What Does the Bible Say About Boils?

1. #1Isaiah 38:21

   For Isaiah had said, Let them take a lump of figs, and lay it for a plaister upon the boil, and he shall recover.

   BSBNow Isaiah had said, “Prepare a lump of pressed figs and apply it to the boil, and he will recover.”

2. #2Exodus 9:9

   And it shall become small dust in all the land of Egypt, and shall be a boil breaking forth with blains upon man, and upon beast, throughout all the land of Egypt.

   BSBIt will become fine dust over all the land of Egypt, and festering boils will break out on man and beast throughout the land.”

3. #3Leviticus 13:18-23

   The flesh also, in which, even in the skin thereof, was a boil, and is healed, And in the place of the boil there be a white rising, or a bright spot, white, and somewhat reddish, and it be shewed to the priest; And if, when the priest seeth it, behold, it be in sight lower than the skin, and the hair thereof be turned white; the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a plague of leprosy broken out of the boil. But if the priest look on it, and, behold, there be no white hairs therein, and if it be not lower than the skin, but be somewhat dark; then the priest shall shut him up seven days: And if it spread much abroad in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a plague. But if the bright spot stay in his place, and spread not, it is a burning boil; and the priest shall pronounce him clean.

   BSBWhen a boil appears on someone’s skin and it heals, and a white swelling or a reddish-white spot develops where the boil was, he must present himself to the priest. The priest shall examine it, and if it appears to be beneath the skin and the hair in it has turned white, the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is a diseased infection that has broken out in the boil. But when the priest examines it, if there is no white hair in it, and it is not beneath the skin and has faded, the priest shall isolate him for seven days. If it spreads any further on the skin, the priest must pronounce him unclean; it is an infection. But if the spot remains unchanged and does not spread, it is only the scar from the boil, and the priest shall pronounce him clean.

4. #42 Kings 20:7

   And Isaiah said, Take a lump of figs. And they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.

   BSBThen Isaiah said, “Prepare a poultice of figs.” So they brought it and applied it to the boil, and Hezekiah recovered.

5. #5Job 2:7

   So went Satan forth from the presence of the Lord, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.

   BSBSo Satan went out from the presence of the LORD and infected Job with terrible boils from the soles of his feet to the crown of his head.

6. #6James 5:16

   Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.

   BSBTherefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power to prevail.

7. #7Leviticus 13:18

   The flesh also, in which, even in the skin thereof, was a boil, and is healed,

   BSBWhen a boil appears on someone’s skin and it heals,

8. #81 Samuel 5:9

   And it was so, that, after they had carried it about, the hand of the Lord was against the city with a very great destruction: and he smote the men of the city, both small and great, and they had emerods in their secret parts.

   BSBBut after they had moved the ark to Gath, the LORD’s hand was also against that city, throwing it into great confusion and afflicting the men of the city, both young and old, with an outbreak of tumors.

9. #9Exodus 9:10

   And they took ashes of the furnace, and stood before Pharaoh; and Moses sprinkled it up toward heaven; and it became a boil breaking forth with blains upon man, and upon beast.

   BSBSo they took soot from the furnace and stood before Pharaoh. Moses tossed it into the air, and festering boils broke out on man and beast.

10. #10Deuteronomy 28:27

    The Lord will smite thee with the botch of Egypt, and with the emerods, and with the scab, and with the itch, whereof thou canst not be healed.

    BSBThe LORD will afflict you with the boils of Egypt, with tumors and scabs and itch from which you cannot be cured.

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