Ancient Judaism acclaimed God as source of health and illness, with sickness a divine-mandated punishment for individual and communal sins.In the Bible, God is viewed as responsible for all healing, and the magical healing practices of the surrounding nations were associated with idolatry.
And he took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the village, and when he had spit on his eyes and laid his hands on him, he asked him, “Do you see anything? | Mark 8:23
And who had suffered much under many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was no better but rather grew worse. | Mark 5:26
And there was a woman who had had a discharge of blood for twelve years, and though she had spent all her living on physicians, she could not be healed by anyone. | Luke 8:43
And all the crowd sought to touch him, for power came out from him and healed them all. | Luke 6:19
And Jesus answered them, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. | Luke 5:31
And he said to them, “Doubtless you will quote to me this proverb, ‘Physician, heal yourself.’ What we have heard you did at Capernaum, do here in your hometown as well. | Luke 4:23
And when Jesus heard it, he said to them, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.” | Mark 2:17
And the prayer of faith will save the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven. | James 5:15
A Psalm of David, for the memorial offering. O Lord, rebuke me not in your anger, nor discipline me in your wrath! For your arrows have sunk into me, and your hand has come down on me. There is no soundness in my flesh because of your indignation; there is no health in my bones because of my sin. For my iniquities have gone over my head; like a heavy burden, they are too heavy for me. My wounds stink and fester because of my foolishness. | Psalm 38:1-22
But when he heard it, he said, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. | Matthew 9:12
Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ. Now I commend you because you remember me in everything and maintain the traditions even as I delivered them to you. But I want you to understand that the head of every man is Christ, the head of a wife is her husband, and the head of Christ is God. Every man who prays or prophesies with his head covered dishonors his head, but every wife who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head, since it is the same as if her head were shaven. | 1 Corinthians 11:1-34
Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing. | James 1:2-4
Having said these things, he spat on the ground and made mud with the saliva. Then he anointed the man’s eyes with the mud. | John 9:6
Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then has the health of the daughter of my people not been restored? | Jeremiah 8:22
In those days Hezekiah became ill and was at the point of death. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz went to him and said, “This is what the Lord says: Put your house in order, because you are going to die; you will not recover. | Isaiah 38:1
Luke the beloved physician greets you, as does Demas. | Colossians 4:14
Now on his way to Jerusalem, Jesus traveled along the border between Samaria and Galilee. | Luke 17:11
O Lord, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure. | Psalm 6:1
One day Peter and John were going up to the temple at the time of prayer—at three in the afternoon. | Acts 3:1
Now Isaiah had said, “Let them take a cake of figs and apply it to the boil, that he may recover.” | Isaiah 38:21
Saying, “If you will diligently listen to the voice of the Lord your God, and do that which is right in his eyes, and give ear to his commandments and keep all his statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you that I put on the Egyptians, for I am the Lord, your healer. | Exodus 15:26