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In the Bible, the concept of sickness is addressed both in physical and spiritual terms. Sickness is often seen as a result of the fallen state of the world due to sin, but it is also an opportunity for God's power and glory to be revealed through healing and faith.

Old Testament Context

In the Old Testament, sickness is frequently associated with sin and disobedience to God's commandments. For instance, in Deuteronomy 28:58-61, God warns the Israelites that if they do not obey His laws, He will bring upon them "every kind of sickness and plague not recorded in this Book of the Law." Sickness is thus portrayed as a consequence of turning away from God.

However, the Old Testament also presents God as a healer. In Exodus 15:26, God declares, "If you listen carefully to the voice of the LORD your God and do what is right in His eyes, if you pay attention to His commands and keep all His decrees, I will not bring on you any of the diseases I brought on the Egyptians, for I am the LORD, who heals you." This passage highlights God's power to heal and His desire for His people to live in health.

New Testament Context

The New Testament continues to address sickness, emphasizing the role of Jesus Christ as the ultimate healer. Jesus' ministry was marked by numerous healings, demonstrating His authority over physical ailments and His compassion for the suffering. In Matthew 4:23, it is recorded, "Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness among the people."

The healing miracles of Jesus, such as the healing of the blind, the lame, and the lepers, serve as signs of the coming Kingdom of God and the restoration that it brings. In John 9:1-3, when Jesus heals a man born blind, He explains that the man's condition was not due to sin but so "that the works of God might be displayed in him."

The New Testament also encourages believers to pray for the sick. James 5:14-15 instructs, "Is any one of you sick? He should call the elders of the church to pray over him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer offered in faith will restore the one who is sick; the Lord will raise him up." This passage underscores the importance of faith and community in seeking healing.

Spiritual Sickness

Beyond physical ailments, the Bible also addresses spiritual sickness, which is the condition of the soul separated from God due to sin. Jesus' mission is portrayed as one of healing the spiritually sick, offering forgiveness and reconciliation with God. In Mark 2:17, Jesus states, "It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners."

Faith and Healing

Throughout Scripture, faith is a critical component in the context of healing. Jesus often commends the faith of those who seek His healing power, as seen in the account of the woman with the issue of blood in Mark 5:34, where He tells her, "Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace and be freed from your suffering."

In summary, the Bible presents sickness as a multifaceted issue, encompassing physical, spiritual, and communal dimensions. It acknowledges the reality of suffering while also offering hope through the healing power of God, the redemptive work of Jesus Christ, and the faith of believers.

Topical Bible Verses

James 5:14-17
Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:
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Mark 6:56
And wherever he entered, into villages, or cities, or country, they laid the sick in the streets, and sought him that they might touch if it were but the border of his garment: and as many as touched him were made whole.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (superl.) Affected with disease of any kind; ill; indisposed; not in health. See Illness.

2. (superl.) Affected with, or attended by, nausea; inclined to vomit; as, sick at the stomach; a sick headache.

3. (superl.) Having a strong dislike; disgusted; surfeited; -- with of; as, to be sick of flattery.

4. (superl.) Corrupted; imperfect; impaired; weakened.

5. (n.) Sickness.

6. (v. i.) To fall sick; to sicken.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

SICK; SICKNESS

sik, sik'-nes (chalah (Genesis 48:1, etc.), choli (Deuteronomy 28:61, etc.), tachalu' (Deuteronomy 29:21, etc.), machalah (Exodus 23:25, etc.), daweh (Leviticus 15:33, etc.), 'anash (2 Samuel 12:15, etc.); astheneo (Matthew 10:8, etc.; compare 2Ma 9:22), kakos echon (Luke 7:2), kakos echontas (Matthew 4:24, etc.), arrhostos (Sirach 7:35; Matthew 14:14, etc.), arrhostema (Sirach 10:10, etc.), with various cognates, kamno (James 5:15); Latin morbus (2 Esdras 8:31)): Compared with the number of deaths recorded in the historical books of the Bible the instances in which diseases are mentioned are few. "Sick" and "sickness" (including "disease," etc.) are the translations of 6 Hebrew and 9 Greek words and occur 56 times in the Old Testament and 57 times in the New Testament. The number of references in the latter is significant as showing how much the healing of the sick was characteristic of the Lord's ministry. The diseases specified are varied. Of infantile sickness there is an instance in Bath-sheba's child (2 Samuel 12:15), whose disease is termed 'anash, not improbably trismus nascentium, a common disease in Palestine. Among adolescents there are recorded the unspecified sickness of Abijah (1 Kings 14:1), of the widow's son at Zarephath (1 Kings 17:17), the sunstroke of the Shunammite's son (2 Kings 4:19), the epileptic boy (Matthew 17:15), Jairus' daughter (Matthew 9:18), and the nobleman's son (John 4:46). At the other extreme of life Jacob's death was preceded by sickness (Genesis 48:1). Sickness resulted from accident (Ahaziah, 2 Kings 1:2), wounds (Joram, 2 Kings 8:29), from the violence of passion (Amnon, 2 Samuel 13:2), or mental emotion (Daniel 8:27); see also in this connection Songs 2:5; Songs 5:8. Sickness the result of drunkenness is mentioned (Hosea 7:5), and as a consequence of famine (Jeremiah 14:18) or violence (Micah 6:13). Daweh or periodic sickness is referred to (Leviticus 15:33; Leviticus 20:18), and an extreme case is that of Luke 8:43.

