Health is a gift that we often only notice when it is missing. The Bible wishes health, praises the body as God's good work, and gives practical wisdom for a healthy life. Here you will find 20 Bible verses about health – also as a blessing for cards.
Wishing health
Blessings for body and soul.
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My dear friend, I wish you in all things that you may be well and healthy, as your soul is well.
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The LORD bless you and keep you; the LORD make his face shine upon you and be gracious to you; the LORD lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace.
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Do not think that you are wise, but fear the LORD and turn away from evil. This will be healthy to your body and strengthen your bones.
Proverbs 3:7-8
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My son, pay attention to my words and incline your ear to my speech. Do not let them depart from your eyes, but keep them in your heart. For they are life to those who find them, and health to their whole body.
Proverbs 4:20-22
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I will satisfy him with long life and show him my salvation.
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He who makes your mouth rejoice, and you shall be young again like an eagle.
Psalm 103:5Old age
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But he, the God of peace, shall sanctify you through and through, and your spirit, soul, and body shall be kept blameless unto the future of our Lord Jesus Christ.
The body as a gift
Verses about the body as God's work.
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I thank you that I am wonderfully made; wonderful are your works, and my soul knows it well.
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Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, which you have from God, and is not your own? For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God's.
1 Corinthians 6:19-20SportsIdentity in Christ
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Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?
1 Corinthians 3:16Confirmation versesHoly Spirit
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I now exhort you, beloved brothers, by the mercy of God, that you offer your bodies as a living, holy, and acceptable sacrifice to God, which is your reasonable service.
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For physical exercise is of little profit, but godliness is profitable in all things, having the promise of this life and the life to come.
1 Timothy 4:8Sports
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So go and eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with good cheer; for your work pleases God.
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So rejoice, young man, in your youth, and let your heart be good in your youth. Do what your heart desires and what your eyes like, and know that God will bring you into judgment for all these things.
Wisdom for a healthy life
Practical advice from the wisdom literature.
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A joyful heart makes life pleasant; but a heavy heart dries up the bones.
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A kind heart is life to the body; but envy is rot in the bones.
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The words of the pleasant are like honey, they comfort the soul and refresh the bones.
Proverbs 16:24EncouragementFriendliness
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It is in vain that you rise up early and sit up late and eat your bread with sorrow; for He gives sleep to His friends.
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And he said to them: Let us go together to a desolate place and rest a while. For there were many of you who went back and forth, and you did not have enough time to eat.
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Do not be among drunkards and gluttons; for drunkards and gluttons will be poor, and a sleeper will wear tattered clothes.
Proverbs 23:20-21
Bible texts: Luther Bible 1912 (public domain), carefully adapted to modern spelling.
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Health in the Bible
The Bible is surprisingly body-friendly. Man is "wonderfully made" (Psalm 139:14), the body a "temple of the Holy Spirit" (1 Corinthians 6:19). Health is considered a blessing that we wish upon one another: John writes to his friend Gaius, wishing him, "in all things, that you may be well and healthy, as your soul is well" (3 John 2). Body and soul belong together in the Bible; one can strengthen or weaken the other. "A joyful heart makes life pleasant; but a heavy heart dries up the bones" (Proverbs 17:22).
A healthy life
The wisdom books give practical advice: enough sleep (Psalm 127:2), moderation in eating and drinking (Proverbs 23:20-21), avoiding envy, for it is "rot in the bones" (Proverbs 14:30). Jesus himself invites his exhausted disciples to withdraw to a quiet place (Mark 6:31). Health is not an idol, however: Paul says that physical exercise is "of little profit" compared to godliness (1 Timothy 4:8) – it is useful, but not everything. Learn more about Bible verses about sports, Bible verses about rest, and Bible verses about food.
Frequently Asked Questions
Which Bible verse is suitable as a health wish?
3 John 2 is very beautiful: "My dear friend, I wish you in all things that you may be well and healthy, as your soul is well."
What does "The body is a temple" mean?
Paul says in 1 Corinthians 6:19 that the body of a Christian is the dwelling place of the Holy Spirit. Therefore, one should treat it with care.
