World’s Best 10 Bible Verses For Doctors

Update on by Pastor Jack Wellman

Doctors play a critical role in society, and so for all doctors, here are the world’s best 10 Bible verse about doctors found in Scripture.

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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
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And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father. So the physicians embalmed Israel.
- Genesis 50:2
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On one of those days, as he was teaching, Pharisees and teachers of the law were sitting there, who had come from every village of Galilee and Judea and from Jerusalem. And the power of the Lord was with him to heal.
- Luke 5:17
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And the Lord said to Moses, Make a fiery serpent and set it on a pole, and everyone who is bitten, when he sees it, shall live. So Moses made a bronze serpent and set it on a pole. And if a serpent bit anyone, he would look at the bronze serpent and live.
- Numbers 21:8-9
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Is anyone among you sick? 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 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 5:14-15
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In the thirty-ninth year of his reign Asa was diseased in his feet, and his disease became severe. Yet even in his disease he did not seek the LORD, but sought help from physicians.
- 2 Chronicles 16:12
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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
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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
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Luke the beloved physician greets you, as does Demas.
- Colossians 4:14
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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
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Total Quotes Found: 10

5 Stories From The Bible For Doctors

Here are 5 stories from the Bible that doctors should read and consider.

The Great Physician

Jesus has been referred to as the Great Physician.  Probably from a reference from Mark 2, but the Lord Himself is the One “Who forgives all your iniquity, who heals all your diseases” (Psalm 103:3). If it is the Lord’s will that some be healed and others not, we must remember that the Lord will have mercy upon whom He will have mercy; for either healing or for saving (Exodus 33:19; Romans 9:15).  We can trust the Great Physician with the uncertain future ahead.  He inhabits eternity, so He already knows that it works out for your best (Romans 8:28).

Needing a Physician

When Jesus was accused of eating with tax collectors and sinners (Mark 2:16), Jesus could have included the Pharisees too because they were sinners as well.  Even though they didn’t think they were sinners, Jesus “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).  Their sins had accrued God’s righteous wrath.  If only they had realized their sinfulness before Christ; that they too needed a physician, they could have been healed and cleansed from all unrighteousness (2 Corinthians 5:21).

Jesus’ Power

A woman who had suffered for 12 long years with a bleeding condition had attempted to be healed by various doctors, but none had helped.  She had spent all that she had, but it only grew worse (Mark 5:26), so she sought out Jesus so that she could touch His garment.  She’d heard that people were being healed (Mark 5:27), so she thought, “If I touch even his garments, I will be made well” (Mark 5:28).  Now that’s faith!  It was because of her faith in Christ that “immediately the flow of blood dried up, and she felt in her body that she was healed of her disease” (Mark 5:29).

Luke the Physician

Luke’s been called Luke the Physician, Luke the Evangelist, and by historians, Luke the Historian, since his writings contain numerous historical facts, figures and dates, but when the Apostle Paul wrote to the Colossians, he included the fact that “Luke the beloved physician greets you, as does Demas” (Col 4:14).  A physician would certainly be a blessing on a missionary trip.  He could be useful for a number of reasons, not just medical ones.

A Doctor’s Help

When the Apostle Paul wrote Timothy, he was in prison.  He needed some help, so he said that “Luke alone is with me. Get Mark and bring him with you, for he is very useful to me for ministry” (2 Timothy 4:11).  Years before, Mark had fallen out of favor with Paul, but now he wanted Mark to come, just as Luke was with him now.  Perhaps Paul needed Luke as a physician and now Mark as a scribe.

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