In some examples the nature of the disease is specified, as Asa's disease in his feet (1 Kings 15:23), for which he sought the aid of physicians in vain (2 Chronicles 16:12). Hezekiah and Job suffered from sore boils, Jehoram from some severe dysenteric attack (2 Chronicles 21:19), as did Antiochus Epiphanes (2 Maccabees 9:5). Probably the sudden and fatal disease of Herod was similar, as in both cases there is reference to the presence of worms (compare Acts 12:23 and 2 Maccabees 9:9). The disease of Publius' father was also dysentery (Acts 28:8). Other diseases specified are paralysis (Matthew 8:6; Matthew 9:2), and fever (Matthew 8:14). Not improbably the sudden illness of the young Egyptian at Ziklag (1 Samuel 30:11), and the illness of Ben-hadad which weakened him so that he could not resist the violence of Hazael, were also the common Palestine fever (2 Kings 8:15) of whose symptoms and effects there is a graphic description in Psalm 38. Unspecified fatal illnesses were those of Elisha (2 Kings 13:14), Lazarus (John 11:1), Tabitha (Acts 9:37). In the language of the Bible, leprosy is spoken of as a defilement to be cleansed, rather than as a disease to be cured.

The proverb concerning the sick quoted by the Lord at Capernaum (Mark 2:17) has come down to us in several forms in apocryphal and rabbinical writings (Babha' Qamma' 26:13; Sanhedhrin 176), but is nowhere so terse as in the form in which He expresses it. The Lord performed His healing of the sick by His word or touch, and one of the most emphatic charges which He gave to His disciples when sending them out was to heal the sick. One of the methods used by them, the anointing with oil, is mentioned in Mark 6:13 and enjoined by James (5:15). In later times the anointing which was at first used as a remedial agent became a ceremonial in preparation for death, one of the seven sacraments of the Roman church (Aquinas, Summa Theologia suppl. ad Piii. 29).

The duty of visiting the sick is referred to in Ezekiel 34:4, 16, and by the Lord in the description of the Judgment scene (Matthew 25:36, 43). It is inculcated in several of the rabbinical tracts. "He that visits the sick lengthens his life, he who refrains shortens it," says Rabbi Ischanan in Nedharim 29. In Shulchan `Arukh, Yoreh De`ah there is a chapter devoted to this duty, which is regarded as incumbent on the Jew, even though the sick person be a Gentile (Gittin 61a). The church's duty to the sick, so long neglected, has, within the last century, been recognized in the mission field, and has proved, in heathen lands, to be the most important of all pioneer agressive methods.

While we find that the apostles freely exercised their gifts of healing, it is noteworthy that we read of the sickness of two of Paul's companions, Epaphroditus (Philippians 2:26) and Trophimus (2 Timothy 4:20), for whose recovery he seems to have used no other means than prayer.

See also DISEASE.

