Eight Biblical Principles for Good Health and Healing

How to Have a Healthy and Abundant Life: 3 John 2

1. Plenty of Pure, Fresh Air. Genesis 2:7; Acts 17:25

2. Sunlight Every Day. Genesis 1:14-18; Ecclesiastes 11:7

3. Abstinence from Things Harmful; Proverbs 20:1;

Temperance in Things that are good; 1 Corinthians 9:25.

4. Sufficient Rest. Exodus 20:8-11; Matthew 11:28; Mark 6:31

5. Useful Physical Exercise on a Regular Basis. Genesis 2:15; 2 Thessalonians 3:10

6. Enjoy the Pure, Natural Foods God has Provided. Genesis 1:29, Leviticus 11

7. Use Water Inside and Out. Daniel 1:11-15; Matthew 6:17, 18

8. Trust in Divine Power. Proverbs 3:5-8; Matthew 4:23

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How to have a healthy and abundant life:

3 John 2

Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.

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1. Plenty of Pure, Fresh Air.

Genesis 2:7

And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life: and man became a living soul.

Acts 17:25

Neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things:

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2. Sunlight Every Day.

Genesis 1:14-18

And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:

And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth; and it was so.

And God made two great light; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.

and God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,

and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that is was good.

Ecclesiastes 11:7

Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun:

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3. Abstinence from Things Harmful.

Proverbs 20:1

Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.

Temperance in Things that are not good.

1 Corinthians 9:25

And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.

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4. Sufficient Rest.

Exodus 20:8-11

Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work; but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maid servant, nor the cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: for in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day, and hallowed it.

Matthew 11:28

Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

Mark 6:31

And he said unto them, come ye yourselves apart into a desert place, and rest a while: for there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat.

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5. Useful Physical Exercise on a Regular Basis.

Genesis 2:15

And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.

2 Thessalonians 3:10

For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.

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6. Enjoy the Pure, Natural Foods God has Provided.

Genesis 1:29

And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meet.

Leviticus 11

LEV 11:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying unto them,

LEV 11:2 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, These are the beasts which

ye shall eat among all the beasts that are on the earth.

LEV 11:3 Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is clovenfooted, and cheweth the

cud, among the beasts, that shall ye eat.

LEV 11:4 Nevertheless these shall ye not eat of them that chew the cud, or

of them that divide the hoof: as the camel, because he cheweth the cud, but

divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you.

LEV 11:5 And the coney, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof;

he is unclean unto you.

LEV 11:6 And the hare, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof;

he is unclean unto you.

LEV 11:7 And the swine, though he divide the hoof, and be clovenfooted, yet he

cheweth not the cud; he is unclean to you.

LEV 11:8 Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcase shall ye not

touch; they are unclean to you.

LEV 11:9 These shall ye eat of all that are in the waters: whatsoever hath

fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, them shall ye

eat.

LEV 11:10 And all that have not fins and scales in the seas, and in the

rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of any living thing which is

in the waters, they shall be an abomination unto you:

LEV 11:11 They shall be even an abomination unto you; ye shall not eat

of their flesh, but ye shall have their carcases in abomination.

LEV 11:12 Whatsoever hath no fins nor scales in the waters, that shall be an

abomination unto you.

LEV 11:13 And these are they which ye shall have in abomination among the

fowls; they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle, and the

ossifrage, and the ospray,

LEV 11:14 And the vulture, and the kite after his kind;

LEV 11:15 Every raven after his kind;

LEV 11:16 And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after

his kind,

LEV 11:17 And the little owl, and the cormorant, and the great owl,

LEV 11:18 And the swan, and the pelican, and the gier eagle,

LEV 11:19 And the stork, the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the

bat.

LEV 11:20 All fowls that creep, going upon all four, shall be an abomination

unto you.

LEV 11:21 Yet these may ye eat of every flying creeping thing that goeth upon

all four, which have legs above their feet, to leap withal upon the earth;

LEV 11:22 Even these of them ye may eat; the locust after his kind, and the

bald locust after his kind, and the beetle after his kind, and the

grasshopper after his kind.

LEV 11:23 But all other flying creeping things, which have four feet, shall be

an abomination unto you.

