45 Encouraging Bible Verses About Healing for Comfort and Strength

Aug 20, 2025 - 07:59
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Difficult times often leave you needing healing and strength, longing for a higher power beyond what you can muster up on your own. There is plenty to be found in the Bible that speaks to these times, and we've rounded up 45 Bible verses about healing here for you to help you when you need them most.

All of these powerful scriptures are short yet full of wisdom to comfort the sick and provide words to fuel prayers for healing for physical ailments, a broken heart, and more. An Old Testament verses, Isaiah 41:10, for example, says: "So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand." And in the New Testament we see verses that show us Jesus healing diseases and sicknesses as he proclaims good news wherever he journeyed.

Scroll down to read these Bible verses about healing for yourself and/or to share with with people you care about who might find them meaningful.

Jeremiah 33:6

“Nevertheless, I will bring health and healing to it; I will heal my people and will let them enjoy abundant peace and security.”

Psalm 103:2-3

“Praise the Lord, my soul, and forget not all his benefits—who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases.”

Deuteronomy 32:39

“See now that I myself am he! There is no god besides me. I put to death and I bring to life, I have wounded and I will heal, and no one can deliver out of my hand.”

Isaiah 58:8

“Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will quickly appear; then your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the Lord will be your rear guard.”

Exodus 15:26

“He said, ‘If you listen carefully to the Lord your God and do what is right in his eyes, if you pay attention to his commands and keep all his decrees, I will not bring on you any of the diseases I brought on the Egyptians, for I am the Lord, who heals you.’”

Isaiah 53:4-5

“Surely he took up our pain and bore our suffering, yet we considered him punished by God, stricken by him, and afflicted. But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed.”

Isaiah 38:16

“Lord, by such things people live; and my spirit finds life in them too. You restored me to health and let me live.”

Psalm 107:19-20

“Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble, and he saved them from their distress. He sent out his word and healed them; he rescued them from the grave.”

Mark 5:34

“He said to her, ‘Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace and be freed from your suffering.’”

Matthew 10:1

“Jesus called his twelve disciples to him and gave them authority to drive out impure spirits and to heal every disease and sickness.”

Psalm 6:2

“Have mercy on me, Lord, for I am faint. Heal me, Lord, for my bones are in agony.”

Psalm 41:3

“The Lord sustains them on their sickbed and restores them from their bed of illness.”

Proverbs 16:24

“Gracious words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.”

Psalm 34:18

“The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.”

Wisdom of Solomon 16:12

“It wasn’t any herb or ointment that healed them but your word alone, Lord, which heals everything.”

Psalm 23:4

“Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.”

Malachi 4:2

“But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness shall rise with healing in its wings. You shall go out leaping like calves from the stall.”

Psalm 73:26

“My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.”

John 14:27

“Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.”

James 5:16

“Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.”

Isaiah 33:2

“Lord, be gracious to us; we long for you. Be our strength every morning, our salvation in time of distress.”

Psalm 119:50

“This is my comfort in my affliction, that your promise gives me life.”

Philippians 4:19

“And my God will meet all your needs according to the riches of his glory in Christ Jesus.”

Proverbs 17:22

“A healing heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones."

Proverbs 4:20-22

“My son, give attention to my words; incline your ear to my sayings. Do not let them depart from your eyes; keep them in the midst of your heart; for they are life to those who find them, and health to all their flesh.”

James 5:14

"Is anyone among you sick? Let them call the elders of the church to pray over them and anoint them with oil in the name of the Lord."

Psalms 146:8

"The Lord gives sight to the blind, the Lord lifts up those who are bowed down, the Lord loves the righteous."

Exodus 23:25

"Worship the Lord your God, and his blessing will be on your food and water. I will take away sickness from among you."

Isaiah 41:10

"So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand."

3 John 1:2

"Dear friend, I pray that you may enjoy good health and that all may go well with you, even as your soul is getting along well."

Revelation 21:4

"He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away."

2 Kings 20:5

"The is what the Lord, the God of your father David, says: 'I have heard your prayer and seen your tears; I will heal you.'"

Jeremiah 17:14

"Heal me, Lord, and I will be healed; save me and I will be saved, for you are the one I praise."

Luke 6:19

"And the people all tried to touch him, because power was coming from him and healing them all."

Jeremiah 30:17

"'But I will restore you to health and heal your wounds,' declares the Lord."

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Isaiah 38:17

"Surely it was for my benefit that I suffered such anguish. In your love you kept me from the pit of destruction; you have put all my sins behind your back."

Isaiah 57:18-19

"'I have seen their ways, but I will heal them; I will guide them and restore comfort to Israel's mourners, creating praise on their lips. Peace, peace, to those far and near,' says the Lord, 'And I will heal them.'"

1 Peter 2:24

"He himself bore our sins in his body on the cross, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; by his wounds you have been healed."

Matthew 11:28

"Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest."

Isaiah 40:29

"He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak."

Psalms 107:20-21

"He sent out his word and healed them; he rescued them from the grave. Let them give thanks to the Lord for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for mankind."

Psalm 147:3

"He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds."

Matthew 9:35

"Jesus went through all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom and healing every disease and sickness."

Mark 5:34

"He said to her, 'Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace and be freed from your suffering.'"

Psalm 30:2

"Lord my God, I called to you for help, and you healed me."

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