Where in the Bible does it say?

Question

God blesses those who sneeze?

Answer 1

The origin of the "bless you" tradition is not entirely clear. The urban legend experts at Snopes.com list an impressive number of possibilities. One involves the (hopefully) mistaken belief that a human's soul might escape through a sneeze. Saying "God bless you" wards off Satan while the soul is temporarily vulnerable.

Another story veers toward the medical. Once upon an unenlightened time, people believed that the heart stopped during a sneeze. A hearty "God bless you" set the ol' ticker back in motion. Keep in mind these were the days before defibrillators and HMOs.

Interesting, but the most popular theory comes from the Middle Ages. During the bubonic plague, a sneeze was believed to be a sign of impending death. "God bless you" was "a way of commending his soul to the care of God." The phrase may have also come in handy to protect oneself if someone nearby sneezed.

Today, "bless you" is more a sign of good manners than a shield against death. If only folks were as courteous about other involuntary bodily functions...

Answer 2

It doesn't. The custom of saying "God bless you" after a sneeze was begun as a blessing. Pope Gregory the Great began it with his Pontificate at the start of the plague. Gregory called for litanies, processions and unceasing prayer for God's help and intercession for the sick of the plague. People marched through the streets chanting, Kyrie Eleison (Lord have mercy). When someone sneezed, they were immediately blessed (God bless you) in the hope that they would not develop the plague.

Answer 3

I think people say God Bless because our heart stops beating for the second we sneeze.?

Answer 4

Nowhere as far as I know.
But then we don't usually bring God into the saying when someone sneezes but rather just utter a plain and simple 'bless you!'

Answer 5

He doesn't, people do. It is actually an attempt at blessing someone with good health since they sneezed. It is something that was more appreciated when more people believed in God, now some people find it offensive, when it is really just a kind word from another person.

Answer 6

no where! in medieval times, the superstition was that you could be demon possessed if you allowed an access point into the body, and since you sneezed when your eyes were colsed, you were off guard and vulnerable. Saying "bless you" was a kind of miniature exorcism or demonic protection, but not Biblical (nor did it work).

Answer 7

No where. In medieval eastern Europe, it was thought that your soul might be sneaking out with all that mucus, after all, it was all being expelled at such high velocity, who knew if the baby wasn't coming out with the bathwater. So other people were simply asking God to bless the sneezer. Whether God does so or not, I suppose, depends on the efficacy of the prayers of the asker.

Answer 8

plz search up question: why do ppl say God Bless You or Bless You...its because you dont want to catch the illness so u be nice. l8r shortened to bless u.

Answer 9

OLD folk superstition about your life escaping through your nose. Either that or devils getting in. Maybe both, in different parts of the world. Can't remember for sure just now.

Gezundheit and abi gezundt (Yiddish) mean 'to your health'. It's an old wee prayer that you not be harmed in that dangerous moment.

Answer 10

2 Kings 4:35 - Then he returned, and walked in the house to and fro; and went up, and stretched himself upon him: and the child sneezed seven times, and the child opened his eyes.