Alexander Macalister

Greek

3552. noseo -- to be sick
... to be sick. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: noseo Phonetic Spelling:
(nos-eh'-o) Short Definition: I am diseased Definition: I am diseased, hence of ...
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770. astheneo -- to be weak, feeble
... to be weak, feeble. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: astheneo Phonetic Spelling:
(as-then-eh'-o) Short Definition: I am weak, sick Definition: I am weak ...
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732. arrostos -- not strong, ie feeble, sickly
... strong, ie feeble, sickly. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: arrostos Phonetic
Spelling: (ar'-hroce-tos) Short Definition: infirm, sick, ill Definition ...
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772. asthenes -- without strength, weak
... strength, weak. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: asthenes Phonetic Spelling:
(as-then-ace') Short Definition: weak, infirm, sick Definition: (lit: not ...
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4445. puresso -- to be on fire, to be ill of a fever
... to be on fire, to be ill of a fever. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: puresso
Phonetic Spelling: (poo-res'-so) Short Definition: I am sick with a fever ...
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2577. kamno -- to be weary
... to be weary. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: kamno Phonetic Spelling:
(kam'-no) Short Definition: I am weary, ill Definition: I work, am weary, am sick. ...
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2621. katakeimai -- to lie down, recline
... Word Origin from kata and keimai Definition to lie down, recline NASB Word Usage
bedridden* (1), dining (1), lay (1), lying (4), lying sick (1), reclining (4). ...
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2560. kakos -- badly
... Word Origin adverb from kakos Definition badly NASB Word Usage cruelly (1), evil
(1), ill* (5), sick (6), very (1), wretched (1), wrong motives (1), wrongly (1 ...
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4912. sunecho -- to hold together, to hold fast, pass. to be ...
... ears, with a crowd or siege) or arrest (a prisoner); figuratively, to compel, perplex,
afflict, preoccupy -- constrain, hold, keep in, press, lie sick of, stop ...
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3885. paralutikos -- paralytic
... a paralytic. From a derivative of paraluo; as if dissolved, ie "paralytic" -- that
had (sick of) the palsy. see GREEK paraluo. (paralutikon) -- 2 Occurrences. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

2470a. chalah -- to be weak or sick
... 2470, 2470a. chalah. 2470b . to be weak or sick. Transliteration: chalah
Short Definition: sick. Word Origin a prim. root Definition ...
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605. anash -- to be weak, sick
... 604, 605. anash. 606 . to be weak, sick. Transliteration: anash Phonetic Spelling:
(aw-nash') Short Definition: incurable. Word Origin a prim. ...
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5136. nush -- to be sick
... nush. 5137 . to be sick. Transliteration: nush Phonetic Spelling: (noosh) Short
Definition: sick. ... root Definition to be sick NASB Word Usage sick (1). ...
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2470. chalah -- to be weak or sick
... 2469, 2470. chalah. 2470a . to be weak or sick. Transliteration: chalah
Phonetic Spelling: (khaw-law') Short Definition: beseech. ...
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5263. nasas -- to be sick
... nasas. 5264 . to be sick. Transliteration: nasas Phonetic Spelling: (naw-sas')
Short Definition: man. ... root Definition to be sick NASB Word Usage sick man (1). ...
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2456. chala -- to be sick or diseased
... 2455, 2456. chala. 2457 . to be sick or diseased. Transliteration: chala Phonetic
Spelling: (khaw-law') Short Definition: diseased. Word Origin a prim. ...
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4834. marats -- to be sick
... 4833, 4834. marats. 4835 . to be sick. Transliteration: marats Phonetic Spelling:
(maw-rats') Short Definition: painful. Word Origin a prim. ...
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1739. daveh -- faint, unwell
... ill (1). faint, menstruous cloth, she that is sick, having sickness. From davah;
sick (especially in menstruation) -- faint, menstruous ...
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4251. machluy -- sickness, suffering (caused by wounds)
... sickness, suffering (caused by wounds). Transliteration: machluy or machaluy
Phonetic Spelling: (makh-loo'-ee) Short Definition: sick. ...
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2483. choli -- sickness
... Word Origin from chalah Definition sickness NASB Word Usage affliction (1), disease
(2), grief (1), griefs (1), illness (3), sick (1), sickness (14 ...
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Library

Very Sick
... VERY SICK. "Mother, Mrs. Oats is very sick!" Ruth said as she came in the door,
looking very sad. "Mama, she is sick; she is awful sick. I'm sorry for her. ...
/.../shaw/touching incidents and remarkable answers to prayer/very sick.htm

Anointing of the Sick
... HYMNS OF THE EARLY CHURCH Anointing of the sick. 8,8,8,8 Anointing of the sick.
O Gracious Christ, Thy power reveal,. And let Thy sin-sick servant live; ...
/.../brownlie/hymns of the early church/anointing of the sick.htm

