Bible Verses About Healing
The Bible speaks of God as the one who heals: bodies, broken hearts and wounded lives. These verses gather its promises and prayers about healing, from “I am the LORD that healeth thee” to the prayer of faith in James, and they sit alongside honest accounts of suffering that does not lift at once.
These verses offer comfort and hope. They are not a substitute for medical care: if you or someone you love is ill, please see a doctor, and consider asking your pastor or church to pray with you.
17 verses about healing (KJV)
He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.
The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.
And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the LORD that healeth thee.
Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits: Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases;
He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions.
The LORD will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness.
Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I am weak: O LORD, heal me; for my bones are vexed.
My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart. For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.
Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for thou art my praise.
For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith the LORD; because they called thee an Outcast, saying, This is Zion, whom no man seeketh after.
But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.
I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, and restore comforts unto him and to his mourners. I create the fruit of the lips; Peace, peace to him that is far off, and to him that is near, saith the LORD; and I will heal him.
But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.
When the even was come, they brought unto him many that were possessed with devils: and he cast out the spirits with his word, and healed all that were sick: That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses.
And he said unto her, Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace, and be whole of thy plague.
Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord: And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.
Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.
Guided journeys on healing
Go deeper one day at a time: each day is a passage, a reflection, a question and a prayer.
Comfort in Sickness
7 days of God's presence in illness
- Day 1: How long, O Lord? — Psalms 6:2-9“Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I am weak: O LORD, heal me; for my bones are vexed. My soul is also sore vexed: but thou, O LORD, how long? Return, O LORD, deliver my soul: oh…”
- Day 2: Through the waters — Isaiah 43:1-3“But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine. When…”
- Day 3: Care for the wounded — Luke 10:30-35“And Jesus answering said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him…”
- Day 4: My times are in your hand — Psalms 31:9-15“Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly. For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my…”
- Day 5: Renewed day by day — 2 Corinthians 4:16-18“For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day. For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a…”
- Day 6: Grace is sufficient — 2 Corinthians 12:7-10“And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I…”
- Day 7: Strength of my heart — Psalms 73:23-26“Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden me by my right hand. Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory. Whom have I in heaven but…”
Depression & the Dark Night
7 days on hope in the darkness
- Day 1: Why art thou cast down? — Psalms 42:1-11“As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God? My tears…”
- Day 2: Prayer from the pit — Psalms 88:1-9“O LORD God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee: Let my prayer come before thee: incline thine ear unto my cry; For my soul is full of troubles: and my life…”
- Day 3: It is enough — 1 Kings 19:1-8“And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and withal how he had slain all the prophets with the sword. Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying, So let the gods do…”
- Day 4: Sorrowful unto death — Matthew 26:36-46“Then cometh Jesus with them unto a place called Gethsemane, and saith unto the disciples, Sit ye here, while I go and pray yonder. And he took with him Peter and the two sons of…”
- Day 5: How long? — Psalms 13:1-6“How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me? How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? how long…”
- Day 6: New every morning — Lamentations 3:19-26“Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall. My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is humbled in me. This I recall to my mind, therefore have I…”
- Day 7: Out of the pit — Psalms 40:1-5“I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry. He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and…”
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Scripture text: King James Version (public domain).