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1 – THE EXAMPLE OF JESUS

Matthew 4:23-25: "And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people. And His fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto Him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lunatic, and those that had the palsy: and He healed them. And there followed Him great multitudes of people from Galilee, and from Decapolis, and from Jerusalem, and from Judæa, and from beyond Jordan."

Luke 4:17-21: "And there was delivered unto Him the book of the prophet Esaias. And when He had opened the book, He found the place where it was written, The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me . . . to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, to preach the acceptable year of the Lord. And He closed the book, and He gave it again to the minister, and sat down. And the eyes of all them that were in the synagogue were fastened on Him. And He began to say unto them, This day is this Scripture fulfilled in your ears."

Matthew 11:2-6: "Now when John had heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples, and said unto Him, Art thou He that should come, or do we look for another? Jesus answered and said unto them, Go and shew John again those things which ye do hear and see: The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them. And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in Me."

Mark 16:15-20: "And He said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned. And these signs shall follow them that believe. In My name shall they cast out devils: they shall speak with new tongues; They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover. So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, He was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God. And they went forth, and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following. Amen."

Matthew 10:1, 7-8: "And when He had called unto Him His twelve disciples, He gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease. . . . And as ye go, preach, saying, kingdom of heaven is at hand. Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give."

Psalm 103:2, 4-5: "Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all His benefits. . . . who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies; who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle’s."

Jeremiah 17:14: "Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for Thou art my praise."

Deuteronomy 7:15: "And the Lord will take away from thee all sickness, and will put none of the evil diseases of Egypt, which thou knowest, upon thee; but will lay them upon all them that hate thee."

John 10:10: "I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly."

Luke 8:48, 50: "Thy faith hath made thee whole. . . . Fear not: believe only, and she shall be made whole."

Mark 9:23-24: "If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth. And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help Thou mine unbelief."

Acts 3:16: "And His name through faith in His name hath made this man strong, whom ye see and know: yea, the faith which is by Him hath given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all" (speaking of the man lame from birth healed at the Gate Beautiful).

Romans 8:26: "We know not what we should pray for as we ought."

Luke 22:42: "Nevertheless, not My will, but Thine, be done" (the prayer of Christ).

Psalm 37:5, 7: "Commit thy way unto the Lord; trust also in Him; and He shall bring it to pass. Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for Him."

Psalm 66:18: "If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me."

Psalm 103:3: "Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases."

James 5:16: "Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed."

1 John 2:1: "If any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous."

1 John 1:9: "If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness."

1 Corinthians 6:19-20: "What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s."

Deuteronomy 28:1-8; Leviticus 26: Blessings and curses, sickness and health, determined by our obedience.

1 Corinthians 3:16-17: "Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are."

Proverbs 4:20-22: "My son, attend to My words; incline thine ear unto My sayings. Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart. For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh."

Exodus 15:26: "If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the Lord thy God, and wilt do that which is right in His sight, and wilt give ear to His commandments, and keep all His statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the Lord that healeth thee."

Exodus 23:25: "And ye shall serve the Lord your God, and He shall bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee."

Isaiah 1:16, 18: "Cease to do evil; learn to do well . . . Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord."

John 5:14: "Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee" (see also John 8:11).

Luke 9:23: "If any man will come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me."

1 Corinthians 10:31: "Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God."

Philippians 4:13: "I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me."

Philippians 3:13-14: "Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do: forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus."

Hebrews 12:1-4: "Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us . . . looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. For consider Him that endured such contradiction of sinners against Himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds. Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin."

Isaiah 26:3: "Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on Thee, because he trusteth in thee."

Isaiah 30:15: "In returning and rest shall ye be saved: in quietness and confidence shall be your strength."

Psalm 27:14: "Wait on the Lord, be of good courage and He shall strengthen thine heart."

Deuteronomy 33:25: "As thy days, so shall thy strength be."

Deuteronomy 33:27: "The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms: and He shall thrust out the enemy from before thee."

Joshua 1:9: "Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest."

Psalm 4:8: "I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, Lord, only, makest me dwell in safety."