The Healing of the Sick on the Other Side. The Method of Healing.
... Book XI. 7. The Healing of the Sick on the Other Side. The Method of Healing.
But after this both Jesus and Peter will go up into ...
/.../origen/origens commentary on the gospel of matthew/7 the healing of the.htm

To visit the Sick.
... LXXI."To Visit the Sick. ... And, similarly, if thy poor sister lies upon
a sick-bed, let your matrons begin to bear her victuals. ...
/.../commodianus/the instructions of commodianus/lxxi to visit the sick.htm

For the Sick and Dying
... for the Sick & Dying. I was sick and ye visited me. Matthew 25:36. The
Lord will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing; Thou ...
/.../winkworth/lyra germanica the christian year/for the sick & dying.htm

Meditations for the Sick.
... THE PRACTICE OF PIETY. MEDITATIONS FOR THE SICK. Whilst thy sickness remains,
use often, for thy comfort, these few meditations, taken ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/bayly/the practice of piety/meditations for the sick.htm

A Prayer to be Said for the Sick by them who visit Him.
... THE PRACTICE OF PIETY. A Prayer to be said for the Sick by them who visit
him. O merciful Father, who art the Lord and giver of ...
//christianbookshelf.org/bayly/the practice of piety/a prayer to be said.htm

The Sick of the Palsy
... Mark CHAPTER 2:1-12 THE SICK OF THE PALSY. ... Then they lowered the sick man upon his
pallet, in front of the Master as He taught. It was an unceremonious act. ...
/.../chadwick/the gospel of st mark/chapter 2 1-12 the sick of.htm

Excursus on the Communion of the Sick.
... Excursus on the Communion of the Sick. There is nothing upon which the ancient church
more strenuously insisted than the oral reception of the Holy Communion. ...
/.../schaff/the seven ecumenical councils/excursus on the communion of.htm

Hymns for the Sick and Dying. I. In the Midst of Life, Behold
... Hymns for the Sick and Dying. I. In the midst of life, behold. i Mitten wir im
Leben sind. [142]Notker. about 900. [143]Luther.1524. trans. ...
/.../winkworth/lyra germanica the christian year/hymns for the sick and.htm

Thesaurus

Sick (117 Occurrences)
... See Illness. 2. (superl.) Affected with, or attended by, nausea; inclined to vomit;
as, sick at the stomach; a sick headache. ... 6. (vi) To fall sick; to sicken. ...
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Love-sick (2 Occurrences)
Love-sick. Lovesick, Love-sick. Lovest . Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (a.)
Languishing with love or amorous desire; as, a love-sick maid. ...
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Palsy (12 Occurrences)
... used at the present day, the Latinized Greek form "paralysis" being more frequently
employed, both in modern literature and in colloquial English "Sick of the ...
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Folk (9 Occurrences)
... of le'om, with the same meaning (Jeremiah 51:58, "the folk in the fire," the Revised
Version (British and American) "the nations for the fire"); "sick folk" is ...
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Doctor (5 Occurrences)
... 5. (n.) The friar skate. 6. (vt) To treat as a physician does; to apply remedies
to; to repair; as, to doctor a sick man or a broken cart. ...
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Sickly (1 Occurrence)
... 1. (superl.) Somewhat sick; disposed to illness; attended with disease; as, a sickly
body. ... 3. (superl.) Appearing as if sick; weak; languid; pale. ...
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Sickness (40 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) The quality or state of being sick or diseased;
illness; disease or malady. ... Alexander Macalister. SICK; SICKNESS. ...
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Injured (28 Occurrences)
... man's hand. (DBY). 2 Kings 1:2 Ahaziah fell down through the lattice in
his upper chamber that was in Samaria, and was sick. So he ...
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Various (52 Occurrences)
... They brought to him all who were sick, afflicted with various diseases and torments,
possessed with demons, epileptics, and paralytics; and he healed them. ...
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Visit (97 Occurrences)
... me. I was sick, and you visited me. ... Matthew 25:39 When did we see you sick,
or in prison, and come to you?' (See RSV NIV). Matthew ...
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Resources

What is spiritual sickness? What does it mean to be spiritually sick? | GotQuestions.org

What does the Bible say about prayer for the sick? | GotQuestions.org

What does it mean that hope deferred makes the heart sick (Proverbs 13:12)? | GotQuestions.org

Sick: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com

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Sick (117 Occurrences)

Matthew 4:24
The report about him went out into all Syria. They brought to him all who were sick, afflicted with various diseases and torments, possessed with demons, epileptics, and paralytics; and he healed them.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV WBS YLT RSV)