LEV 11:24 And for these ye shall be unclean: whosoever toucheth the carcase

of them shall be unclean until the even.

LEV 11:25 And whosoever beareth ought of the carcase of them shall wash his

clothes, and be unclean until the even.

LEV 11:26 The carcases of every beast which divideth the hoof, and is not

clovenfooted, nor cheweth the cud, are unclean unto you: every one that

toucheth them shall be unclean.

LEV 11:27 And whatsoever goeth upon his paws, among all manner of beasts that

go on all four, those are unclean unto you: whoso toucheth their carcase

shall be unclean until the even.

LEV 11:28 And he that beareth the carcase of them shall wash his clothes, and

be unclean until the even: they are unclean unto you.

LEV 11:29 These also shall be unclean unto you among the creeping things that

creep upon the earth; the weasel, and the mouse, and the tortoise after his

kind,

LEV 11:30 And the ferret, and the chameleon, and the lizard, and the

snail, and the mole.

LEV 11:31 These are unclean to you among all that creep: whosoever doth touch

them, when they be dead, shall be unclean until the even.

LEV 11:32 And upon whatsoever any of them, when they are dead, doth fall, it

shall be unclean; whether it be any vessel of wood, or raiment, or skin, or

sack, whatsoever vessel it be, wherein any work is done, it must be put into

water, and it shall be unclean until the even; so it shall be cleansed.

LEV 11:33 And every earthen vessel, whereinto any of them falleth, whatsoever

is in it shall be unclean; and ye shall break it.

LEV 11:34 Of all meat which may be eaten, that on which such water cometh

shall be unclean: and all drink that may be drunk in every such vessel shall

be unclean.

LEV 11:35 And every thing whereupon any part of their carcase falleth shall be

unclean; whether it be oven, or ranges for pots, they shall be broken down:

for they are unclean and shall be unclean unto you.

LEV 11:36 Nevertheless a fountain or pit, wherein there is plenty of water,

shall be clean: but that which toucheth their carcase shall be unclean.

LEV 11:37 And if any part of their carcase fall upon any sowing seed which is

to be sown, it shall be clean.

LEV 11:38 But if any water be put upon the seed, and any part of their carcase

fall thereon, it shall be unclean unto you.

LEV 11:39 And if any beast, of which ye may eat, die; he that toucheth the

carcase thereof shall be unclean until the even.

LEV 11:40 And he that eateth of the carcase of it shall wash his clothes, and

be unclean until the even: he also that beareth the carcase of it shall wash

his clothes, and be unclean until the even.

LEV 11:41 And every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth shall be an

abomination; it shall not be eaten.

LEV 11:42 Whatsoever goeth upon the belly, and whatsoever goeth upon all four,

or whatsoever hath more feet among all creeping things that creep upon the

earth, them ye shall not eat; for they are an abomination.

LEV 11:43 Ye shall not make yourselves abominable with any creeping thing that

creepeth, neither shall ye make yourselves unclean with them, that ye should

be defiled thereby.

LEV 11:44 For I am the LORD your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves,

and ye shall be holy; for I am holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with

any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

LEV 11:45 For I am the LORD that bringeth you up out of the land of Egypt, to

be your God: ye shall therefore be holy, for I am holy.

LEV 11:46 This is the law of the beasts, and of the fowl, and of every living

creature that moveth in the waters, and of every creature that creepeth upon

the earth:

LEV 11:47 To make a difference between the unclean and the clean, and between

the beast that may be eaten and the beast that may not be eaten.

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7. Use Water Inside and Out.

Daniel 1:11-15

Then said Daniel to Melzar, whom the prince of the eunuchs had set
over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah,

Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us
pulse to eat, and water to drink.

Then let our countenances be looked upon before thee, and the
countenance of the children that eat of the portion of the king's meat: and
as thou seest, deal with thy servants.

So he consented to them in this matter, and proved them ten days.

And at the end of ten days their countenances appeared fairer and
fatter in flesh than all the children which did eat the portion of the king's
meat.

Matthew 6:17, 18

But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face;

That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father, wich seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.

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8. Trust in Divine Power.

Proverbs 3:5-8

Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.

Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the Lord, and depart from evil.

It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.

Matthew 4:23

And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of diseases among the people.

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