Bible healing verses for the sick can help you find words to pray when illness leaves you weary, worried, or unsure what to say.
Whether you are facing sickness yourself or praying for someone you love, Scripture reminds you that you can bring your pain and questions to God.
These 90 verses offer encouragement for prayer and reflection. Begin with a passage that speaks to your need, read it slowly, and make it your prayer today.
When you are waiting for test results, caring for someone who is ill, or living with pain, finding words to pray can be difficult.
How to Read Bible Healing Verses for the Sick
The Bible records real healings and invites believers to pray for the sick. It also describes faithful people enduring suffering.
A healing account is not a timetable for your recovery, and continuing illness does not prove that you lack faith.
Christians understand some healing passages differently; read each passage in its setting and hold it alongside God’s compassion and the hope of resurrection.
Prayer can accompany medical treatment and support from your church. Continue working with qualified health professionals. These devotional reflections do not diagnose illness or promise a particular medical outcome.
Some passages below concern physical healing; others speak about forgiveness, grief, renewal, or future restoration. The distinctions matter. Choose one passage, read the surrounding chapter, and use its meaning to shape your prayer.
Scripture quotations below are from the King James Version (KJV); some are excerpts. Each numbered entry is one passage and may include more than one verse. Reflections and prayers are devotional commentary.
God’s Care When You Need Healing.
These Bible healing verses for the sick introduce God’s care for those facing illness and heartbreak. Exodus 23 speaks to Israel within its covenant setting; Jeremiah 30 concerns the restoration of God’s people.
Isaiah 53 and 1 Peter 2 connect healing language with the suffering servant and our need for redemption. Pray with hope while respecting those distinct contexts.
1. Psalm 107:20
“He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions.”
2. Exodus 23:25
“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.”
3. Psalm 30:2
“O Lord my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me.”
4. Jeremiah 30:17
“For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith the Lord.”
5. Psalm 41:3
“The Lord will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness.”
6. James 5:15
“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.”
7. Isaiah 53:5
“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.”
Read this within Isaiah’s account of the suffering servant, especially the surrounding references to transgressions and iniquities.
8. Proverbs 4:20-22
“My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart. For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.”
9. Matthew 8:13
“And Jesus said unto the centurion, Go thy way; and as thou hast believed, so be it done unto thee. And his servant was healed in the selfsame hour.”
10. Luke 4:18
“The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised.”
11. Psalm 147:3
“He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.”
12. Mark 5:34
“And he said unto her, Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace, and be whole of thy plague.”
13. Acts 10:38
“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.”
Faith in the Healing Ministry of Jesus.
The Gospel accounts in this collection of Bible healing verses for the sick show people bringing real needs to Jesus. Notice his attention to individuals, not just the miracles.
Their stories invite trust, but we should never use them to blame a sick person for not believing strongly enough. Acts 14:9 continues into verse 10, where Paul calls the man to stand.
14. Matthew 9:22
“But Jesus turned him about, and when he saw her, he said, Daughter, be of good comfort; thy faith hath made thee whole. And the woman was made whole from that hour.”
15. Matthew 9:29
“Then touched he their eyes, saying, According to your faith be it unto you.”
16. Matthew 15:28
“Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour.”
17. Matthew 17:20
“And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.”
18. Mark 10:52
“And Jesus said unto him, Go thy way; thy faith hath made thee whole. And immediately he received his sight, and followed Jesus in the way.”
19. Luke 8:48
“And he said unto her, Daughter, be of good comfort: thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace.”
20. Luke 17:19
“And he said unto him, Arise, go thy way: thy faith hath made thee whole.”
21. Acts 14:9
“The same heard Paul speak: who stedfastly beholding him, and perceiving that he had faith to be healed,”
22. James 5:16
“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.”
23. 1 Peter 2:24
“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.”
Peter’s immediate emphasis is Christ bearing our sins so that we may live in righteousness.
24. Hebrews 11:6
“But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.”
Compassion, Mercy, and The Love of God
God’s compassion is a foundation for prayer when you feel vulnerable. Lamentations speaks of mercy amid devastation, and Romans 8 names suffering while affirming God’s love.
Let these passages reassure you that hardship does not place you beyond his care.
25. Lamentations 3:22-23
“It is of the Lord’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.”
26. Malachi 4:2
“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.”
27. Matthew 4:23
“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.”
28. Matthew 8:16
“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.”
29. Matthew 14:14
“And Jesus went forth, and saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion toward them, and he healed their sick.”
30. Romans 8:37-39
“Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.
For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
31. 1 John 4:9-10
“In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.
Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.”
Praying for Healing with Others.
Use these Bible healing verses for the sick to bring your requests honestly to God and invite trustworthy believers to pray with you. First John 5:14–15 explicitly places our requests within God’s will.
Matthew 18:19–20 sits within Jesus’ teaching about life and accountability in the church; agreement in prayer is not a technique that forces an outcome.
32. Matthew 21:22
“And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.”
33. Mark 11:24
“Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.”
34. Philippians 4:6-7
“Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.”
35. 1 John 5:14-15
“And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us: And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.”
36. Matthew 18:19-20
“Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven.
For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.”
37. 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
“Rejoice evermore. Pray without ceasing. In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.”
38. Mark 9:29
“And he said unto them, This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting.”
39. Psalm 34:17-18
“The righteous cry, and the Lord heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles. The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.”
40. Matthew 7:7
“Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.”
41. Jeremiah 33:3
“Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.”
42. Luke 6:12
“And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God.”
Thanksgiving During a Difficult Season.
These Bible healing verses for the sick can guide thanksgiving that names God’s goodness without denying pain. Paul and Silas worshiped while still imprisoned.
