Dictionary of Bible Themes » 5000 Humanity » 5200 Human civilisation » 5297 disease
An illness or other condition which prevents people or animals from achieving their full potential or adversely affects their abilities.
General and specific examples of disease
General references
Matthew 8:17; Mark 3:10 See also Exodus 15:26; Deuteronomy 7:15; 2 Chronicles 16:12; John 5:3; Acts 28:9
Blindness
John 9:1
Boils and sores
Exodus 9:9; Job 2:7; Isaiah 38:21; Luke 16:20
Depression
Proverbs 13:12
Dropsy
See also Luke 14:2
Dysentery
Acts 28:8
Epilepsy
Matthew 17:15 See also Matthew 4:24; Mark 9:17-18
Fever
Job 30:30 See also Matthew 8:14 pp Mark 1:30 pp Luke 4:38; Acts 28:8
Haemorrhaging
Matthew 9:20 pp Mark 5:25 pp Luke 8:43
Inflammation
Deuteronomy 28:22
Insanity
1 Samuel 21:13; Daniel 4:33-35
Leprosy
Numbers 12:10; 2 Chronicles 26:21; Matthew 11:5; Luke 17:11-19
Paralysis
Matthew 4:24; Matthew 8:6; Matthew 9:2 pp Mark 2:3 pp Luke 5:18; Luke 13:11; Acts 3:2; Acts 8:7; Acts 9:33
Sunstroke
2 Kings 4:18-19; Psalm 121:5-6; Isaiah 49:10; Jonah 4:8
Tumours
Deuteronomy 28:27; 1 Samuel 5:6
Voluntary starvation
1 Samuel 1:7; Samuel 28:20; Psalm 102:4; Psalm 107:18
Wasting
Leviticus 26:16; Deuteronomy 28:22
Even the righteous suffer disease
Job 2:3,7 See also Psalm 38:2-3; Psalm 41:7-8
Examples of the righteous suffering
2 Kings 20:1 pp 2 Chronicles 32:24; Daniel 8:27; Luke 7:2; John 11:1; Acts 9:36-37; Galatians 4:13; Philippians 2:25-27; 1 Timothy 5:23; 2 Timothy 4:20
Causes of disease
John 9:2
Original sin
Genesis 3:16-17
Accident
See also 2 Kings 4:39-40
Judgment
Psalm 107:17-18 See also Exodus 9:8-10; Leviticus 26:14-16; Numbers 16:41-49; 2 Kings 5:27; Jeremiah 14:12; 1 Corinthians 11:29-30
Testing
Job 2:5
Response to sickness and disease
The compassion of God
Mark 1:32-34 See also Psalm 41:3; Matthew 8:17
Compassion
Ezekiel 34:4; Matthew 25:36; Luke 9:2; Luke 10:30-37
Humble submission
Job 13:15 See also 2 Corinthians 12:8-10
Prayer
James 5:14 See also Genesis 20:17; 2 Corinthians 12:8
Spiritual disease
Isaiah 1:5-6 See also Jeremiah 8:22; Jeremiah 30:12; Micah 1:9; Matthew 9:12-13 pp Luke 5:31-32
Salvation and healing from disease
Salvation achieved through the cross of Jesus Christ
Isaiah 53:4-5
Salvation made perfect in heaven
Revelation 22:1-3 See also Ezekiel 47:12; Revelation 7:17; Revelation 21:1-4
See also
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