Matthew 8:6
And saying, Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy, grievously tormented.
(KJV ASV WBS)

Matthew 8:14
When Jesus came into Peter's house, he saw his wife's mother lying sick with a fever.
(WEB KJV ASV WBS NAS RSV)

Matthew 8:16
When evening came, they brought to him many possessed with demons. He cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all who were sick;
(WEB KJV WEY ASV WBS RSV NIV)

Matthew 9:2
And, behold, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lying on a bed: and Jesus seeing their faith said unto the sick of the palsy; Son, be of good cheer; thy sins be forgiven thee.
(KJV ASV WBS)

Matthew 9:6
But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (then saith he to the sick of the palsy,) Arise, take up thy bed, and go unto thine house.
(KJV ASV WBS)

Matthew 9:12
When Jesus heard it, he said to them, "Those who are healthy have no need for a physician, but those who are sick do.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Matthew 10:8
Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, and cast out demons. Freely you received, so freely give.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Matthew 12:15
Jesus, perceiving that, withdrew from there. Great multitudes followed him; and he healed them all,
(See NIV)

Matthew 14:14
Jesus went out, and he saw a great multitude. He had compassion on them, and healed their sick.
(WEB KJV ASV WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Matthew 14:35
When the people of that place recognized him, they sent into all that surrounding region, and brought to him all who were sick,
(WEB WEY ASV NAS RSV NIV)

Matthew 14:36
and they begged him that they might just touch the fringe of his garment. As many as touched it were made whole.
(See NIV)

Matthew 25:36
I was naked, and you clothed me. I was sick, and you visited me. I was in prison, and you came to me.'
(WEB KJV WEY ASV WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Matthew 25:39
When did we see you sick, or in prison, and come to you?'
(WEB KJV WEY ASV WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Matthew 25:43
I was a stranger, and you didn't take me in; naked, and you didn't clothe me; sick, and in prison, and you didn't visit me.'
(WEB KJV WEY ASV WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Matthew 25:44
"Then they will also answer, saying,'Lord, when did we see you hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and didn't help you?'
(WEB KJV WEY ASV WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Mark 1:30
Now Simon's wife's mother lay sick with a fever, and immediately they told him about her. of seed shall yield an ephah.
(WEB KJV ASV WBS NAS RSV)

Mark 1:32
At evening, when the sun had set, they brought to him all who were sick, and those who were possessed by demons.
(WEB WEY ASV RSV NIV)

Mark 1:34
He healed many who were sick with various diseases, and cast out many demons. He didn't allow the demons to speak, because they knew him.
(WEB KJV ASV WBS RSV)

Mark 2:3
And they come unto him, bringing one sick of the palsy, which was borne of four.
(KJV ASV WBS)

Mark 2:4
And when they could not come nigh unto him for the press, they uncovered the roof where he was: and when they had broken it up, they let down the bed wherein the sick of the palsy lay.
(KJV ASV WBS)

Mark 2:5
When Jesus saw their faith, he said unto the sick of the palsy, Son, thy sins be forgiven thee.
(KJV ASV WBS)

Mark 2:9
Whether is it easier to say to the sick of the palsy, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and take up thy bed, and walk?
(KJV ASV WBS)

Mark 2:10
But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (he saith to the sick of the palsy,)
(KJV ASV WBS)

Mark 2:17
When Jesus heard it, he said to them, "Those who are healthy have no need for a physician, but those who are sick. I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance."
(WEB KJV WEY ASV WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Mark 6:5
He could do no mighty work there, except that he laid his hands on a few sick people, and healed them.
(WEB KJV ASV WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Mark 6:13
They cast out many demons, and anointed many with oil who were sick, and healed them.
(WEB KJV ASV WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Mark 6:55
and ran around that whole region, and began to bring those who were sick, on their mats, to where they heard he was.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Mark 6:56
Wherever he entered, into villages, or into cities, or into the country, they laid the sick in the marketplaces, and begged him that they might touch just the fringe of his garment; and as many as touched him were made well.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Mark 16:18
they will take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it will in no way hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover."
(WEB KJV WEY ASV WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 4:40
When the sun was setting, all those who had any sick with various diseases brought them to him; and he laid his hands on every one of them, and healed them.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 5:17
It happened on one of those days, that he was teaching; and there were Pharisees and teachers of the law sitting by, who had come out of every village of Galilee, Judea, and Jerusalem. The power of the Lord was with him to heal them.
(See NIV)