Their release in Acts 16 is a particular event, not a promise that every faithful person will immediately escape suffering. You may give thanks and still grieve.
43. Psalm 103:1-3
“Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits: Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases.”
44. Psalm 107:19-21
“Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble, and he saveth them out of their distresses.
He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions. Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!”
45. Isaiah 38:20
“The Lord was ready to save me: therefore we will sing my songs to the stringed instruments all the days of our life in the house of the Lord.”
46. Jeremiah 17:14
“Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for thou art my praise.”
47. Acts 16:25-26
“And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.
And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened, and every one’s bands were loosed.”
48. Hebrews 13:15
“By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.”
49. James 5:13
“Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.”
50. Revelation 4:11
“Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.”
51. Revelation 5:13
“And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying,
Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever.”
52. Psalm 22:3
“But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel.”
Trust, Courage, and Rest While You Wait.
Alongside prayers for physical healing, this collection of Bible healing verses for the sick includes encouragement for fear, weakness, and uncertainty. Psalm 73:26 is especially honest: the writer’s body and heart may fail, yet God remains his strength.
A useful prayer is, “Lord, help me take the next faithful step even when I do not know what comes next.”
53. Psalm 56:3-4
“What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee. In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me.”
54. Psalm 62:8
“Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us.”
55. Psalm 73:26
“My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.”
56. Proverbs 3:5-6
“Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.”
57. Isaiah 26:3-4
“Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee. Trust ye in the Lord for ever: for in the Lord Jehovah is everlasting strength.”
58. Isaiah 41:10
“Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.”
59. Jeremiah 17:7-8
“Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is.
For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.”
60. Nahum 1:7
“The Lord is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him.”
61. Mark 5:36
“As soon as Jesus heard the word that was spoken, he saith unto the ruler of the synagogue, Be not afraid, only believe.”
62. Mark 9:23
“Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth.”
63. John 14:1
“Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.”
64. Romans 15:13
“Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.”
Restoration and a Renewed Life.
Restoration in Scripture includes repentance, forgiveness, renewed relationships with God, and the coming new creation.
Joel addresses a community’s devastation, while Romans 6 speaks of new life in Christ. Apply each passage according to its subject rather than treating every use of restoration as a medical promise.
65. Psalm 23:3
“He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.”
66. Psalm 51:10
“Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.”
67. Isaiah 57:18
“I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, and restore comforts unto him and to his mourners.”
68. Isaiah 58:8
“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.”
69. Joel 2:25-26
“And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpiller, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you.
And ye shall eat in plenty, and be satisfied, and praise the name of the Lord your God, that hath dealt wondrously with you: and my people shall never be ashamed.”
70. Matthew 9:12
“But when Jesus heard that, he said unto them, They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick.”
71. Mark 2:17
“When Jesus heard it, he saith unto them, They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”
72. Acts 3:19-20
“Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord; And he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto you.”
73. Romans 6:4
“Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.”
74. 2 Corinthians 5:17
“Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.”
75. Revelation 21:5
“And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful.”
Grace and the Hope of Final Healing.
Jesus’ healings reveal compassion and the arrival of God’s kingdom. Third John 1:2 expresses a loving wish for a friend’s well-being, not a universal guarantee of health or wealth.
When reading Bible healing verses for the sick, remember that Revelation looks ahead to God’s final restoration; this future hope can sustain us through present uncertainty.
76. Matthew 8:17
“That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses.”
77. Matthew 9:35
“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.”
78. Luke 9:11
“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.”
79. 3 John 1:2
“Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.”
80. Revelation 22:2
“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.”
Caring for Someone Who Is Suffering.
Compassion takes practical form. The Samaritan in Luke 10 stopped, tended wounds, arranged shelter, and paid for care.
When sharing Bible healing verses for the sick, consider also offering a meal, transportation, a listening ear, or help with everyday responsibilities. Ask what would actually support the person.
81. Isaiah 30:18
“And therefore will the Lord wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the Lord is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him.”
82. Isaiah 61:1
“The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me; because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound.”
83. Jeremiah 33:6
“Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them, and will reveal unto them the abundance of peace and truth.”
84. Hosea 6:1
“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.”
85. Matthew 15:32
“Then Jesus called his disciples unto him, and said, I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat: and I will not send them away fasting, lest they faint in the way.”
86. Mark 1:41
“And Jesus, moved with compassion, put forth his hand, and touched him, and saith unto him, I will; be thou clean.”
87. Luke 7:13
“And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her, and said unto her, Weep not.”
88. Luke 10:33-34
“But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was: and when he saw him, he had compassion on him, And went to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him.”
89. Colossians 3:12
“Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;”
90. Hebrews 4:16
“Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.”
How to pray one of these Healing verses.
To begin praying through these Bible healing verses for the sick, start with Psalm 41:3 or Psalm 147:3. Read the surrounding verses, name the person or concern you are bringing to God, and ask for the help the passage describes.
Leave room for silence. You do not need to read the whole collection or repeat a verse a certain number of times.
A prayer to make these Scriptures personal
Father, you know the pain I cannot explain and the uncertainty I cannot resolve. Please bring healing, guide those caring for me, and strengthen me for today.
Give our family patience and help us receive support. Keep us close to you through every stage of this journey. In Jesus’ name, amen.
Does delayed healing mean my faith is weak?
No. Scripture does not give us grounds to measure a person’s faith by their medical outcome. Bring your disappointment to God and remain connected to people who will pray, listen, and care for you without blame.
For words you can pray today, read 15 prayers for healing, strength, and peace, or healing prayers for your husband.
Adapted and expanded from the original Bible Verses Addict article for The Pray Warrior.