Bible diseases and infirmities

Eczema

Leviticus 21:20

Or who is hunchbacked or dwarfed, or who has any eye defect, or who has festering or running sores or damaged testicles.

Deuteronomy 28:27

The LORD will afflict you with the boils of Egypt and with tumors, festering sores and the itch, from which you cannot be cured.

Broken stones

Leviticus 21:20

or who is hunchbacked or dwarfed, or who has any eye defect, or who has festering or running sores or damaged testicles.

Scurvy

Leviticus 21:21

No descendant of Aaron the priest who has any defect is to come near to present the offerings made to the LORD by fire. He has a defect; he must not come near to offer the food of his God.

Deuteronomy 28:27

The LORD will afflict you with the boils of Egypt and with tumors, festering sores and the itch, from which you cannot be cured.

Consumption

Leviticus 21:21

No descendant of Aaron the priest who has any defect is to come near to present the offerings made to the LORD by fire. He has a defect; he must not come near to offer the food of his God.

Deuteronomy 28:22-35

22 The LORD will strike you with wasting disease, with fever and inflammation, with scorching heat and drought, with blight and mildew, which will plague you until you perish.

23 The sky over your head will be bronze, the ground beneath you iron.

24 The LORD will turn the rain of your country into dust and powder; it will come down from the skies until you are destroyed.

25 The LORD will cause you to be defeated before your enemies. You will come at them from one direction but flee from them in seven, and you will become a thing of horror to all the kingdoms on earth.

26 Your carcasses will be food for all the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth, and there will be no one to frighten them away.

27 The LORD will afflict you with the boils of Egypt and with tumors, festering sores and the itch, from which you cannot be cured.

28 The LORD will afflict you with madness, blindness and confusion of mind.

29 At midday you will grope about like a blind man in the dark. You will be unsuccessful in everything you do; day after day you will be oppressed and robbed, with no one to rescue you.

30 You will be pledged to be married to a woman, but another will take her and ravish her. You will build a house, but you will not live in it. You will plant a vineyard, but you will not even begin to enjoy its fruit.

31 Your ox will be slaughtered before your eyes, but you will eat none of it. Your donkey will be forcibly taken from you and will not be returned. Your sheep will be given to your enemies, and no one will rescue them.

32 Your sons and daughters will be given to another nation, and you will wear out your eyes watching for them day after day, powerless to lift a hand.

33 A people that you do not know will eat what your land and labor produce, and you will have nothing but cruel oppression all your days.

34 The sights you see will drive you mad.

35 The LORD will afflict your knees and legs with painful boils that cannot be cured, spreading from the soles of your feet to the top of your head.

God’s Verse for God’s people…

What is Sin?

Romans 14:23  

But the man who has doubts is condemned if he eats, because his eating is not from faith; and everything that does not come from faith is sin.

Romans 3:23  

For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

James 4:17  

Anyone, then, who knows the good he ought to do and doesn't do it, sins.

200 Miscellaneous Commands from the Bible

  (169 to 176 out of 200)

169

Speak no evil of brethren

James 4:11  

Brothers, do not slander one another. Anyone who speaks against his brother or judges him speaks against the law and judges it. When you judge the law, you are not keeping it, but sitting in judgment on it.

            170

Stablish your hearts

James 5:8  

You too, be patient and stand firm, because the Lord's coming is near.

            171

Strengthen feeble knees

Hebrews 12:12  

Therefore, strengthen your feeble arms and weak knees.

            172

Strive together for gospel faith

Philippians 1:27 

Whatever happens, conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ. Then, whether I come and see you or only hear about you in my absence, I will know that you stand firm in one spirit, contending as one man for the faith of the gospel

            173

Study to be quiet

1 Thessalonians 4:11 

Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business and to work with your hands, just as we told you,

            174

Study to show self-approved

2 Timothy 2:15  

Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a workman who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth.

            175

Support the weak

1 Thessalonians 5:14  

And we urge you, brothers, warn those who are idle, encourage the timid, help the weak, be patient with everyone.

