256 verses about Health

Blessed are you, because you have had mercy on two that were the only begotten children of their parents. Show them mercy, O Lord. Fulfill their life in health with gladness and mercy.

Tobit saih to her, “Hold your peace. Don’t worry. He is in good health.”

for he has led me for you in safety, and he cured my wife, and brought my money, and likewise cured you.”

He was fifty-eight years old when he lost his sight. After eight years, he received it again. He gave alms and he feared the Lord God more and more, and gave thanks to him.

And Mordecai and Esther the queen appointed a fast for themselves privately, even at that time also having formed their plan against their own health.

For he created all things that they might have being: And the generative powers of the world are healthsome, And there is no poison of destruction in them: Nor has Hades royal dominion upon earth,

Above health and comeliness I loved her, And I chose to have her rather than light, Because her bright shining is never laid to sleep.

For a corruptible body weighs down the soul, And the earthy frame lies heavy on a mind that is full of cares.

Yes for health he calls upon that which is weak, And for life he implores that which is dead, And for aid he supplicateth that which has least experience. And for a good journey that which can’t so much as move a step,

For of a truth it was neither herb nor mollifying plaister that cured them, But your word, O Lord, which heals all things;

For those who promised to drive away terrors and troublings from a sick soul, These were themselves sick with a ludicrous fearfulness:

The fear of the Lord is the crown of wisdom, Making peace and perfect health to flourish.

A faithful friend is a medicine of life; And those who fear the Lord will find him.

Be not slow to visit a sick man; For by such things you will gain love.

It is a long disease; the physician mocketh: And he is a king today, and tomorrow he will die.

Thanksgiving perishes from the dead, as from one that is not: He that is in life and health will praise the Lord.

Learn before you speak; And have a care of your health or ever you be sick.

The grace of a wife will delight her husband; And her knowledge will fatten his bones.

Better is a poor man, being sound and strong of constitution, Than a rich man that is plagued in his body.

Health and a good constitution are better than all gold; And a strong body than wealth without measure.

There is no riches better than health of body; And there is no gladness above the joy of the heart.

Give not over your soul to sorrow; And afflict not yourself in your own counsel.

Gladness of heart is the life of a man; And the joyfulness of a man is length of days.

Envy and wrath shorten a man’s days; And care brings old age before the time.

A cheerful and good heart Will have a care of his meat and diet.

Wakefulness that comes of riches consumes the flesh, And the anxiety thereof puts away sleep.

Wakeful anxiety will crave slumber; And in a sore disease sleep will be broken.

Healthy sleep comes of moderate eating; He rises early, and his wits are with him: The pain of wakefulness, and colic, And griping, are with an insatiable man.

Hear me, my son, and despise me not, And at the last you shall find my words true: In all your works be quick, And no disease shall come to you.

Show not yourself valiant in wine; For wine has destroyed many.

Wine drunk in season and to satisfy Is joy of heart, and gladness of soul:

Drunkenness increases the rage of a fool to his hurt; It diminishes strength, and adds wounds.

He raises up the soul, and enlighteneth the eyes: He gives healing, life, and blessing.

For all things are not profitable for all men, Neither has every soul pleasure in every thing.

For in multitude of meats there shall be disease, And surfeiting shall come near to colic.

Because of surfeiting have many perished; But he that takes heed shall prolong his life.

Honor a physician according to your need of him with the honors due to him: For verily the Lord has created him.

For from the Most High comes healing; And from the king he shall receive a gift.

The skill of the physician shall lift up his head; And in the sight of great men he shall be admired.

The Lord created medicines out of the earth; And a prudent man will have no disgust at them.

With them does he heal a man, And takes away his pain.

With these will the apothecary make a confection; And his works shall not be brought to an end; And from him is peace upon the face of the earth.

My son, in your sickness be not negligent; But pray to the Lord, and he shall heal you.

Then give place to the physician, for verily the Lord has created him; And let him not go from you, for you have need of him.

There is a time when in their very hands is the issue for good.

For they also shall beseech the Lord, That he may prosper them in giving relief and in healing for the maintenance of life.

He that sins before his Maker, Let him fall into the hands of the physician.

The chief of all things necessary for the life of man Are water, and fire, and iron, and salt, And flour of wheat, and honey, and milk, The blood of the grape, and oil, and clothing.

O death, how bitter is the remembrance of you to a man that is at peace in his possessions, To the man that has nothing to distract him, and has prosperity in all things, And that still has strength to receive meat!

A mist coming speedily is the healing of all things; A dew coming after heat shall bring cheerfulness.

