pain. He frequently falls into the fire and into the water.

Diseases » Frequently » Tedious

Deuteronomy 28:59

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.

Diseases » Physicians undertook the cure of

Jeremiah 8:22

Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician (healer) there? Why then has the health of the daughter of my people not been restored?

Matthew 9:12

When he heard it, he said: People who are well do not have need of a physician. The sick do.

Luke 4:23

Then he said: You will no doubt say this proverb to me, physician heal yourself. That which we heard was done at Capernaum do also here in your own country.

Diseases » Other diseases mentioned » Consumption

Leviticus 26:16

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.

Deuteronomy 28:22

Jehovah will strike you with infectious diseases, with swelling and fever. He will send drought and scorching winds to destroy your crops. These disasters will be with you until you die.

Diseases » Mentioned in scripture » Consumption

Leviticus 26:16

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.

Deuteronomy 28:22

Jehovah will strike you with infectious diseases, with swelling and fever. He will send drought and scorching winds to destroy your crops. These disasters will be with you until you die.

Diseases » Frequently » Incurable

2 Chronicles 21:18

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

Jeremiah 14:19

Have you completely rejected Judah? Do you despise Zion? Why have you struck us so hard that we cannot heal? We hope for peace, but no good comes from it. We hope for a time of healing, but there's only terror.

Diseases » Regarded as visitations

Psalm 38:7

My insides are filled with burning pain, and no healthy spot is left on my body.

Job 2:7-10

Satan left Jehovah's presence and struck Job with painful boils from the bottom of his feet to the top of his head. Job took a piece of broken pottery to scratch his sores as he sat in the ashes. His wife asked him: Are you still holding on to your principles? Curse God and die! read more.
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.

Diseases » Mentioned in scripture » Dysentery

Acts 28:8

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.

2 Chronicles 21:12-19

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. Later Jehovah caused the Philistines and the Arabs who lived near the Ethiopians to become angry with Jehoram. They invaded Judah and stole the royal property from the palace. They led Jehoram's wives and sons away as prisoners. The only one left behind was Ahaziah, his youngest son. After this happened; Jehovah struck Jehoram with an incurable stomach disease. Two years later Jehoram died in terrible pain. No bonfire was built to honor him. The people had done this for his ancestors, but not him.

Diseases » Mentioned in scripture » Lameness

2 Samuel 4:4

Saul's son Jonathan had a son who was crippled. When the boy was five years old, the news about the death of Saul and Jonathan came from Jezreel. His nurse picked him up and fled to Gittaim. She was in a hurry when she left. He fell from her arms and became disabled. His name was Mephibosheth.

2 Chronicles 16:12

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.

Diseases » Other diseases mentioned » Emerods

1 Samuel 5:6

Jehovah dealt harshly with the people of Ashdod. He destroyed them by striking the people in the vicinity of Ashdod with tumors.

Deuteronomy 28:27

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.

Diseases » Mentioned in scripture » Fever

Deuteronomy 28:22

Jehovah will strike you with infectious diseases, with swelling and fever. He will send drought and scorching winds to destroy your crops. These disasters will be with you until you die.

Diseases » Disease, different forms of » Epilepsy

Matthew 4:24

News about him spread throughout the country of Syria. People sick and suffering from diseases, people with demons, epileptics and paralytics, came to him. Jesus healed them all.

Matthew 17:14-15

When they approached the people, a man fell to his knees before him, saying: Lord, have mercy on my son. He has mental problems and is in great pain. He frequently falls into the fire and into the water.

Diseases » Other diseases mentioned » Sun-stroke

2 Kings 4:18-19

Years later at harvest time, the boy went out one morning to join his father, who was in the field with the harvest workers. Suddenly he cried out to his father: My head hurts! My head hurts! Carry the boy to his mother, the father said to a servant.

Isaiah 49:10

They will never be hungry or thirsty. The sun and the burning hot wind will not strike them. The one who has compassion on them will lead them and guide them to springs.

Diseases » Mentioned in scripture » Sun-stroke

Isaiah 49:10

They will never be hungry or thirsty. The sun and the burning hot wind will not strike them. The one who has compassion on them will lead them and guide them to springs.