Psalm 17:15: "As for me, I will behold Thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake with Thy likeness."

Psalm 23:4: "Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for Thou art with me; Thy rod and Thy staff they comfort me."

Psalm 27:1: "The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?"

Psalm 28:6-7: "Blessed be the Lord, because He hath heard the voice of my supplications. The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in Him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiced; and with my song will I praise Him."

Psalm 42:8: "The Lord will command His lovingkindness in the daytime, and in the night His song shall be with me."

Psalm 37:5: "Commit thy way unto the Lord, trust also in Him, and He shall bring it to pass."

Psalm 57:1-2: "Be merciful unto me: for my soul trusteth in Thee . . . I will make my refuge until these calamities be overpast. I will cry unto God most high; unto God that performeth all things for me."

Psalm 61:2-4: "From the end of the earth will I cry unto Thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I. For thou hast been a shelter for me, and a strong tower from the enemy. I will abide in Thy tabernacle forever."

Psalm 62:1-2: "Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from Him cometh my salvation. He only is my rock and my salvation; He is my defence; I shall not be greatly moved."

Psalm 63:3: "Because Thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise Thee."

Psalm 91: A special chapter for God’s people in the time of trouble.

Psalm 103:13-14: "Like as a father pitieth His children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear Him. For He knoweth our frame; He remembereth that we are dust."

Matthew 8:14-15: He healed Peter’s mother-in-law.

2 Corinthians 12:7-9: He didn’t remove Paul’s thorn in the flesh.

1 Timothy 5:23: Timothy had a recurring stomach trouble.

John 10:41: John the Baptist did no miracles.

Matthew 24:24: "For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect."

Revelation 16:14: "For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty."

Revelation 13:13-14: "And he doeth great wonders . . . and deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast."

Isaiah 8:20: "To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this Word, it is because there is no light in them."

Matthew 7:21-23: "Not everyone that saith unto Me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of My Father which is in heaven. Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Thy name? and in Thy name have cast out devils? and in Thy name done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from Me, ye that work iniquity."

1 Samuel 25:38: Nabal died through fear of the result of his sins against others.

2 Samuel 12:15: David’s child died because of the sin of the father.

2 Kings 5:27: Gehazi became a leper because of his sin against Naaman and Elisha.

2 Chronicles 13:20: Jereboam died because of his sinful life of rebellion.

2 Chronicles 21:12-19: Jehoram died because of his wicked leadership.

2 Chronicles 26:21: Uzziah became a leper because of his proud act of rebellion against God.

Disease threatened as a judgment for disobedience to the laws of God (Leviticus 26:15-16; Deuteronomy 28:15, 21, 22, 27-28, 32-35, 58-63, 65-67; 29:22-23).

Ague (probably fevers, Leviticus 26:16); Blains and boils (Exodus 9:9-10); simple boils (Job 2:7); skin diseases (Leviticus 21:18-21); blindness (Deuteronomy 28:28); botch, or boil (Deuteronomy 28:27-35); broken-handed, broken-footed, clubfoot, bruises, accidental injuries, canker, cancer (2 Timothy 2:17); consumption (Leviticus 26:16; Deuteronomy 28:22); crookbacked (Leviticus 21:20); flux (Acts 28:8); flat nose (Leviticus 21:18); dysentery (2 Chronicles 21:15, 19); halt (Luke 14:21; John 5:3); lameness; impotence (John 5:3).

Infirmity: [1] impurity (Leviticus 12:2); [3] Disability (John 5:5); [4] mental and spiritual weaknesses (Romans 8:26); inflammation (Leviticus 13:28: Deuteronomy 28:22).

