12 Then give place to the physician, for truly the Lord has created him. Don’t let him leave you, for you need him. (WEB) 13 There is a time when recovery is in their hands. (WEB) 14 For they also shall ask the Lord to prosper them in diagnosis and in healing for the maintenance of life. (WEB)
Sirach 38:12–14
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2 Clement 9:6–8
6 Let us therefore love one another, that we all may come unto the kingdom of God. (2CL) 7 While we have time to be healed, let us place ourselves in the hands of God the physician, giving Him a recompense. (2CL) 8 What recompense? Repentance from a sincere heart. (2CL)
Sirach 38:1–2
1 Honor a physician according to your need with the honors due to him, for truly the Lord has created him. (WEB) 2 For healing comes from the Most High, and he shall receive a gift from the king. (WEB)
Wisdom of Solomon 16:11–13
11 For they were bitten to put them in remembrance of your oracles, and were quickly saved, lest, falling into deep forgetfulness, they should become unable to respond to your kindness. (WEB) 12 For truly it was neither herb nor poultice that cured them, but your word, O… (WEB) 13 … (WEB)
Sirach 38:6–8
6 He gave men skill that he might be glorified in his marvelous works. (WEB) 7 With them he heals and takes away pain. (WEB) 8 With these, the pharmacist makes a mixture. God’s works won’t be brought to an end. From him, peace is upon the face of the earth. (WEB)
Jeremiah 33:5–7
5 The Chaldeans are coming to fight and to fill those places with the corpses of the men I will strike down in My anger and in My wrath. I have hidden My face from this city because of all its wickedness. 6 Nevertheless, I will bring to it health and healing, and… 7 …
James 5:14–16
14 Is any one of you sick? He should call the elders of the church to pray over him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord. 15 And the prayer offered in faith will restore the one who is sick. The Lord will raise him up. If he has sinned, he will be forgive…
Psalms 41:2–4
2 The LORD will protect and preserve him; He will bless him in the land and refuse to surrender him to the will of his foes. 3 The LORD will sustain him on his bed of illness and restore him from his bed of sickness. 4 I said, “O LORD, be gracious to me; heal me, for…
Sirach 18:20–22
20 Before judgment, examine yourself, and in the hour of scrutiny you will find forgiveness. (WEB) 21 Humble yourself before you get sick. In the time of sins, repent. (WEB) 22 Let nothing hinder you to pay your vow in due time. Don’t wait until death to be released. (WEB)
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