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Bible Quotes About Sickness
127 Scripture verses about sickness from the King James Version, with full verse text for study and meditation.
What does the Bible say about sickness? Browse 13 carefully selected verses that illuminate this biblical theme.
127
Total Verses
78
Old Testament
22
New Testament
Top 10 Bible Quotes About Sickness
- Exodus 15:26 — “And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put n...”
- Exodus 23:25 — “And ye shall serve the LORD your God, and he shall bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee.”
- Leviticus 13:45 — “And the leper in whom the plague is, his clothes shall be rent, and his head bare, and he shall put a covering upon his upper lip, and shall cry, Unclean, unclean.”
- Leviticus 13:46 — “All the days wherein the plague shall be in him he shall be defiled; he is unclean: he shall dwell alone; without the camp shall his habitation be.”
- Leviticus 26:14 — “But if ye will not hearken unto me, and will not do all these commandments;”
- Leviticus 26:15 — “And if ye shall despise my statutes, or if your soul abhor my judgments, so that ye will not do all my commandments, but that ye break my covenant:”
- Leviticus 26:16 — “I also will do this unto you; I will even appoint over you terror, consumption, and the burning ague, that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart: and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for yo...”
- Deuteronomy 28:27 — “The LORD will smite thee with the botch of Egypt, and with the emerods , and with the scab, and with the itch, whereof thou canst not be healed.”
- Deuteronomy 28:59 — “Then the LORD will make thy plagues wonderful, and the plagues of thy seed, even great plagues, and of long continuance, and sore sicknesses, and of long continuance.”
- Deuteronomy 28:60 — “Moreover he will bring upon thee all the diseases of Egypt, which thou wast afraid of; and they shall cleave unto thee.”
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Old Testament Quotes About Sickness (78)
“And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the LORD that healeth thee.”
Exodus 15:26KJV
“And ye shall serve the LORD your God, and he shall bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee.”
Exodus 23:25KJV
“And the leper in whom the plague is, his clothes shall be rent, and his head bare, and he shall put a covering upon his upper lip, and shall cry, Unclean, unclean.”
“All the days wherein the plague shall be in him he shall be defiled; he is unclean: he shall dwell alone; without the camp shall his habitation be.”
“But if ye will not hearken unto me, and will not do all these commandments;”
“And if ye shall despise my statutes, or if your soul abhor my judgments, so that ye will not do all my commandments, but that ye break my covenant:”
“I also will do this unto you; I will even appoint over you terror, consumption, and the burning ague, that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart: and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it. over: Heb. upon”
“The LORD will smite thee with the botch of Egypt, and with the emerods , and with the scab, and with the itch, whereof thou canst not be healed.”
“Then the LORD will make thy plagues wonderful, and the plagues of thy seed, even great plagues, and of long continuance, and sore sicknesses, and of long continuance.”
“Moreover he will bring upon thee all the diseases of Egypt, which thou wast afraid of; and they shall cleave unto thee.”
“Also every sickness, and every plague, which is not written in the book of this law, them will the LORD bring upon thee, until thou be destroyed. bring: Heb. cause to ascend”
“See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand.”
“And David said unto him, To whom belongest thou? and whence art thou? And he said, I am a young man of Egypt, servant to an Amalekite ; and my master left me, because three days agone I fell sick.”
“And Nathan departed unto his house. And the LORD struck the child that Uriah's wife bare unto David, and it was very sick.”
“Turn again, and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people, Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will heal thee: on the third day thou shalt go up unto the house of the LORD.”
2 Kings 20:5KJV
“And Asa in the thirty and ninth year of his reign was diseased in his feet, until his disease was exceeding great: yet in his disease he sought not to the LORD, but to the physicians.”
“And there came a writing to him from Elijah the prophet, saying, Thus saith the LORD God of David thy father, Because thou hast not walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat thy father, nor in the ways of Asa king of Judah,”
“But hast walked in the way of the kings of Israel, and hast made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to go a whoring, like to the whoredoms of the house of Ahab, and also hast slain thy brethren of thy father's house, which were better than thyself:”
“Behold, with a great plague will the LORD smite thy people, and thy children, and thy wives, and all thy goods: a great: Heb. a great stroke”
“And thou shalt have great sickness by disease of thy bowels, until thy bowels fall out by reason of the sickness day by day.”