Issue: [1] offering (Genesis 48:6); [2] flowing of blood, (Leviticus 15:2; Matthew 9:20) [3] other discharges (Leviticus 15:2); itch (Deuteronomy 28:27); Lameness (Leviticus 21:18; Acts 3:2): Leprosy (Deuteronomy 28:35; Exodus 4:6; 14:34; Matthew 8:3, 11:15; Luke 7:22: 17:14); Madness (Deuteronomy 28:28; 1 Samuel 21:15; Proverbs 26:18); maimed (Luke 14:21); severe injury; murrain (Exodus 9:1-6); plague, possibly splenic fever; palsy (Matthew 4:24; Mark 2:1-12); pestilence (Jeremiah 21:6; Ezekiel 6:11); scab (Leviticus 13:2, 6, 7: 14:56; Isaiah 3:17; Leviticus 21:20; 22:22); scall (Leviticus 13:30, 35; 14:54).

Eruptions: scurvy, probably itch rather than scurvy (Deuteronomy 28:27); sores (Isaiah 1:6; Luke 16:20; Revelation 16:11); ulcers, sunstroke (2 Kings 4:18-32); withered (Lamentations 4:8; Matthew 12:10; 1 Kings 13:4-6); shrunken muscles and bones; wounds (Luke 10:34, Psalm 68:21); worms, puss, and maggots (Acts 12:23; Job 21-25) 

This is a fairly complete list of the diseases mentioned in the Bible. However, the references listed are neither complete nor exhaustive.

2 Chronicles 16:12: "And Asa in the thirty and ninth year of his reign was diseased in his feet, until his disease was exceedingly great; yet in his disease he sought not to the Lord, but to the physicians."

Matthew 9:12: "They that are whole need not a physician, but they that are sick" (also Mark 2:17; Luke 5:31).

Mark 5:25-27: "And a certain woman which had an issue of blood twelve years, and had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse; when she heard of Jesus, came in the press behind, and touched His garment" (also Luke 8:43).

Luke 4:23-24: "And He said unto them, ye will surely say unto me this proverb, Physician, heal thyself: whatsoever we have heard done in Capernaum, do also here in thy country. And He said, Verily I say unto you, no prophet is accepted in his own country."

Colossians 4:14: "Luke, the beloved physician."

Job 13:4: "But ye are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value."

Jeremiah 8:22: "Is there no balm in Gilead, is there no physician there? Why then is not the health of the daughter of My people recovered?"

Exodus 30:25, 35: Anointing oil and incense perfume.

Exodus 37:29: "And he made the holy anointing oil, and the pure incense of sweet spices, according to the work of the apothecary."

2 Chronicles 16:14: Death of Asa—buried with spices, perfumes from apothecary.

Ecclesiastes 10:1: "Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savor."

Proverbs 17:22: "A merry heart doeth good like a medicine, but a broken heart drieth the bones."

Proverbs 20:30: "The blueness of a wound cleanseth away (margin: as a purging medicine) evil: so do stripes the inward parts of the belly."

Jeremiah 30:13: "There is none to plead thy cause that thou mayest be bound up; thou hast no healing medicines."

Jeremiah 46:11: "Go up into Gilead and take balm, O virgin, daughter of Egypt: in vain shalt thou use many medicines, for thou shalt not be cured."

2 Kings 20:7: "And Isaiah said, Take a lump of figs; and they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered."

Isaiah 38:21: "For Isaiah had said, Let them take a lump of figs, and lay it for a plaster upon the boil and he shall recover."

Jeremiah 8:22: "Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then is not the health of the daughter of My people recovered (margin: gone up)?"

Isaiah 1:5-6: "Why should ye be stricken any more? Ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick and the whole heart faint. From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises, and putrefying sores: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with ointment."

Luke 10:33-34: "But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was: and when he saw him, he had compassion on him, and went to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him."

Jeremiah 51:8: "Babylon is suddenly fallen. . . . take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed."

Ezekiel 30:21: "Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh, king of Egypt; and lo, it shall not be bound up to be healed, to put a roller to bind it, to make it strong to hold the sword."

Psalm 51:2: "Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin."

Psalm 51:7: "Purge me with hyssop and I shall be clean, wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow."

Jeremiah 2:22: "For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before Me, saith the Lord."

2 Kings 5:10: "And Elisha sent a messenger unto him, saying, Go and wash in Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be clean."

