'Sick' in the Bible

So Rebekah said to Isaac, “I’m sick of my life because of these Hittite women. If Jacob marries a Hittite woman like one of them, what good is my life?”

When Saul sent agents to seize David, Michal said, “He’s sick.”

Then David said to him, “Who do you belong to? Where are you from?”“I’m an Egyptian, the slave of an Amalekite man,” he said. “My master abandoned me when I got sick three days ago.

Amnon was frustrated to the point of making himself sick over his sister Tamar because she was a virgin, but it seemed impossible to do anything to her.

Jonadab said to him, “Lie down on your bed and pretend you’re sick. When your father comes to see you, say to him, ‘Please let my sister Tamar come and give me something to eat. Let her prepare food in my presence so I can watch and eat from her hand.’”

So Amnon lay down and pretended to be sick. When the king came to see him, Amnon said to him, “Please let my sister Tamar come and make a couple of cakes in my presence so I can eat from her hand.”

At that time Abijah son of Jeroboam became sick.

But the Lord had said to Ahijah, “Jeroboam’s wife is coming soon to ask you about her son, for he is sick. You are to say such and such to her. When she arrives, she will be disguised.”

Elisha came to Damascus while Ben-hadad king of Aram was sick, and the king was told, “The man of God has come here.”

When Elisha became sick with the illness that he died from, Jehoash king of Israel went down and wept over him and said, “My father, my father, the chariots and horsemen of Israel!”

At that time Merodach-baladan son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a gift to Hezekiah since he heard that he had been sick.

In those days Hezekiah became sick to the point of death, so he prayed to the Lord, and He spoke to him and gave him a miraculous sign.

so the king said to me, “Why are you sad, when you aren’t sick? This is nothing but depression.”I was overwhelmed with fear

Yet when they were sick,my clothing was sackcloth;I humbled myself with fasting,and my prayer was genuine.

Delayed hope makes the heart sick,but fulfilled desire is a tree of life.

If you find honey, eat only what you need;otherwise, you’ll get sick from it and vomit.

Seldom set foot in your neighbor’s house;otherwise, he’ll get sick of you and hate you.

Why do you want more beatings?Why do you keep on rebelling?The whole head is hurt,and the whole heart is sick.

and none there will say, “I am sick.”The people who dwell therewill be forgiven their iniquity.

A poem by Hezekiah king of Judah after he had been sick and had recovered from his illness:

At that time Merodach-baladan son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a gift to Hezekiah since he heard that he had been sick and had recovered.

Yet the Lord was pleased to crush Him severely.When You make Him a restitution offering,He will see His seed, He will prolong His days,and by His hand, the Lord’s pleasure will be accomplished.

My joy has flown away;grief has settled on me.My heart is sick.

The heart is more deceitful than anything else,and incurable—who can understand it?

מ MemHe sent fire from heaven into my bones;He made it descend.He spread a net for my feetand turned me back.He made me desolate,sick all day long.

ת TavLet all their wickedness come before You,and deal with themas You have dealt with mebecause of all my transgressions.For my groans are many,and I am sick at heart.

Because of this, our heart is sick;because of these, our eyes grow dim:

You have not strengthened the weak, healed the sick, bandaged the injured, brought back the strays, or sought the lost. Instead, you have ruled them with violence and cruelty.

I, Daniel, was overcome and lay sick for days. Then I got up and went about the king’s business. I was greatly disturbed by the vision and could not understand it.

On the day of our king,the princes are sick with the heat of wine—there is a conspiracy with traitors.

“When you present a blind animal for sacrifice, is it not wrong? And when you present a lame or sick animal, is it not wrong? Bring it to your governor! Would he be pleased with you or show you favor?” asks the Lord of Hosts.

You also say: “Look, what a nuisance!” “And you scorn it,” says the Lord of Hosts. “You bring stolen, lame, or sick animals. You bring this as an offering! Am I to accept that from your hands?” asks the Lord.

When evening came, they brought to Him many who were demon-possessed. He drove out the spirits with a word and healed all who were sick,

But when He heard this, He said, “Those who are well don’t need a doctor, but the sick do.

Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those with skin diseases, drive out demons. You have received free of charge; give free of charge.

As He stepped ashore, He saw a huge crowd, felt compassion for them, and healed their sick.

When the men of that place recognized Him, they alerted the whole vicinity and brought to Him all who were sick.

I was naked and you clothed Me;I was sick and you took care of Me;I was in prison and you visited Me.’

When did we see You sick, or in prison, and visit You?’

I was a strangerand you didn’t take Me in;I was nakedand you didn’t clothe Me,sick and in prisonand you didn’t take care of Me.’

“Then they too will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or without clothes, or sick, or in prison, and not help You?’

When evening came, after the sun had set, they began bringing to Him all those who were sick and those who were demon-possessed.

and He healed many who were sick with various diseases and drove out many demons. But He would not permit the demons to speak, because they knew Him.

When Jesus heard this, He told them, “Those who are well don’t need a doctor, but the sick do need one. I didn’t come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

So He was not able to do any miracles there, except that He laid His hands on a few sick people and healed them.

And they were driving out many demons, anointing many sick people with olive oil, and healing them.

They hurried throughout that vicinity and began to carry the sick on mats to wherever they heard He was.

Wherever He would go, into villages, towns, or the country, they laid the sick in the marketplaces and begged Him that they might touch just the tassel of His robe. And everyone who touched it was made well.

they will pick up snakes; if they should drink anything deadly, it will never harm them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will get well.”

When the sun was setting, all those who had anyone sick with various diseases brought them to Him. As He laid His hands on each one of them, He would heal them.

Jesus replied to them, “The healthy don’t need a doctor, but the sick do.

A centurion’s slave, who was highly valued by him, was sick and about to die.

Then He sent them to proclaim the kingdom of God and to heal the sick.

Heal the sick who are there, and tell them, ‘The kingdom of God has come near you.’

Within these lay a large number of the sick—blind, lame, and paralyzed [—waiting for the moving of the water,

One man was there who had been sick for 38 years.

“Sir,” the sick man answered, “I don’t have a man to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up, but while I’m coming, someone goes down ahead of me.”

And a huge crowd was following Him because they saw the signs that He was performing by healing the sick.

Now a man was sick, Lazarus, from Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha.

Mary was the one who anointed the Lord with fragrant oil and wiped His feet with her hair, and it was her brother Lazarus who was sick.

So the sisters sent a message to Him: “Lord, the one You love is sick.”

So when He heard that he was sick, He stayed two more days in the place where He was.

As a result, they would carry the sick out into the streets and lay them on cots and mats so that when Peter came by, at least his shadow might fall on some of them.

In addition, a large group came together from the towns surrounding Jerusalem, bringing sick people and those who were tormented by unclean spirits, and they were all healed.

In those days she became sick and died. After washing her, they placed her in a room upstairs.

so that even facecloths or work aprons that had touched his skin were brought to the sick, and the diseases left them, and the evil spirits came out of them.

This is why many are sick and ill among you, and many have fallen asleep.

since he has been longing for all of you and was distressed because you heard that he was sick.

Indeed, he was so sick that he nearly died. However, God had mercy on him, and not only on him but also on me, so that I would not have one grief on top of another.

he is conceited, understanding nothing, but has a sick interest in disputes and arguments over words. From these come envy, quarreling, slander, evil suspicions,

Erastus has remained at Corinth; I left Trophimus sick at Miletus.

Is anyone among you sick? He should call for the elders of the church, and they should pray over him after anointing him with olive oil in the name of the Lord.

The prayer of faith will save the sick person, and the Lord will restore him to health; if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.