What does the Bible say about healthy?

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The Bible teaches that health is a good gift from God, yet our deepest need is healing from sin and restoration through Christ. Scripture encourages prayer for bodily well-being, as in 3 John 1:2 and James 5:14-16, while reminding us that God alone heals according to his wise will. Exodus 23:25 and Psalms 147:3 show his fatherly care for body and soul. Isaiah 53:5, Matthew 8:17, and 1 Peter 2:24 point above all to Christ, who bore our sins and secures our ultimate wholeness. Christians may seek medical help and pray expectantly, trusting God whether he grants present healing or sustains them through weakness.

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  • 3 John 1:2

    Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be healthy, even as your soul prospers.

  • Mark 16:17-18

    [17] These signs will accompany those who believe: in my name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new languages; [18] they will take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it will in no way hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover."

  • 2 Samuel 8:10

    then Toi sent Joram his son to king David, to Greet him, and to bless him, because he had fought against Hadadezer and struck him: for Hadadezer had wars with Toi. [Joram] brought with him vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and vessels of brass:

  • Matthew 8:17

    that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying: "He took our infirmities, and bore our diseases."

  • James 5:16

    Confess your offenses to one another, and pray one for another, that you may be healed. The effective, earnest prayer of a righteous man is powerfully effective.

  • James 5:15

    and the prayer of faith will heal him who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. If he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.

  • 1 Peter 2:24

    who his own self bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live to righteousness; by whose stripes you were healed.

  • Psalms 147:3

    He heals the broken in heart, And binds up their wounds.

  • Isaiah 53:5

    But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought our peace was on him; and by his wounds we are healed.

  • Exodus 23:25

    You shall serve Yahweh your God, and he will bless your bread and your water, and I will take sickness away from your midst.

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