2 Kings 5:14: "Then went he down, and dipped himself seven times in Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God: and his flesh came again like the flesh of a little child, and he was clean."

Isaiah 1:16-17: "Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doing from before Mine eyes; cease to do evil, learn to do well."

Isaiah 4:4: "When the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughter of Zion and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from the midst thereof by the spirit of judgment, and by the spirit of burning."

Proverbs 30:12: "There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness."

Exodus 23:25: "And ye shall serve the Lord your God, and He shall bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee."

[4] - WATER IN THE NEW TESTAMENT

Acts 22:16: "And now why tarriest thou? Arise and be baptized and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord."

17 – HERBS

Psalm 104:14: God causes grass to grow and herbs for the service of man.

Proverbs 27:25: Gathering the herbs of the mountains.

Luke 11:42: The Pharisees tithed on mint, rue, and all manner of herbs; yet they passed over the love of God.

Matthew 23:23: The scribes and Pharisees tithed of mint and anise and cummin; and they omitted the weightier matters of the law.

Romans 14:2: Another who is weak eateth herbs.

Matthew 15:13: Every plant which God hasn’t planted will be rooted up.

Ezekiel 47:12: Fruit for meat and leaf for medicine.

Revelation 22:2: Leaves of the tree for the healing of the nations.

Deuteronomy 29:18: Lest there should be a root that beareth gall (poisonous herb).

Job 30:3-4: Cut up mallows and juniper roots for food.

Matthew 7:16: You shall know them by their fruits.

Isaiah 1:16: Wash and make clean.

Matthew 10:7-8: Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers.

2 Corinthians 7:1: Cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh.

1 Corinthians 3:16-17: Not to defile the body temple.

Matthew 17:19-21: Some conditions leave only by prayer and fasting.

Matthew 4:1-2: The fast of Christ for forty days and forty nights.

Psalm 107:17-21: We are afflicted because of transgressions and iniquities: God saves us from our trouble.

1 Samuel 30:11-12: When coming off a fast, begin eating with a small fruit meal. 

2 Samuel 16:1-2: Grape juice fast for those ill.

Proverbs 30:8: Feed me with food convenient for me (the right food at the right time).

Matthew 12:43-45: The case of a man who was cleansed of an unclean spirit; having neglected to keep his experience, seven worse devils filled him.

2 Peter 2:17-22: Many turn back to their polluting sins after being cleansed.

Ecclesiastes 3:1, 3: There is a time to heal, a time to break down, and a time to build up.

Psalm 51:7: Wash me and I shall be whiter than snow.

2 Kings 5:14: Naaman washed seven times in the Jordan.

Psalm 51:7: Hyssop is now known to be one of the best herbal blood cleansers.

2 Samuel 16:2: Drink a little wine, that such as be faint in the wilderness may drink.

Luke 10:34: Oil and wine poured on the wounds.

Isaiah 38:21; 2 Kings 20:7: Fig poultices.

Exodus 20:13: "Thou shalt not kill."

1 Corinthians 3:16-17: If we defile our body temple God shall destroy us.

Deuteronomy 27:24-25; Proverbs 6:16-17: Cursed be he that smiteth his neighbor. 

Genesis 9:5: God will require the blood of your lives at the hand of every beast.

Numbers 35:16-18: A murderer shall surely be put to death.

Habakkuk 2:10: Woe to him that buildeth with blood and iniquity.

Ezekiel 22:8-9: Men carry tales that result in shedding blood.

Isaiah 61:3: Oil on body when healthy and happy.

Esther 4:1-3; Job 2:8; 30:19; 42:6; Isaiah 58:5; 61:3; Daniel 9:3; Jonah 3:6; Jeremiah 6:26; Lamentations 3:16, 28: Ashes on the body when sick or unhappy.

Psalm 102:9; Isaiah 44:20: Eat ashes when unhappy.

Hebrews 9:13; Numbers 19:17, 19. See also Leviticus 1:16; 4:12; 6:10, 11; 1 Kings 13:3, 5. Ashes used for purification.

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