2 Kings 4:18-20

Years later at harvest time, the boy went out one morning to join his father, who was in the field with the harvest workers. Suddenly he cried out to his father: My head hurts! My head hurts! Carry the boy to his mother, the father said to a servant. The servant carried the boy back to his mother. She held him in her lap until noon. Then the boy died.

Diseases » Frequently » Painful

Job 33:19

On the other hand a man may be chastened on a bed of pain with constant distress in his bones.

2 Chronicles 21:15

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

Diseases » Children subject to

2 Samuel 12:15

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

1 Kings 17:17

After this the son of the woman of the house became ill. He was so ill that there was no breath in him.

Diseases » Often sent as punishment

Deuteronomy 28:21

He will plague you with disease after disease on you until there is not one of you left in the land.

John 5:14

Later Jesus found him in the temple and told him: Now that you are healed do not sin anymore and avoid worse things happening to you.

Diseases » Mentioned in scripture » Dumbness

Matthew 9:32

Next, a dumb man possessed with a demon was brought to him.

Diseases » Mentioned in scripture » Lunacy

Matthew 4:24

News about him spread throughout the country of Syria. People sick and suffering from diseases, people with demons, epileptics and paralytics, came to him. Jesus healed them all.

Matthew 17:15

Lord, have mercy on my son. He has mental problems and is in great pain. He frequently falls into the fire and into the water.

Diseases » Mentioned in scripture » Leprosy

2 Kings 5:1

Naaman was a great soldier. He was commander of the Syrian army and highly respected and esteemed by the king of Syria (Aram). Jehovah gave victory to the Syrian forces through Naaman. He suffered from a dreaded skin disease.

Leviticus 13:2

If any of you have a sore on your skin or a boil or an inflammation that could develop into a dreaded skin disease, you shall be brought to the priest.

Diseases » Mentioned in scripture » Debility

Psalm 102:23

He has weakened my strength in the way and has shortened my days.

Ezekiel 7:17

Everyone's hands will be weak, and their knees will shake and they will drip from sweat.

Diseases » Medicine used for curing

Isaiah 1:6

From the bottom of your feet to the top of your head there is no healthy spot left on your body. You have only bruises, sores, and fresh wounds. They have not been cleansed, bandaged, or soothed with oil.

Diseases » Often through satan

1 Samuel 16:14-16

Jehovah's Spirit left Saul, and a distressing spirit sent by Jehovah tormented him. His servants said to him: We know that a distressing spirit sent by God is tormenting you. So give us the order and we will look for a man who knows how to play the harp. Then when the distressing spirit comes on you, the man can play his harp, and you will be all right again.

Diseases » Mentioned in scripture » Demoniacal possession

Mark 5:15

When they came to Jesus they saw the man who had been demon possessed. He was fully clothed and in full use of his senses. So they were afraid.

Diseases » Mentioned in scripture » Palsy

Matthew 8:6

He said: Lord, my servant is lying paralyzed at home and terribly tormented.

Diseases » Those afflicted with » Often divinely cured

2 Kings 20:5

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.

Diseases » Mentioned in scripture » Blindness

Matthew 9:27

Jesus left that place and walked along the road. Two blind men followed him. They shouted: Have mercy on us, Son of David!

Job 29:15

I was eyes to the blind, and feet to the lame.

Diseases » Mentioned in scripture » Loss of appetite

Psalm 107:18

All food was disgusting to them, and they came near death's gates.

Job 33:20

His very being finds food repulsive and he loathes the choicest meal.

Diseases » Other diseases mentioned » Ulcers

Isaiah 1:6

From the bottom of your feet to the top of your head there is no healthy spot left on your body. You have only bruises, sores, and fresh wounds. They have not been cleansed, bandaged, or soothed with oil.

Luke 16:20

A poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, used to be brought to the rich man's door.

Diseases » Mentioned in scripture » Deafness

Mark 7:32

They brought a deaf man with an impediment in his speech to him and asked him to lay his hands on him.

Diseases » Mentioned in scripture » Ulcers

Isaiah 1:6

From the bottom of your feet to the top of your head there is no healthy spot left on your body. You have only bruises, sores, and fresh wounds. They have not been cleansed, bandaged, or soothed with oil.