Written in the hundred fourscore and eighth year. THEY that are in Jerusalem and those who are in Judea and the senate and Judas, to Aristobulus, king Ptolemy’s teacher, who is also of the stock of the anointed priests, and to the Jews that are in Egypt, send greeting and health.

To the worthy Jews, his fellow-citizens, Antiochus, king and general, wishes much joy and health and prosperity.

not despairing of myself, but having great hope to escape from the sickness.

If you⌃ fare well, we have our desire: we ourselves also are in good health.

King Ptolemy Philopater, to the commanders and soldiers in Egypt, and in all places, health and happiness!

I am right well; and so, too, are my affairs.

We, too, and our children are well; and God has directed our affairs as we wish.

And that there are reserved habitations of health and safety, whereas we have lived wickedly?

Jesus went about in all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the Good News of the Kingdom, and healing every disease and every sickness among the people.

The report about him went out into all Syria. They brought to him all who were sick, afflicted with various diseases and torments, possessed with demons, epileptics, and paralytics; and he healed them.

“The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is sound, your whole body will be full of light.

“Which of you, by being anxious, can add one moment to his lifespan?

Jesus stretched out his hand, and touched him, saying, “I want to. Be made clean.” Immediately his leprosy was cleansed.

When Jesus came into Peter’s house, he saw his wife’s mother lying sick with a fever.

When Jesus heard it, he said to them, “Those who are healthy have no need for a physician, but those who are sick do.

Jesus went about all the cities and the villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the Good News of the Kingdom, and healing every disease and every sickness among the people.

He called to himself his twelve disciples, and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal every disease and every sickness.

When the people of that place recognized him, they sent into all that surrounding region, and brought to him all who were sick;

Don’t you understand that whatever goes into the mouth passes into the belly, and then out of the body?

Now Simon’s wife’s mother lay sick with a fever, and immediately they told him about her.

When Jesus heard it, he said to them, “Those who are healthy have no need for a physician, but those who are sick. I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”

When he had looked around at them with anger, being grieved at the hardening of their hearts, he said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He stretched it out, and his hand was restored as healthy as the other.

For he had healed many, so that as many as had diseases pressed on him that they might touch him.

When his friends heard it, they went out to seize him: for they said, “He is insane.”

and begged him much, saying, “My little daughter is at the point of death. Please come and lay your hands on her, that she may be made healthy, and live.”

Immediately the flow of her blood was dried up, and she felt in her body that she was healed of her affliction.

He said to her, “Daughter, your faith has made you well. Go in peace, and be cured of your disease.”

They cast out many demons, and anointed many with oil who were sick, and healed them.

If I send them away fasting to their home, they will faint on the way, for some of them have come a long way.”

When the sun was setting, all those who had any sick with various diseases brought them to him; and he laid his hands on every one of them, and healed them.

Jesus answered them, “Those who are healthy have no need for a physician, but those who are sick do.

All the multitude sought to touch him, for power came out of him and healed them all.

Those who were sent, returning to the house, found that the servant who had been sick was well.

A woman who had a flow of blood for twelve years, who had spent all her living on physicians, and could not be healed by any,

Her spirit returned, and she rose up immediately. He commanded that something be given to her to eat.

He called the twelve together, and gave them power and authority over all demons, and to cure diseases.

He sent them out to preach God’s Kingdom and to heal the sick.

Heal the sick who are therein, and tell them, ‘God’s Kingdom has come near to you.’

Which of you by being anxious can add a cubit to his height?

He said to him, ‘Your brother has come, and your father has killed the fattened calf, because he has received him back safe and healthy.’

When Jesus saw him lying there, and knew that he had been sick for a long time, he asked him, “Do you want to be made well?”

Afterward Jesus found him in the temple, and said to him, “Behold, you are made well. Sin no more, so that nothing worse happens to you.”

If a boy receives circumcision on the Sabbath, that the law of Moses may not be broken, are you angry with me, because I made a man completely healthy on the Sabbath?

so that even handkerchiefs or aprons were carried away from his body to the sick, and the diseases departed from them, and the evil spirits went out.

The father of Publius lay sick of fever and dysentery. Paul entered in to him, prayed, and laying his hands on him, healed him.

Then when this was done, the rest also who had diseases in the island came, and were cured.

For this cause many among you are weak and sickly, and not a few sleep.

since he longed for you all, and was very troubled, because you had heard that he was sick.

For indeed he was sick, nearly to death, but God had mercy on him; and not on him only, but on me also, that I might not have sorrow on sorrow.

Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas greet you.