An illness or other condition which prevents people or animals from achieving their full potential or adversely affects their abilities.

Matthew 8:17

General and specific examples of disease

Mark 3:10

General references

See also

Exodus 15:26
Deuteronomy 7:15
2 Chronicles 16:12
John 5:3
Acts 28:9
John 9:1

Blindness

Exodus 9:9
Job 2:7

Boils and sores

Isaiah 38:21
Luke 16:20
Proverbs 13:12

Depression

See also

Luke 14:2

Dropsy

Acts 28:8

Dysentery

Matthew 17:15

See also

Epilepsy

Matthew 4:24
Mark 9:17-18
Job 30:30

See also

Fever

Matthew 8:14
Acts 28:8

pp Mk 1:30

pp Lk 4:38

Matthew 9:20

Haemorrhaging

pp Mk 5:25

Deuteronomy 28:22

pp Lk 8:43

Inflammation

1 Samuel 21:13
Daniel 4:33-35

Insanity

Numbers 12:10
2 Chronicles 26:21

Leprosy

Matthew 11:5
Luke 17:11-19
Matthew 4:24; 8:6; 9:2

Paralysis

Luke 13:11

pp Mk 2:3

Acts 3:2; 8:7; 9:33

pp Lk 5:18

2 Kings 4:18-19
Psalms 121:5-6

Sunstroke

Isaiah 49:10
Jonah 4:8
Deuteronomy 28:27
1 Samuel 5:6

Tumours

1 Samuel 1:7; 28:20
Psalms 102:4; 107:18

Voluntary starvation

Leviticus 26:16
Deuteronomy 28:22

Wasting

Job 2:3,7

Even the righteous suffer disease

See also

Psalms 38:2-3; 41:7-8
2 Kings 20:1

Examples of the righteous suffering

Daniel 8:27
Luke 7:2

pp 2Ch 32:24

John 11:1
Acts 9:36-37
Galatians 4:13
Philippians 2:25-27
1 Timothy 5:23
2 Timothy 4:20
John 9:2

Causes of disease

Genesis 3:16-17

Original sin

See also

2 Kings 4:39-40

Accident

Psalms 107:17-18

See also

Judgment

Exodus 9:8-10
Leviticus 26:14-16
Numbers 16:41-49
2 Kings 5:27
Jeremiah 14:12
1 Corinthians 11:29-30
Job 2:5

Testing

Mark 1:32-34

Response to sickness and disease

See also

The compassion of God

Psalms 41:3
Matthew 8:17
Ezekiel 34:4
Matthew 25:36

Compassion

Luke 9:2; 10:30-37
Job 13:15

See also

Humble submission

2 Corinthians 12:8-10
James 5:14

See also

Prayer

Genesis 20:17
2 Corinthians 12:8
Isaiah 1:5-6

Spiritual disease

See also

Jeremiah 8:22; 30:12
Micah 1:9
Matthew 9:12-13

pp Lk 5:31-32

Isaiah 53:4-5

Salvation and healing from disease

Salvation achieved through the cross of Jesus Christ

Revelation 22:1-3

See also

Salvation made perfect in heaven

Ezekiel 47:12
Revelation 7:17; 21:1-4

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