In the context of the Bible, ailments refer to various physical and sometimes spiritual afflictions that individuals experience. The Scriptures provide numerous accounts of ailments, their causes, and the divine interventions that bring healing. Ailments are often depicted as opportunities for demonstrating faith, divine power, and the compassion of God.

Old Testament References

Ailments in the Old Testament are frequently seen as consequences of sin or disobedience, but they also serve as occasions for God to reveal His power and mercy. In Deuteronomy 28:27-28 , ailments are listed among the curses for disobedience: "The LORD will afflict you with the boils of Egypt and with tumors, festering rashes, and itching, from which you cannot be cured. The LORD will afflict you with madness, blindness, and confusion of mind."

However, the Old Testament also emphasizes God's role as a healer. In Exodus 15:26 , God promises healing to the Israelites if they obey His commands: "If you will listen carefully to the voice of the LORD your God and do what is right in His eyes, if you pay attention to His commands and keep all His statutes, then I will not bring on you any of the diseases I brought on the Egyptians, for I am the LORD who heals you."

New Testament References

The New Testament presents Jesus Christ as the ultimate healer, fulfilling the prophecies of the Old Testament. His ministry is marked by numerous healings, demonstrating His authority over physical and spiritual ailments. In Matthew 4:23 , it is recorded: "Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness among the people."

The healing of the blind, lame, and leprous, as well as the casting out of demons, are central to the Gospel narratives. These acts not only confirm Jesus' divine nature but also illustrate the coming of God's kingdom. In Mark 2:17 , Jesus explains His mission: "On hearing this, Jesus told them, 'It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.'"

Spiritual Ailments

The Bible also addresses spiritual ailments, often depicted as sin or separation from God. Spiritual healing is portrayed as essential for a right relationship with God. In Psalm 41:4 , David prays for both physical and spiritual healing: "I said, 'O LORD, be gracious to me; heal me, for I have sinned against You.'"

The New Testament continues this theme, emphasizing repentance and faith in Christ as the path to spiritual healing. In James 5:15-16 , the connection between physical and spiritual healing is highlighted: "And the prayer offered in faith will restore the one who is sick. The Lord will raise him up. If he has sinned, he will be forgiven. Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power to prevail."

Role of Faith and Prayer

Faith and prayer are consistently presented as vital components in the healing of ailments. The Gospels recount numerous instances where Jesus attributes healing to the faith of the individual or their intercessors. In Mark 5:34 , Jesus tells a woman healed of a bleeding disorder: "Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace and be free of your affliction."

The early church continued this practice, as seen in Acts 3:6-8 , where Peter heals a lame man: "But Peter said, 'Silver or gold I do not have, but what I have I give you: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, get up and walk!' Taking him by the right hand, Peter helped him up, and at once the man’s feet and ankles were made strong."

Conclusion

The Bible's treatment of ailments encompasses both physical and spiritual dimensions, underscoring the importance of faith, obedience, and divine intervention. Through the narratives of healing, the Scriptures reveal God's compassion and power, offering hope and restoration to those who seek Him.(n.) A minor illness or infection; indisposition; morbid affection of the body; -- not applied ordinarily to acute diseases.3014. lepra -- leprosy
... To contract this ailment meant the leper was reduced to a social outcast --
barred from all the activities at the Temple. See 3015 (). ...
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3119. malakia -- softness, weakness
... softens") the victim. 3119 () is an ailment that -- "a infirmity" causing
the to lose muscle fiber, etc. Word Origin from malakos ...
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769. astheneia -- weakness, frailty
... strength"). See 772 (). 769 ("weakness, sickness") refers to an ailment that
of enjoying or accomplishing what they would like to do. 769 ...
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3553. nosema -- sickness
... Word Origin from noseo Definition sickness NASB Word Usage disease (1). disease.
From noseo; an ailment -- disease. see GREEK noseo. 3552, 3553. ...
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3554. nosos -- disease, sickness
... 3554 -- a (persisting) disease, typically an ailment. Word Origin a prim. word
Definition disease, sickness NASB Word Usage disease (3), diseases (8). ...
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On the Words of the Gospel, Mark xiii. 32, "But of that Day or ...
... When he dies, he ends indeed this ailment: but he knows not whether he
does not fall into a worse. The rich man in the Gospel had ...
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Whether Christ's Soul was Passible?
... Quaes. iii) says that the soul's passions are ailments [*Cf. [4027]FS, Q[24],
A[2]]. But Christ's soul had no ailment; for the soul's ailment results from sin ...
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Prolegomena.
... compassionating her distress, informed her that the wife of Pergamius, at that time
in authority in the East, had been healed of a similar ailment by Petrus, a ...
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Acts 17:26 "One Blood. "
... remedy. That remedy is "the precious blood of Christ." To the blood of
Adam we owe the beginning of our deadly spiritual ailment. ...
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The Importunate Widow.
... when the lepers took their cure so lightly, shows that he did not much enjoy the
act of healing because the diseased made light both of their ailment and their ...
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His Reverence for Sacred Places
... to God, manifested itself in his inquiry, when entering the nave, "Whether he might
cough there?" This tendency to cough, arising from an ailment, the seeds of ...
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Tee Advice of Hotep
... himself. But Hotep was a penetrative man, and more hidden things than his
friend's ailment had been an open secret to his keen eye. ...
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Special Preparation for Baptism.
... night or by day; confess in an acceptable time, and in the day of salvation receive
the heavenly treasure [132] " "Tell the Physician thine ailment: say thou ...
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But Even Although we Should be under the Necessity of Accepting ...
... And in like manner, those whose hearts are afflicted with the ailment of unbelief
are not capable of looking upon the rays of the glory of the Godhead. ...
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Phial the First. On the Earth, the Universe Connected with the ...
... to the ethereal regions,""Vertice ad auras ??therias tendit." On this earth of the
beast, the first phial being poured out, it contracted an ailment from the ...
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Ailment (3 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Ailment (3 Occurrences). John 5:5 and there was a certain
man there being in ailment thirty and eight years, (YLT). ...
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Ailing (20 Occurrences)

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Infirmity (22 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) An ailment; a disease; a imperfection in body or character; esp., an unsound,
unhealthy, or debilitated state; a disease; a malady; as, infirmity of ...
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Thorn (30 Occurrences)
... thorn (skolops te sarki): Paul thus characterizes some bodily ailment which afflicted
him and impaired his usefulness (2 Corinthians 12:7). The data are ...
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Malady (3 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) Any disease of the human body; an ailment, a chronic disorder, or indisposition,
proceeding from impaired, defective, or morbid organic functions ...
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Complaint (29 Occurrences)
... accusation; fault-finding. 2. (n.) Cause or subject of complaint or murmuring.
3. (n.) An ailment or disease of the body. 4. (n.) A ...
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Ailments (4 Occurrences)

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Salutation (6 Occurrences)
... your welfare, your house, and other things, that a person ignorant of the habits
of the country would imagine there must be some secret ailment or mysterious ...
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Flesh (468 Occurrences)
... thorn (skolops te sarki): Paul thus characterizes some bodily ailment which afflicted
him and impaired his usefulness (2 Corinthians 12:7). The data are ...
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