Bible Verses About Physical Health
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for physical health, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 3,682 votes, led by 1 Corinthians 6:19-20. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Physical Health
1 Corinthians 6:19-20432 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?
3 John 1:2335 votes
Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.
1 Timothy 4:8211 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.
1 Corinthians 3:17210 votes
If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.
1 Corinthians 10:31195 votes
Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.
Proverbs 17:22154 votes
A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
Genesis 1:29134 votes
And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.
Exodus 15:26122 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.
1 Corinthians 6:20120 votes
For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.
Romans 12:1-2111 votes
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
1 Corinthians 3:1697 votes
Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
Philippians 4:1396 votes
I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
Psalms 139:1490 votes
I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.
Mark 11:2486 votes
Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.
Proverbs 4:20-2280 votes
My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.
Ephesians 5:1874 votes
And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
Proverbs 31:1771 votes
She girdeth her loins with strength, and strengtheneth her arms.
Proverbs 3:5-867 votes
Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
Proverbs 20:165 votes
Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
Isaiah 53:561 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.
Isaiah 40:2951 votes
He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength.
1 Corinthians 6:1948 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?
Daniel 1:8-1944 votes
But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king’s meat, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself.
Proverbs 23:239 votes
And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.
Deuteronomy 7:12-1537 votes
Wherefore it shall come to pass, if ye hearken to these judgments, and keep, and do them, that the Lord thy God shall keep unto thee the covenant and the mercy which he sware unto thy fathers:
What does the Bible say about physical health?
Readers most often cite 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 on the subject of physical health. Across 3,682 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including 3 John 1:2, 1 Timothy 4:8, 1 Corinthians 3:17. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.