Luke 16:20

A poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, used to be brought to the rich man's door.

Diseases » Frequently » Loathsome

Psalm 38:7

My insides are filled with burning pain, and no healthy spot is left on my body.

Psalm 41:8

A wicked thing is poured out upon him, that when he lies down, he will not rise up again.

Diseases » Those afflicted with » Anointed

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

Acts 5:15

They brought the sick into the streets and laid them on beds and cots in order that the shadow might fall on them when Peter passed by.

Mark 6:56

When he entered a village or city in the marketplaces or the country the sick tried to touch the border of his garment and be healed.

Diseases » Frequently » Complicated

Deuteronomy 28:60-61

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.

Diseases » Mentioned in scripture » Atrophy

Job 16:8

You have shriveled me up. It has become a witness. And my leanness rises up against me. It testifies to my face.

Job 19:20

My bones cling to my skin. I have escaped only by the skin of my teeth (with almost nothing).

Diseases » Art of curing, defective

Mark 5:26

She suffered treatment from many physicians but did not become better. She spent all her money and grew worse.

Job 13:4

You are smearing me with lies. As doctors you are worthless, all of you!

Diseases » Not looking to God in, condemned

2 Chronicles 16:12

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.

Diseases » Other diseases mentioned » Itch

Deuteronomy 28:27

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.

Diseases » Mentioned in scripture » Inflammation

Deuteronomy 28:22

Jehovah will strike you with infectious diseases, with swelling and fever. He will send drought and scorching winds to destroy your crops. These disasters will be with you until you die.

Diseases » Mentioned in scripture » Itch

Deuteronomy 28:27

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.

Diseases » Mentioned in scripture » Scab

Deuteronomy 28:27

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.

Diseases » Often brought from other countries

Deuteronomy 7:15

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.

Diseases » Other diseases mentioned » Ague

Leviticus 26:16

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.

Diseases » Mentioned in scripture » Ague

Leviticus 26:16

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.

Diseases » Mentioned in scripture » Melancholy

Diseases » Other diseases mentioned » Issue of blood

Matthew 9:20

A woman who had a hemorrhage (chronic flow of blood) for twelve years came behind him. She touched the border of his garment.

Diseases » Mentioned in scripture » Abscess

2 Kings 20:7

Then Isaiah said: Get a fig cake, and put it on the boil so that the king will get well.

Diseases » Mentioned in scripture » Issue of blood

Matthew 9:20

A woman who had a hemorrhage (chronic flow of blood) for twelve years came behind him. She touched the border of his garment.

Diseases » Were many and divers

Matthew 4:24

News about him spread throughout the country of Syria. People sick and suffering from diseases, people with demons, epileptics and paralytics, came to him. Jesus healed them all.

Diseases » Mentioned in scripture » Boils and blains

Exodus 9:10

They got some ashes and stood before the king. Moses threw them into the air. They produced boils that became open sores on the people and the animals.

Diseases » Over-excitement a cause of

Daniel 8:27

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.

Diseases » Mentioned in scripture » Worms

Diseases » Those afflicted with » Often divinely supported

Diseases » Illustrative of sin

Isaiah 1:5

Why do you still want to be beaten? Why do you continue to rebel? Your whole head is infected. Your whole heart is sick.

Diseases » Other diseases mentioned » Dysentery

Acts 28:8

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.

Diseases » Other diseases mentioned » Dropsy

Luke 14:2

There was in his presence a man who had the dropsy (swollen arms and legs).

Diseases » Mentioned in scripture » Impediment speech

Mark 7:32

They brought a deaf man with an impediment in his speech to him and asked him to lay his hands on him.

Diseases » Mentioned in scripture » Dropsy

Luke 14:2

There was in his presence a man who had the dropsy (swollen arms and legs).

Diseases » Sins of youth a cause of

Job 20:11

The youthful vigor that fills his bones will lie with him in the dust.

Diseases » Intemperance a cause of

Hosea 7:5

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

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Job 16:8

You have shriveled me up. It has become a witness. And my leanness rises up against me. It testifies to my face.

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