Dictionary of Bible Themes: 5297 disease

5297 disease

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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

Prayer

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