22 Bible Verses about Sickness

That is why so many among you are weak and ill, and why some are sleeping.

They shall take up serpents in their hands; and, if they drink any poison, it shall not hurt them; they will place their hands on sick people and they shall recover."

Just at that time she was taken ill, and died; and they had washed her body and laid it out in an upstairs room.

Erastus remained at Corinth, and I left Thophimus ill at Miletus.

Grasping the lame man by the right hand, Peter lifted him up. Instantly the man's feet and ankles became strong,

Besides this, the inhabitants of the towns round Jerusalem flocked into the city, bringing with them their sick and those who were troubled by foul spirits; and they were cured every one.

"Aeneas," Peter said to him, "Jesus Christ cures you. Get up, and make your bed." Aeneas got up at once;

Said loudly: "Stand upright on your feet." The man leaped up, and began walking about,

She had been doing this for several days, when Paul, much vexed, turned and said to the spirit within her: "In the Name of Jesus Christ I command you to leave her." That very moment the spirit left her.

Instantly an angel of the Lord struck him, because he did not give God the glory; and he was attacked with worms, and died.

That is why so many among you are weak and ill, and why some are sleeping.

Then the King will say to those on his right 'Come, you who are blessed by my Father, enter upon possession of the Kingdom prepared for you ever since the beginning of the world.

And the King will reply 'I tell you, as often as you did it to one of these my Brothers, however lowly, you did it to me.'

When I was naked, you clothed me; when I fell ill, you visited me; and when I was in prison, you came to me.'

To another faith by the same Spirit; to another power to cure diseases by the one Spirit; to another supernatural powers;

Can every one have power to cure diseases? can every one speak in 'tongues'? can every one interpret them?

One of them, finding he was cured, came back, praising God loudly,

Calling his twelve Disciples to him, Jesus gave them authority over foul spirits, so that they could drive them out, as well as the power of curing every kind of disease and every kind of sickness.

But they set out, and made the proclamation everywhere, the Lord working with them, and confirming the Message by the signs which attended it.

They shall take up serpents in their hands; and, if they drink any poison, it shall not hurt them; they will place their hands on sick people and they shall recover."

When I was a stranger, you did not take me to your homes; when I was naked, you did not clothe me; and, when I was ill and in prison, you did not visit me.'

And then he will reply 'I tell you, as often as you failed to do it to one of these, however lowly, you failed to do it to me.'

In the evening the people brought to Jesus many who were possessed by demons; and he drove out the spirits with a word, And cured all who were ill, In fulfillment of these words in the Prophet Isaiah--'He took our infirmities on himself, and bore the burden of our diseases.'

"Sir," the Captain went on, "I am unworthy to receive you under my roof; but only speak, and my manservant will be cured.

Then Jesus said to the Captain: "Go now, and it shall be according to your faith." And the man was cured that very hour.

It happened that the father of Publius was lying ill of fever and dysentery. So Paul went to see him; and, after praying, he placed his hands on him and cured him.

If any one of you is ill, let him send for the Officers of the Church, and let them pray over him, after anointing him with oil in the name of the lord. The prayer offered in faith will save the man who is sick, and the Lord will raise him from his bed; and if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.

And Jesus went all through Galilee, teaching in their Synagogues, proclaiming the Good News of the Kingdom, and curing every kind of disease and every kind of sickness among the people;

Jesus went up to her and, grasping her hand, raised her up; the fever left her, and she began to wait upon them.

And, leaping up, he stood and began to walk about, and then went with them into the Temple Courts, walking, and leaping, and praising God.

He placed his hands on her, and she was instantly made straight, and began to praise God.

And he could not work any miracle there, beyond placing his hands upon a few infirm persons, and curing them;

But the people of that place, recognizing Jesus, sent out to the whole country round, and brought to him all who were ill, Begging him merely to let them touch the tassel of his cloak; and all who touched were made perfectly well.

And I can assure you that his illness very nearly proved fatal. But God had pity on him, and not on him only but also on me, that I might not have sorrow upon sorrow.

When he had gone indoors, the blind men came up to him; and Jesus asked them: "Do you believe that I am able to do this?" "Yes, Master!" they answered. Upon that he touched their eyes, and said: "It shall be according to your faith."

When I was a stranger, you did not take me to your homes; when I was naked, you did not clothe me; and, when I was ill and in prison, you did not visit me.'

When I was naked, you clothed me; when I fell ill, you visited me; and when I was in prison, you came to me.'

But the President of the Synagogue, indignant that Jesus had worked the cure on the Sabbath, interposed and said to the people: "There are six days on which work ought to be done; come to be cured on one of those, and not on the Sabbath." "You hypocrites!" the Master answered him. "Does not every one of you let his ox or his ass loose from its manger, and take it out to drink, on the Sabbath? But this woman, a daughter of Abraham, who has been kept in bondage by Satan for now eighteen years, ought not she to have been released from her bondage on the Sabbath?"

Then Jesus said to the Captain: "Go now, and it shall be according to your faith." And the man was cured that very hour.

Stretching out his hand, Jesus touched him, saying as he did so: "I am willing; become clean." Instantly he was made clean from his leprosy;

On one of those days, when Jesus was teaching, some Pharisees and Doctors of the Law were sitting near by. (They had come from all the villages in Galilee and Judea, and from Jerusalem; and the power of the Lord was upon Jesus, so that he could work cures.)