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Healing Scriptures

Few prayers are as urgent as a prayer for healing. Whether you are facing an illness, recovering from surgery, sitting beside someone you love or carrying a wound no doctor can see, the Bible has words for this moment. These healing scriptures describe a God who calls himself the LORD that healeth thee, who binds up the brokenhearted, and who came near in Jesus to touch the sick and restore the outcast. They do not promise that every prayer is answered the way we hope, and they do not treat suffering as a lack of faith. They do promise that God sees, that he cares, and that one day every tear will be wiped away. Read these verses aloud, pray them with a friend, or return to them during long nights. Please also keep seeking good medical care, which is one of the ways God provides for us.

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.

Exodus 15:26 KJV

And ye shall serve the LORD your God, and he shall bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee.

Exodus 23:25 KJV

Turn again, and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people, Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will heal thee: on the third day thou shalt go up unto the house of the LORD.

2 Kings 20:5 KJV

If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

2 Chronicles 7:14 KJV

Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I am weak: O LORD, heal me; for my bones are vexed.

Psalm 6:2 KJV

O LORD my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me.

Psalm 30:2 KJV

Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all.

Psalm 34:19 KJV

The LORD will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness.

Psalm 41:3 KJV

Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:

Psalm 103:2 KJV

Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases;

Psalm 103:3 KJV

He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions.

Psalm 107:20 KJV

He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.

Psalm 147:3 KJV

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

Proverbs 3:7 KJV

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

Proverbs 3:8 KJV

My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.

Proverbs 4:20 KJV

For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.

Proverbs 4:22 KJV

A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.

Proverbs 17:22 KJV

Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.

Isaiah 53:4 KJV

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.

Isaiah 53:5 KJV

Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the LORD shall be thy rereward.

Isaiah 58:8 KJV

Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for thou art my praise.

Jeremiah 17:14 KJV

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.

Jeremiah 30:17 KJV

Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them, and will reveal unto them the abundance of peace and truth.

Jeremiah 33:6 KJV

Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.

Hosea 6:1 KJV

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.

Malachi 4:2 KJV

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 disease among the people.

Matthew 4:23 KJV

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:

Matthew 8:16 KJV

That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses.

Matthew 8:17 KJV

And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people.

Matthew 9:35 KJV

Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give.

Matthew 10:8 KJV

And he said unto her, Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace, and be whole of thy plague.

Mark 5:34 KJV

And the whole multitude sought to touch him: for there went virtue out of him, and healed them all.

Luke 6:19 KJV

And the people, when they knew it, followed him: and he received them, and spake unto them of the kingdom of God, and healed them that had need of healing.

Luke 9:11 KJV

How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.

Acts 10:38 KJV

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:

James 5:14 KJV

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.

James 5:15 KJV

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.

James 5:16 KJV

Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.

1 Peter 2:24 KJV

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

3 John 1:2 KJV

And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.

Revelation 21:4 KJV

In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.

Revelation 22:2 KJV

Prayers

  • Prayer for Healing Prayers for your own healing, for someone who is sick, and for healing and strength.

Frequently asked questions

What is the most powerful healing scripture?

Many believers turn to Isaiah 53:5, Jeremiah 17:14 and Psalm 103:2–3. Their power lies in the God they point to rather than in the words themselves. Pick the one that gives voice to your own prayer.

Does God always heal?

The Bible shows God healing many people, yet it also records faithful people who stayed sick, including Paul’s friend Trophimus in 2 Timothy 4:20. Scripture promises complete healing in the life to come, as Revelation 21:4 describes.

What should I pray for someone who is sick?

James 5:14–16 encourages prayer, the support of the church and honesty with one another. Ask for healing, comfort, wise doctors and peace, and pray a verse like Psalm 41:3 over them by name.

Is there a Bible verse for emotional healing?

Yes. Psalm 147:3 says God heals the broken in heart and binds up their wounds, and Psalm 34:18 says he is near them. Grief and depression are real, and a counselor or pastor can walk with you too.

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