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Bible Verses About Healing

24 verses in the King James Version (KJV) and the Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

Whether you are waiting on test results, recovering from surgery, or sitting beside someone who is sick, healing is rarely a simple topic. The Bible holds both honest cries for help and many stories of people made well. These verses speak of a God who cares about bodies and hearts, who binds up wounds, and who promises a day when pain is gone for good. Use them to pray, to hope, and to remember you are not facing this alone.

  1. Jeremiah 17:14

    KJV
    Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for thou art my praise.
    BSB
    Heal me, O LORD, and I will be healed; save me, and I will be saved, for You are my praise.
  2. Jeremiah 30:17

    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.
    BSB
    But I will restore your health and heal your wounds, declares the LORD, because they call you an outcast, Zion, for whom no one cares.”
  3. Exodus 15:26

    KJV
    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.
    BSB
    saying, “If you will listen carefully to the voice of the LORD your God, and do what is right in His eyes, and pay attention to His commands, and keep all His statutes, then I will not bring on you any of the diseases I inflicted on the Egyptians. For I am the LORD who heals you.”
  4. Psalm 147:3

    KJV
    He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.
    BSB
    He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.
  5. Psalm 103:2

    KJV
    Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:
    BSB
    Bless the LORD, O my soul, and do not forget all His kind deeds—
  6. Psalm 103:3

    KJV
    Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases;
    BSB
    He who forgives all your iniquities and heals all your diseases,
  7. Isaiah 53:5

    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.
    BSB
    But He was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed.
  8. 1 Peter 2:24

    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.
    BSB
    He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. “By His stripes you are healed.”
  9. James 5:14

    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:
    BSB
    Is any one of you sick? He should call the elders of the church to pray over him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord.
  10. James 5:15

    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.
    BSB
    And the prayer offered in faith will restore the one who is sick. The Lord will raise him up. If he has sinned, he will be forgiven.
  11. James 5:16

    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.
    BSB
    Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power to prevail.
  12. Matthew 4:23

    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.
    BSB
    Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness among the people.
  13. Matthew 9:35

    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.
    BSB
    Jesus went through all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness.
  14. Mark 5:34

    KJV
    And he said unto her, Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace, and be whole of thy plague.
    BSB
    “Daughter,” said Jesus, “your faith has healed you. Go in peace and be free of your affliction.”
  15. Proverbs 4:22

    KJV
    For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.
    BSB
    For they are life to those who find them, and health to the whole body.
  16. Proverbs 17:22

    KJV
    A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
    BSB
    A joyful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit dries up the bones.
  17. Psalm 30:2

    KJV
    O LORD my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me.
    BSB
    O LORD my God, I cried to You for help, and You healed me.
  18. Psalm 41:3

    KJV
    The LORD will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness.
    BSB
    The LORD will sustain him on his bed of illness and restore him from his bed of sickness.
  19. Jeremiah 33:6

    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.
    BSB
    Nevertheless, I will bring to it health and healing, and I will heal its people and reveal to them the abundance of peace and truth.
  20. 3 John 1:2

    KJV
    Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.
    BSB
    Beloved, I pray that in every way you may prosper and enjoy good health, as your soul also prospers.
  21. Malachi 4:2

    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.
    BSB
    “But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings, and you will go out and leap like calves from the stall.
  22. Psalm 6:2

    KJV
    Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I am weak: O LORD, heal me; for my bones are vexed.
    BSB
    Be merciful to me, O LORD, for I am frail; heal me, O LORD, for my bones are in agony.
  23. Matthew 8:17

    KJV
    That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses.
    BSB
    This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah: “He took on our infirmities and carried our diseases.”
  24. Revelation 21:4

    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.
    BSB
    ‘He will wipe away every tear from their eyes,’ and there will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the former things have passed away.”

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