Bible Verses About Being Sick
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for being sick, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 1,005 votes, led by 1 Peter 5:7-10. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Being Sick
1 Peter 5:7-10114 votes
Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.
Psalms 103:2-386 votes
Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:
Proverbs 3:585 votes
Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
Proverbs 17:2276 votes
A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
Isaiah 53:568 votes
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.
Matthew 11:2853 votes
Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Psalms 41:335 votes
The Lord will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness.
Proverbs 18:1434 votes
The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear?
Isaiah 40:3132 votes
But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
Psalms 147:328 votes
He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.
Revelation 14:1228 votes
Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.
1 Thessalonians 4:16-1824 votes
For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
James 5:14-1624 votes
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:
1 Peter 2:2422 votes
Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.
Isaiah 41:1021 votes
Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
3 John 1:221 votes
Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.
Jeremiah 17:1419 votes
Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for thou art my praise.
Acts 28:818 votes
And it came to pass, that the father of Publius lay sick of a fever and of a bloody flux: to whom Paul entered in, and prayed, and laid his hands on him, and healed him.
Exodus 15:2617 votes
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.
Isaiah 53:4-517 votes
Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
Deuteronomy 7:1515 votes
And the Lord will take away from thee all sickness, and will put none of the evil diseases of Egypt, which thou knowest, upon thee; but will lay them upon all them that hate thee.
Proverbs 31:6-714 votes
Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts.
Matthew 9:3514 votes
And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people.
Romans 6:414 votes
Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.
Hebrews 11:114 votes
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
What does the Bible say about being sick?
Readers most often cite 1 Peter 5:7-10 on the subject of being sick. Across 1,005 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Psalms 103:2-3, Proverbs 3:5, Proverbs 17:22. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.