Bible Dictionary: Leprosy: An Incurable Disease

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2 Kings 5:7
And it came to pass, when the king of Israel had read the letter, that he rent his clothes, and said, Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man does send to me to recover a man of his leprosy? why consider, I pray you, and see how he seeks a quarrel against me.
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The Lord and the Leper
... of the Lord Jesus Christ, believed that he could cure him of his incurable disease.
He felt that even if the great Lord had not yet healed leprosy, he was ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 34 1888/the lord and the leper.htm

Jesus Heals a Leper and Creates Much Excitement.
... It is thought that God chose the leprosy as the symbol ... Being the most loathsome and
incurable of all diseases, it ... Elephantiasis is the most awful disease known ...
/.../mcgarvey/the four-fold gospel/xxxiv jesus heals a leper.htm

"Thou Canst Make Me Clean"
... diseases known in the East the leprosy was most ... Its incurable and contagious character,
and its horrible ... who was suspected of having the disease must present ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/white/the desire of ages/chapter 27 thou canst make.htm

The Call of David.
... the Syrian to bathe in Jordan, and so he was healed of his leprosy. ... water wine,
multiplied the bread, gave water power to heal an incurable disease, and made ...
/.../newman/parochial and plain sermons vol viii/sermon iv the call of.htm

Moody -- what Think Ye of Christ?
... He had but to speak the word, and disease fled before ... Physician, and in an instant
the leprosy is gone ... The world has hospitals for incurable diseases; but there ...
/.../kleiser/the worlds great sermons volume 8/moody what think ye.htm

Job
... With Jehovah's permission a second assault is made, and Job is smitten with the
incurable and loathsome disease of leprosy, so that he is without hope in the ...
//christianbookshelf.org/mcfadyen/introduction to the old testament/job.htm

A Little Maid
... with a disease so dreadful and repulsive that I cannot describe it to you. Let us
be thankful that leprosy is unknown here. It is not only incurable, but as it ...
/.../wells/bible stories and religious classics/a little maid.htm

The Ten Lepers
... Afflicted with a filthy and tormenting disease, hopelessly incurable, at least ... hearted
Jews, after they were cleansed from their leprosy: but, like ...
/.../kingsley/town and country sermons/sermon xxviii the ten lepers.htm

David's Cry for Pardon
... he thinks of it too as inhering in himself, as a leprosy and disease of his own
personal nature. He thinks of it as being, like that, incurable, fatal, twin ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture j/davids cry for pardon.htm

The Works of John Cassian.
... That covetousness brings upon the soul a spiritual leprosy. ... The remedies against
the disease of covetousness ... Of the incurable depravity of spiritual wickednesses ...
//christianbookshelf.org/cassian/the works of john cassian /

Subtopics

Leprosy

Leprosy Leper

Leprosy: A Common Disease Among the Jews

Leprosy: An Incurable Disease

Leprosy: Ceremonies at Cleansing of

Leprosy: Christ Gave Power to Heal

Leprosy: Entailed

Leprosy: Garments: Incurable Infected With, Burned

Leprosy: Garments: Infected With, to Have the Piece First Torn Out

Leprosy: Garments: Suspected of, But not Having, Washed and Pronounced Clean

Leprosy: Garments: Suspected of, Shown to Priest