Whenever you have sneezed, you probably have heard someone say, "God bless you." The origin behind saying, "God bless you," after a sneeze comes from the first century. It is rooted in superstition. The belief was that when a person sneezed, the body was trying to rid itself of evil spirits or to protect itself from invading evil spirits.

Saying, "God bless you," was thought to be a protection or a good luck charm to ensure the person wouldn't be hurt by the evil spirits. Even though this was practiced to great extents, there is no biblical support to this claim. Nothing in the Bible says we have to recite, "God bless you," when someone sneezes in order to protect them from evil spirits.

Evil spirits will not enter a person when they sneeze. However, if you do want to start the practice of saying, "God bless you," after someone sneezes, then there is nothing unbiblical about it. It actually might be a great way to open up a conversation about God and His greatness.