“And after all this the LORD smote him in his bowels with an incurable disease.”
“But put forth thine hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse thee to thy face.”
Job 2:5KJV
“And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thine hand; but save his life. but: or, only”
Job 2:6KJV
“So went Satan forth from the presence of the LORD, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.”
Job 2:7KJV
“But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.”
Job 2:10KJV
“He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, and the multitude of his bones with strong pain:”
Job 33:19KJV
“So that his life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty meat. dainty: Heb. meat of desire”
Job 33:20KJV
“His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; and his bones that were not seen stick out .”
Job 33:21KJV
“Yea, his soul draweth near unto the grave, and his life to the destroyers.”
Job 33:22KJV
“If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to shew unto man his uprightness:”
Job 33:23KJV
“Then he is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found a ransom. a ransom: or, an atonement”
Job 33:24KJV
“O LORD my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me.”
Psalms 30:2KJV
“To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness.”
Psalms 31:1KJV
“Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for an house of defence to save me. my: Heb. to me for a rock of strength”
Psalms 31:2KJV
“For thou art my rock and my fortress; therefore for thy name's sake lead me, and guide me.”
Psalms 31:3KJV
“Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me: for thou art my strength.”
Psalms 31:4KJV
“Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O LORD God of truth.”
Psalms 31:5KJV
“I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in the LORD.”
Psalms 31:6KJV
“I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for thou hast considered my trouble; thou hast known my soul in adversities;”
Psalms 31:7KJV
“And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a large room.”
Psalms 31:8KJV
“But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine own bosom. humbled: or, afflicted”
Psalms 35:13KJV
“The LORD will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness. make: Heb. turn”
Psalms 41:3KJV
“Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence.”
Psalms 91:3KJV
“He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.”
Psalms 91:4KJV
“Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day;”
Psalms 91:5KJV
“Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday.”
Psalms 91:6KJV
“A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee.”
Psalms 91:7KJV
“A Psalm of David. Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name.”
Psalms 103:1KJV
“Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:”
Psalms 103:2KJV
“Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases;”
Psalms 103:3KJV
“Fools because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted.”
“Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat; and they draw near unto the gates of death.”
“Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saveth them out of their distresses.”
“He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions.”
“Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!”
“A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones. like: or, to”
“All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he hath much sorrow and wrath with his sickness.”
“Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint. revolt: Heb. increase revolt”
Isaiah 1:5KJV
“Then Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall, and prayed unto the LORD,”
Isaiah 38:2KJV
“And said, Remember now, O LORD, I beseech thee, how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore. sore: Heb. with great weeping”
Isaiah 38:3KJV
“Go, and say to Hezekiah, Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will add unto thy days fifteen years.”
Isaiah 38:5KJV
“The writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, when he had been sick, and was recovered of his sickness:”
Isaiah 38:9KJV
“Mine age is departed, and is removed from me as a shepherd's tent: I have cut off like a weaver my life: he will cut me off with pining sickness: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me. with: or, from the thrum”
Isaiah 38:12KJV
“Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail with looking upward: O LORD, I am oppressed; undertake for me. undertake: or, ease me”
Isaiah 38:14KJV
“What shall I say? he hath both spoken unto me, and himself hath done it: I shall go softly all my years in the bitterness of my soul.”
Isaiah 38:15KJV
“Behold, for peace I had great bitterness : but thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption: for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back. for peace: or, on my peace came great bitterness thou hast in: Heb. thou hast loved my soul from the pit”
Isaiah 38:17KJV
“The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: the father to the children shall make known thy truth.”
Isaiah 38:19KJV
“The LORD was ready to save me: therefore we will sing my songs to the stringed instruments all the days of our life in the house of the LORD.”