            176

See that none render evil for evil

1 Thessalonians 5:15  

Make sure that nobody pays back wrong for wrong, but always try to be kind to each other and to everyone else.

Sin

No fornicator

Ephesians 5:5-6  

5 For of this you can be sure: No immoral, impure or greedy person—such a man is an idolater—has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.

6 Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things God's wrath comes on those who are disobedient.

Enemies in your mind

Colossians 1:21  

Once you were alienated from God and were enemies in your minds because of your evil behavior.

Guilty of all

James 2:10

For whoever keeps the whole law and yet stumbles at just one point is guilty of breaking all of it.

Say no sin, deceive ourselves

1 John 1:810 

8 If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.

9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.

10 If we claim we have not sinned, we make him out to be a liar and his word has no place in our lives.

The Call of God

   The Call of God - Providence

Divine providence is brilliantly displayed in the life of David in that he was:

Preserved in providence

2 Samuel 7:1  

After the king was settled in his palace and the LORD had given him rest from all his enemies around him,

2 Samuel 8:6  

He put garrisons in the Aramean kingdom of Damascus, and the Arameans became subject to him and brought tribute. The LORD gave David victory wherever he went.

Chastened in providence

2 Samuel 15:1  

In the course of time, Absalom provided himself with a chariot and horses and with fifty men to run ahead of him.

2 Samuel 16:14  

The king and all the people with him arrived at their destination exhausted. And there he refreshed himself.

Kindly read:

Sent in providence: 1 Samuel 17:15-58

Restored in providence: 2 Samuel 19:9-40

Friends,

God loves you the way you are, but He refuses to leave you that way. He wants you to be just like Jesus.

Ways of Backsliders

Come short of the goal

Hebrews 4:1 

Therefore, since the promise of entering his rest still stands, let us be careful that none of you be found to have fallen short of it.

Fail to labor to enter life

Hebrews 4:11  

Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will fall by following their example of disobedience.

John 6:7  

Philip answered him, “Eight months’ wages would not buy enough bread for each one to have a bite!”

Fail to put to death the deeds of the body

Romans 8:12-13 

12 Therefore, brothers, we have an obligation—but it is not to the sinful nature, to live according to it.

13 For if you live according to the sinful nature, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will live,

1 Corinthians 6:9-11  

9 Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor male prostitutes nor homosexual offenders

10 nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.

11 And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.

Colossians 3:5-10  

5 Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is idolatry.

6 Because of these, the wrath of God is coming.

7 You used to walk in these ways, in the life you once lived.

8 But now you must rid yourselves of all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips.

9 Do not lie to each other, since you have taken off your old self with its practices

10 and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator.

God’s Verse for God’s people…

Psalms 136:25  

“And who gives food to every creature. His love endures forever.”

God's ever-enduring loving-kindness is one of the most beautiful jewels in that great treasure trove of Christian blessing. If not for the promise of his Father's unquenchable love, the believer would have none of the earthly rest for his soul that is even now his great privilege. By the knowledge that God's love is forever granted the child of faith, that same child may take blissful comfort that his Lord shall never forsake him, shall never rescind the promise of life eternal, and shall never withhold the strength needed for perseverance in times of trial. Amen and amen!

Examples of waiting on God

Simeon

Luke 2:25  

Now there was a man in Jerusalem called Simeon, who was righteous and devout. He was waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.

All Creation

Psalms 104:25-28  

25 There is the sea, vast and spacious, teeming with creatures beyond number— living things both large and small.

26 There the ships go to and fro, and the leviathan, which you formed to frolic there.

27 These all look to you to give them their food at the proper time.

28 When you give it to them, they gather it up; when you open your hand, they are satisfied with good things.

Psalms 145:15-16  

15 The eyes of all look to you, and you give them their food at the proper time.

16 You open your hand and satisfy the desires of every living thing.

God also waits-upon man

Isaiah 30:18  

Yet the LORD longs to be gracious to you; he rises to show you compassion. For the LORD is a God of justice. Blessed are all who wait for him!

Evangelism

If not you and me, who else? If not here and now, where and how?