Luke 5:24
But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power upon earth to forgive sins, (he said unto the sick of the palsy,) I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy couch, and go into thine house.
(KJV WBS)

Luke 5:31
Jesus answered them, "Those who are healthy have no need for a physician, but those who are sick do.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 7:2
A certain centurion's servant, who was dear to him, was sick and at the point of death.
(WEB KJV ASV WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 7:10
Those who were sent, returning to the house, found that the servant who had been sick was well.
(WEB KJV WBS)

Luke 9:2
He sent them forth to preach the Kingdom of God, and to heal the sick.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS NIV)

Luke 10:9
Heal the sick who are therein, and tell them,'The Kingdom of God has come near to you.'
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

John 4:46
Jesus came therefore again to Cana of Galilee, where he made the water into wine. There was a certain nobleman whose son was sick at Capernaum.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS NAS NIV)

John 5:3
In these lay a great multitude of those who were sick, blind, lame, or paralyzed, waiting for the moving of the water;
(WEB WEY ASV DBY NAS)

John 5:5
A certain man was there, who had been sick for thirty-eight years.
(WEB)

John 5:6
When Jesus saw him lying there, and knew that he had been sick for a long time, he asked him, "Do you want to be made well?"
(WEB)

John 5:7
The sick man answered him, "Sir, I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up, but while I'm coming, another steps down before me."
(WEB ASV NAS RSV)

John 6:2
A great multitude followed him, because they saw his signs which he did on those who were sick.
(WEB WEY ASV DBY NAS NIV)

John 11:1
Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus from Bethany, of the village of Mary and her sister, Martha. The Acts of the Apostles
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS NAS NIV)

