Bible Verses About Healing

These verses hold the promise that God restores — body, mind and spirit. Scripture to pray over the sick, and to hold onto while you are still waiting on God to heal.

“He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.” — Psalm 147:3 (KJV)

Praising cosmic power in the same breath as care for the brokenhearted, this hymn pairs vast strength with tender attention to individual pain. It does not explain suffering, only insists it is noticed and tended.

“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)

Part of a servant song Christian tradition reads as pointing to Christ, the passage ties healing to suffering endured on behalf of others, not merely alongside them. It roots restoration in something already accomplished, not still owed.

“O LORD my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me.” — Psalm 30:2 (KJV)

Recalling a serious illness that had felt life-threatening, the psalmist recorded the moment of crying out before any change was visible. It models honest complaint paired with a later account of being heard, without explaining exactly how recovery came.

“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)

Mocked by his own community for messages no one wanted to hear, a prophet voiced this plea twice, as though saying it once were not enough. It gives words to asking again for something already asked for.

“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)

Spoken days after the Red Sea crossing, at a spring of bitter water that had just been made drinkable. The name given — the LORD that healeth thee — is attached to a concrete, small mercy.

“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)

Instruction to a scattered church about calling the elders when someone is ill. Prayer is described as corporate work rather than the sick person's private effort.

“Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases;” — Psalm 103:3 (KJV)

Forgiveness and healing are named in the same breath, treating the person as one thing rather than a body and a soul. David is addressing his own soul as he lists them.

“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)

A summary line covering teaching, preaching and healing as one ministry rather than three. The sickness listed is 'all manner', without triage.

“Now when the sun was setting, all they that had any sick with divers diseases brought them unto him; and he laid his hands on every one of them, and healed them.” — Luke 4:40 (KJV)

At sunset, when the Sabbath ended and carrying the sick became lawful again, everyone came at once. The detail worth noticing is that he laid hands on every one of them individually.

“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)

The image is of sunrise with healing in its wings — a dawn that does something rather than merely arrives. It closes the Old Testament on a promise of restoration.

“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)

Peter summarises Jesus' whole ministry to a Roman officer as doing good and healing. Notably it says he healed all that were oppressed, tying sickness to something being resisted.

“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)

Quoting Isaiah to Christians facing persecution, applying stripes and healing to sin as well as body. It reads as the deepest layer of what healing means.

“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)

The promise of health springing forth speedily comes attached to feeding the hungry and housing the poor. Healing is linked to a community's practice, not only to an individual's prayer.

“Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.” — 3 John 1:2 (KJV)

A personal letter opening with a wish for a friend's physical health alongside his spiritual state. It is ordinary, which is why it is often prayed over the sick.

“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)

Said to a woman who had spent everything on physicians over twelve years and had grown worse. Jesus stops a crowd to speak to her, addressing her as daughter before mentioning her body.

“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.” — Matthew 8:16-17 (KJV)

The evening healings are read as fulfilling Isaiah's line about bearing our sicknesses. It ties Christ's own suffering to physical illness, not only to guilt.

“He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions.” — Psalm 107:20 (KJV)

Sent his word and healed them, describing people who had been near death through their own folly. Healing here follows crying out rather than deserving.

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What does the Bible say about healing?

The 17 passages gathered on this page are the ones readers turn to most on healing: Psalm 147:3, Isaiah 53:5, Psalm 30:2, Jeremiah 17:14, Exodus 15:26, James 5:15, Psalm 103:3, Matthew 4:23, Luke 4:40, Malachi 4:2, Acts 10:38, 1 Peter 2:24, Isaiah 58:8, 3 John 1:2, Mark 5:34, Matthew…

What is a good Bible verse about healing?

Psalm 147:3 is the passage most often quoted on healing, with Isaiah 53:5 and Psalm 30:2 close behind. Which one helps depends on whether you need reassurance, instruction or simply company.

Where can I read these healing verses?

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