Isaiah 38:20KJV
“Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.”
Isaiah 53:4KJV
“But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. wounded: or, tormented stripes: Heb. bruise”
Isaiah 53:5KJV
“Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered? recovered: Heb. gone up?”
“For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. expected: Heb. end and expectation”
“And I will persecute them with the sword, with the famine, and with the pestilence, and will deliver them to be removed to all the kingdoms of the earth, to be a curse, and an astonishment, and an hissing, and a reproach, among all the nations whither I have driven them: to be a curse: Heb. for a curse”
“Therefore thus saith the LORD; Ye have not hearkened unto me, in proclaiming liberty, every one to his brother, and every man to his neighbour: behold, I proclaim a liberty for you, saith the LORD, to the sword, to the pestilence, and to the famine; and I will make you to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth. to be: Heb. for a removing”
“Or if I send a pestilence into that land, and pour out my fury upon it in blood, to cut off from it man and beast:”
“Though Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, they shall deliver neither son nor daughter; they shall but deliver their own souls by their righteousness.”
“For thus saith the Lord GOD; How much more when I send my four sore judgments upon Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine, and the noisome beast, and the pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast? How: or, Also when”
“In the day of our king the princes have made him sick with bottles of wine; he stretched out his hand with scorners. bottles: or, heat through wine”
Hosea 7:5KJV
New Testament Quotes About Sickness (22)
“And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people.”
Matthew 4:23KJV
“And Jesus put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be thou clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.”
Matthew 8:3KJV
“The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof: but speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed.”
Matthew 8:8KJV
“And Jesus said unto the centurion, Go thy way; and as thou hast believed, so be it done unto thee. And his servant was healed in the selfsame hour.”
Matthew 8:13KJV
“When the even was come, they brought unto him many that were possessed with devils: and he cast out the spirits with his word, and healed all that were sick:”
Matthew 8:16KJV
“That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses.”
Matthew 8:17KJV
“But when Jesus heard that, he said unto them, They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick.”
Matthew 9:12KJV
“And when he was come into the house, the blind men came to him: and Jesus saith unto them, Believe ye that I am able to do this? They said unto him, Yea, Lord.”
Matthew 9:28KJV
“Then touched he their eyes, saying, According to your faith be it unto you.”
Matthew 9:29KJV
“And when he had called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease. against: or, over”
Matthew 10:1KJV
“And when the men of that place had knowledge of him, they sent out into all that country round about, and brought unto him all that were diseased;”
“And besought him that they might only touch the hem of his garment: and as many as touched were made perfectly whole.”
“Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:”
“Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.”
“And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.”
“I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.”
“Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me.”
“And he came and took her by the hand, and lifted her up; and immediately the fever left her, and she ministered unto them.”
Mark 1:31KJV
“When she had heard of Jesus, came in the press behind, and touched his garment.”
Mark 5:27KJV
“For she said, If I may touch but his clothes, I shall be whole.”
Mark 5:28KJV
“And straightway the fountain of her blood was dried up; and she felt in her body that she was healed of that plague.”
Mark 5:29KJV
“And Jesus, immediately knowing in himself that virtue had gone out of him, turned him about in the press, and said, Who touched my clothes?”
Mark 5:30KJV
Frequently Asked Questions About Sickness in the Bible
What does the Bible say about sickness?
The Bible contains 127 verses about sickness, covering this topic from Genesis to Revelation. Scripture provides guidance, instruction, and comfort regarding sickness through both the Old and New Testaments.
How many Bible verses are about sickness?
There are 127 Bible verses about sickness in the King James Version. These verses span multiple books of the Bible and cover various aspects of this topic.
What is the best Bible verse about sickness?
While many verses address sickness, the most well-known passages come from various books of the Bible. The best verse depends on your specific situation and what aspect of sickness you are studying.
Where in the Bible does it talk about sickness?
Sickness is discussed throughout the Bible in both the Old and New Testaments. You can find 127 references to this topic across multiple books including the Psalms, Proverbs, the Gospels, and the Epistles.
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