John 11:2
It was that Mary who had anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother, Lazarus, was sick.
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John 11:3
The sisters therefore sent to him, saying, "Lord, behold, he for whom you have great affection is sick."
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John 11:6
When therefore he heard that he was sick, he stayed two days in the place where he was.
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Acts 4:9
if we are examined today concerning a good deed done to a crippled man, by what means this man has been healed,
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Acts 5:15
They even carried out the sick into the streets, and laid them on cots and mattresses, so that as Peter came by, at the least his shadow might overshadow some of them.
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Acts 5:16
Multitudes also came together from the cities around Jerusalem, bringing sick people, and those who were tormented by unclean spirits: and they were all healed.
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Acts 9:33
And there he found a certain man named Aeneas, which had kept his bed eight years, and was sick of the palsy.
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Acts 9:37
It happened in those days that she fell sick, and died. When they had washed her, they laid her in an upper chamber.
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Acts 19:12
so that even handkerchiefs or aprons were carried away from his body to the sick, and the evil spirits went out.
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Acts 28:8
It happened that the father of Publius lay sick of fever and dysentery. Paul entered in to him, prayed, and laying his hands on him, healed him.
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Acts 28:9
After this, all the other sick people in the island came and were cured.
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1 Corinthians 11:30
For this cause many among you are weak and sickly, and not a few sleep.
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Philippians 2:26
since he longed for you all, and was very troubled, because you had heard that he was sick.
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Philippians 2:27
For indeed he was sick, nearly to death, but God had mercy on him; and not on him only, but on me also, that I might not have sorrow on sorrow.
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2 Timothy 4:20
Erastus remained at Corinth, but I left Trophimus at Miletus sick.
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James 5:14
Is any among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the assembly, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord,
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James 5:15
and the prayer of faith will heal him who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. If he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.
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Genesis 48:1
It happened after these things, that someone said to Joseph, "Behold, your father is sick." He took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.
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Leviticus 15:33
And of her that is sick of her flowers, and of him that hath an issue, of the man, and of the woman, and of him that lieth with her that is unclean.
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Leviticus 20:18
And if a man shall lie with a woman having her sickness, and shall uncover her nakedness; he hath discovered her fountain, and she hath uncovered the fountain of her blood: and both of them shall be cut off from among their people.
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Deuteronomy 29:22
The generation to come, your children who shall rise up after you, and the foreigner who shall come from a far land, shall say, when they see the plagues of that land, and the sicknesses with which Yahweh has made it sick;
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1 Samuel 19:14
When Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, "He is sick."
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1 Samuel 30:13
David asked him, "To whom do you belong? Where are you from?" He said, "I am a young man of Egypt, servant to an Amalekite; and my master left me, because three days ago I fell sick.
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2 Samuel 12:15
Nathan departed to his house. Yahweh struck the child that Uriah's wife bore to David, and it was very sick.
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2 Samuel 13:2
Amnon was so troubled that he fell sick because of his sister Tamar; for she was a virgin; and it seemed hard to Amnon to do anything to her.
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2 Samuel 13:5
Jonadab said to him, "Lay down on your bed, and pretend to be sick. When your father comes to see you, tell him,'Please let my sister Tamar come and give me bread to eat, and dress the food in my sight, that I may see it, and eat it from her hand.'"
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2 Samuel 13:6
So Amnon lay down and faked being sick. When the king came to see him, Amnon said to the king, "Please let my sister Tamar come, and make me a couple of cakes in my sight, that I may eat from her hand."
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1 Kings 14:1
At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam fell sick.
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1 Kings 14:5
Yahweh said to Ahijah, "Behold, the wife of Jeroboam comes to inquire of you concerning her son; for he is sick. Thus and thus you shall tell her; for it will be, when she comes in, that she will pretend to be another woman."
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1 Kings 17:17
It happened after these things, that the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, fell sick; and his sickness was so sore, that there was no breath left in him.
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2 Kings 1:2
Ahaziah fell down through the lattice in his upper chamber that was in Samaria, and was sick. So he sent messengers, and said to them, "Go, inquire of Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron, whether I will recover of this sickness."
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2 Kings 8:7
Elisha came to Damascus; and Benhadad the king of Syria was sick. It was told him, saying, "The man of God has come here."
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2 Kings 8:29
King Joram returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick.
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2 Kings 13:14
Now Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness of which he died: and Joash the king of Israel came down to him, and wept over him, and said, "My father, my father, the chariots of Israel and its horsemen!"
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2 Kings 20:1
In those days was Hezekiah sick to death. Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him, and said to him, "Thus says Yahweh,'Set your house in order; for you shall die, and not live.'"
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2 Kings 20:12
At that time Berodach Baladan the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present to Hezekiah; for he had heard that Hezekiah had been sick.
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2 Chronicles 22:6
He returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which they had given him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. Azariah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Jehoram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick.
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2 Chronicles 24:25
When they were departed for him (for they left him very sick), his own servants conspired against him for the blood of the sons of Jehoiada the priest, and killed him on his bed, and he died; and they buried him in the city of David, but they didn't bury him in the tombs of the kings.
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2 Chronicles 32:24
In those days Hezekiah was sick even to death: and he prayed to Yahweh; and he spoke to him, and gave him a sign.
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2 Chronicles 35:23
and the archers shoot at king Josiah, and the king saith to his servants, 'Remove me, for I have become very sick.'
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Nehemiah 2:2
The king said to me, Why is your face sad, seeing you are not sick? this is nothing else but sorrow of heart. Then I was very sore afraid.
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Psalms 35:13
But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth. I afflicted my soul with fasting. My prayer returned into my own bosom.
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Psalms 69:20
Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: And I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; And for comforters, but I found none.
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Psalms 107:17
Fools are afflicted because of their disobedience, and because of their iniquities.
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Proverbs 13:12
Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but when longing is fulfilled, it is a tree of life.
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Proverbs 23:35
They have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was not sick; they have beaten me, and I felt it not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.
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Song of Songs 2:5
Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I am sick of love.
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Song of Songs 5:8
I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him, that I am sick of love.
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Isaiah 1:5
Why should you be beaten more, that you revolt more and more? The whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.
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Isaiah 10:18
And he will consume the glory of his forest, and of his fruitful field, both soul and body: and it shall be as when a standard-bearer fainteth.
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Isaiah 19:10
And the makers of twisted thread will be crushed, and those who ... will be sad in heart.
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Isaiah 33:24
The inhabitant won't say, "I am sick." The people who dwell therein will be forgiven their iniquity.
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Isaiah 38:1
In those days was Hezekiah sick and near death. Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, came to him, and said to him, "Thus says Yahweh,'Set your house in order, for you will die, and not live.'"
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Isaiah 38:9
The writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, when he had been sick, and had recovered of his sickness.
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Isaiah 39:1
At that time, Merodach Baladan the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present to Hezekiah; for he heard that he had been sick, and had recovered.
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Subtopics

Sick

The Sick: Figurative

The Sick: Visiting

The Sick: Visiting, a Duty

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