Bible Verses About Caring for the Sick
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for caring for the sick, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 2,396 votes, led by James 5:13-15. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Caring for the Sick
James 5:13-15273 votes
Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.
Ezekiel 34:3-4127 votes
Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe you with the wool, ye kill them that are fed: but ye feed not the flock.
Matthew 25:31-46126 votes
When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:
Matthew 25:44110 votes
Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee?
3 John 1:2102 votes
Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.
Jeremiah 30:1799 votes
For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith the Lord; because they called thee an Outcast, saying, This is Zion, whom no man seeketh after.
Ezekiel 34:1688 votes
I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but I will destroy the fat and the strong; I will feed them with judgment.
Isaiah 61:1-269 votes
The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me; because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;
1 John 3:1757 votes
But whoso hath this world’s good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?
Luke 6:3154 votes
And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.
Psalms 30:249 votes
O Lord my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me.
Proverbs 3:546 votes
Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
Matthew 25:3639 votes
Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.
1 Peter 5:739 votes
Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.
Galatians 6:238 votes
Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.
James 1:2737 votes
Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.
Matthew 10:836 votes
Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give.
Luke 10:30-3735 votes
And Jesus answering said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead.
1 Timothy 5:834 votes
But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.
Isaiah 53:4-529 votes
Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
Proverbs 19:1726 votes
He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.
Matthew 5:4-526 votes
Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
Luke 4:1826 votes
The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,
1 John 3:17-1826 votes
But whoso hath this world’s good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?
Matthew 10:7-823 votes
And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand.
What does the Bible say about caring for the sick?
Readers most often cite James 5:13-15 on the subject of caring for the sick. Across 2,396 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Ezekiel 34:3-4, Matthew 25:31-46, Matthew 25:44. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.