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An illness or other condition which prevents people or animals from achieving their full potential or adversely affects their abilities.
General references Mt 8:17; Mk 3:10 See also Ex 15:26; Dt 7:15; 2Ch 16:12; Jn 5:3; Ac 28:9
Blindness Jn 9:1
Boils and sores Ex 9:9; Job 2:7; Isa 38:21; Lk 16:20
Depression Pr 13:12
Dropsy See also Lk 14:2
Dysentery Ac 28:8
Epilepsy Mt 17:15 See also Mt 4:24; Mk 9:17-18
Fever Job 30:30 See also Mt 8:14 pp Mk 1:30 pp Lk 4:38; Ac 28:8
Haemorrhaging Mt 9:20 pp Mk 5:25 pp Lk 8:43
Inflammation Dt 28:22
Insanity 1Sa 21:13; Da 4:33-35
Leprosy Nu 12:10; 2Ch 26:21; Mt 11:5; Lk 17:11-19
Paralysis Mt 4:24; Mt 8:6; Mt 9:2 pp Mk 2:3 pp Lk 5:18; Lk 13:11; Ac 3:2; Ac 8:7; Ac 9:33
Sunstroke 2Ki 4:18-19; Ps 121:5-6; Isa 49:10; Jnh 4:8
Voluntary starvation 1Sa 1:7; 1Sa 28:20; Ps 102:4; Ps 107:18
Job 2:3,7 See also Ps 38:2-3; Ps 41:7-8
Examples of the righteous suffering 2Ki 20:1 pp 2Ch 32:24; Da 8:27; Lk 7:2; Jn 11:1; Ac 9:36-37; Gal 4:13; Php 2:25-27; 1Ti 5:23; 2Ti 4:20
Original sin Ge 3:16-17
Accident See also 2Ki 4:39-40
Judgment Ps 107:17-18 See also Ex 9:8-10; Lev 26:14-16; Nu 16:41-49; 2Ki 5:27; Jer 14:12; 1Co 11:29-30
Testing Job 2:5
The compassion of God Mk 1:32-34 See also Ps 41:3; Mt 8:17
Compassion Eze 34:4; Mt 25:36; Lk 9:2; Lk 10:30-37
Humble submission Job 13:15 See also 2Co 12:8-10
Prayer Jas 5:14 See also Ge 20:17; 2Co 12:8
Isa 1:5-6 See also Jer 8:22; Jer 30:12; Mic 1:9; Mt 9:12-13 pp Lk 5:31-32
Salvation achieved through the cross of Jesus Christ Isa 53:4-5
Salvation made perfect in heaven Rev 22:1-3 See also Eze 47:12; Rev 7:17; Rev 21:1-4
4843 | plague |
5133 | blindness |
5162 | lameness |
5182 | skin |
5285 | cures |
5296 | disabilities |
5298 | doctors |
5333 | healing |
5334 | health |
5390 | leprosy |
5405 | medicine |
5568 | suffering, causes |