Health care

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• 3 John 1:2

  Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.

• 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.

• Proverbs 17:22

  A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.

• Proverbs 3:7–8

  Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil. It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.

• Matthew 9:12

  But when Jesus heard that, he said unto them, They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick.

• Deuteronomy 15:7–11

  If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother: But thou shalt open thine hand wide unto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need, in that which he wanteth. Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry unto the LORD against thee, and it be sin unto thee. …

• 1 Timothy 4:8

  For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.

• Jeremiah 30:17

  For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith the LORD; because they called thee an Outcast, saying, This is Zion, whom no man seeketh after.

• Proverbs 16:24

  Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

• 1 Timothy 5:23

  Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake and thine often infirmities.

• Exodus 15:26

  And said, 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.

• Matthew 25:37–40

  Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink? When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee? Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee? …

• 1 Corinthians 10:31

  Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.

• James 5:13–15

  Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms. Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord: And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.

• 1 Peter 5:7

  Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.

• James 5:14

  Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:

• Jeremiah 17:14

  Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for thou art my praise.

• Psalms 147:3

  He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.

• 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?

• Luke 10:34

  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.

• Matthew 10:8–11

  Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give. Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses, Nor scrip for your journey, neither two coats, neither shoes, nor yet staves: for the workman is worthy of his meat. …

• Proverbs 14:30

  A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.

• Jeremiah 33:6

  Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them, and will reveal unto them the abundance of peace and truth.

• Matthew 5:44

  But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;

• Proverbs 21:13

  Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.

• James 1:27

  Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.

• 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.

• Matthew 10:8

  Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give.

• Isaiah 40:31

  But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

• Psalms 28:7

  The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him.

• 1 Corinthians 6:19

  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?

• Proverbs 13:12

  Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.

• Philippians 4:6–7

  Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

• Philippians 4:13

  I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

• Isaiah 53:4–5

  Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.

• Deuteronomy 15:11

  For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.

• Psalms 30:2

  O LORD my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me.

• Acts 27:34

  Wherefore I pray you to take some meat: for this is for your health: for there shall not an hair fall from the head of any of you.

• Luke 14:13–15

  But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind: And thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just. And when one of them that sat at meat with him heard these things, he said unto him, Blessed is he that shall eat bread in the kingdom of God.