Bible Verses About Health Care
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for health care, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 9,343 votes, led by 3 John 1:2. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Health Care
3 John 1:2288 votes
Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.
1 Corinthians 6:19-20264 votes
What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
Proverbs 17:22245 votes
A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
Proverbs 3:7-8213 votes
Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the Lord, and depart from evil.
Matthew 9:12205 votes
But when Jesus heard that, he said unto them, They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick.
Deuteronomy 15:7-11198 votes
If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother:
1 Timothy 4:8186 votes
For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.
Jeremiah 30:17158 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.
Proverbs 16:24144 votes
Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
1 Timothy 5:23143 votes
Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach’s sake and thine often infirmities.
Exodus 15:26142 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.
Exodus 23:25135 votes
And ye shall serve the Lord your God, and he shall bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee.
1 Corinthians 10:31135 votes
Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.
Matthew 25:37-40133 votes
Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?
1 Peter 5:7128 votes
Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.
James 5:13-15127 votes
Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.
James 5:14127 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:
Jeremiah 17:14126 votes
Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for thou art my praise.
Psalms 147:3114 votes
He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.
Jeremiah 8:22111 votes
Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?
Matthew 10:8-11108 votes
Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give.
Proverbs 14:30107 votes
A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.
Luke 10:34105 votes
And went to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him.
Jeremiah 33:6101 votes
Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them, and will reveal unto them the abundance of peace and truth.
Matthew 5:44100 votes
But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;
What does the Bible say about health care?
Readers most often cite 3 John 1:2 on the subject of health care. Across 9,343 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including 1 Corinthians 6:19-20, Proverbs 17:22, Proverbs 3:7-8. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.