20 Bible Verses About Healing

When you look at the 20 Bible verses about healing below, you will find a number of hopeful promises along with actual descriptions of healing that have taken place throughout the history as recorded in both the Old Testament and the New Testament.

1.

“Is anyone among you sick? 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 will save the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven. Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.”

[ESV, James 5:14-16]

2.

“And he called to him his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal every disease and every affliction.”

[Matthew 10:1]

3.

“For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted; a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;”

[Ecclesiastes 3:1-2]

4.

“To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. Blessed is the one who considers the poor! In the day of trouble the Lord delivers him; the Lord protects him and keeps him alive; he is called blessed in the land; you do not give him up to the will of his enemies. The Lord sustains him on his sickbed; in his illness you restore him to full health.”

[Psalm 41:1-3]

5.

“Behold, blessed is the one whom God reproves; therefore despise not the discipline of the Almighty. For he wounds, but he binds up; he shatters, but his hands heal.”

[Job 5:17-18]

6.

“And Peter said to him, Aeneas, Jesus Christ heals you; rise and make your bed. And immediately he rose.”

[Acts 9:34]

7.

“He touched her hand, and the fever left her, and she rose and began to serve him.”

[Matthew 8:15]

8.

“Gracious words are like a honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and health to the body.”

[Proverbs 16:24]

9.

“And the Lord will take away from you all sickness, and none of the evil diseases of Egypt, which you knew, will he inflict on you, but he will lay them on all who hate you.”

[Deuteronomy 7:15]

10.

“He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.”

[Psalm 147:3]

11.

“Behold, I will bring to it health and healing, and I will heal them and reveal to them abundance of prosperity and security.”

[Jeremiah 33:6]

12.

“Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits, who forgives all your iniquity, who heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from the pit, who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy,”

[Psalm 103:2-4]

13.

“Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved, for you are my praise.”

[Jeremiah 17:14]

14.

“It happened that the father of Publius lay sick with fever and dysentery. And Paul visited him and prayed, and putting his hands on him healed him.”

[Acts 28:8]

15.

“Then Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech, and also healed his wife and female slaves so that they bore children.”

[Genesis 20:17]

16.

“Then he stretched himself upon the child three times and cried to the LORD, “O LORD my God, let this child’s life come into him again.” And the LORD listened to the voice of Elijah. And the life of the child came into him again, and he revived.”

[1 Kings 17:21-22]

17.

“And the king said to the man of God, “Entreat now the favor of the LORD your God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored to me.” And the man of God entreated the LORD, and the king’s hand was restored to him and became as it was before.”

[1 Kings 13:6]

18.

“”Turn back, and say to Hezekiah the leader of my people, Thus says the LORD, the God of David your father: I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. Behold, I will heal you. On the third day you shall go up to the house of the LORD,”

[2 Kings 20:5]

19.

“But Peter said, “I have no silver and gold, but what I do have I give to you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk!” And he took him by the right hand and raised him up, and immediately his feet and ankles were made strong. And leaping up he stood and began to walk, and entered the temple with them, walking and leaping and praising God.”

[Acts 3:6-8]

20.

“And God has appointed in the church first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, helping, administrating, and various kinds of tongues.”

[1 Corinthians 12:28]