Bible Verses About Helping the Sick
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for helping the sick, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 1,095 votes, led by Matthew 25:35-45. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Helping the Sick
Matthew 25:35-45116 votes
For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:
Matthew 7:12107 votes
Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.
Galatians 6:1078 votes
As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.
1 Peter 3:872 votes
Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:
Matthew 10:863 votes
Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give.
James 5:14-1544 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:
Isaiah 41:1043 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.
Proverbs 19:1733 votes
He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.
Romans 12:1331 votes
Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality.
Galatians 6:227 votes
Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.
Philippians 2:427 votes
Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.
1 John 3:1724 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?
Romans 12:1023 votes
Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;
James 2:14-1722 votes
What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?
Jeremiah 30:1721 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.
Romans 12:2121 votes
Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.
Titus 3:517 votes
Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;
Isaiah 53:516 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.
James 5:15-1616 votes
And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.
1 John 1:716 votes
But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
Psalms 41:415 votes
I said, Lord, be merciful unto me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee.
1 Peter 2:2415 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.
Matthew 6:1-3414 votes
Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven.
Matthew 25:3614 votes
Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.
Exodus 23:2513 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.
What does the Bible say about helping the sick?
Readers most often cite Matthew 25:35-45 on the subject of helping the sick. Across 1,095 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Matthew 7:12, Galatians 6:10, 1 Peter 3:8. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.