Bible verses for healing
14 verses · King James Version · Updated October 19, 2026
Whether you are praying for your own recovery or for someone you love, these verses turn to the God who heals the body and the heart. Pray them alongside the care of your doctors.
Bible verses to pray for healing
“Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for thou art my praise.”
A prayer you can pray just as it is written: heal me, Lord, and I will be healed.
“O LORD my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me.”
David cried out to God for help, and God healed him.
“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 says the prayer of faith will save the sick, and the Lord will raise them up.
“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.”
Pray for one another. The earnest prayer of a righteous person has great power.
“Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.”
John prays that his friend will be in good health, in body as in soul.
Bible verses for the sick
“The LORD will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness.”
God strengthens the sick on their bed and cares for them through their illness.
“Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits: Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases;”
Remember all God's benefits: He forgives every sin and heals every disease.
“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.”
God makes Himself known as the Lord who heals.
“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.”
God promises to restore health and to heal wounds.
“He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions.”
God sent His word, and healed them.
Bible verses for a broken heart
“He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.”
God heals the broken-hearted and binds up their wounds.
“A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.”
A merry heart does good like medicine, and a broken spirit dries up the bones.
Healing through Christ
“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 describes the suffering servant, by whose wounds we are healed.
“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 applies it to Christ, who carried our sins on the cross so that we are healed.
A prayer for healing
Lord, I ask for Your healing touch. Restore my body and spirit to health, and bring comfort to those who are suffering. In Your name, I believe in the power of healing. Amen.
Questions
What Bible verse can I pray for healing?
Jeremiah 17:14 is a prayer in itself: "Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed." Psalm 147:3 and Psalm 41:3 are also often prayed for the sick.
Does the Bible talk about emotional healing?
Yes. "He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds" (Psalm 147:3) speaks to grief and heartbreak as much as to physical pain.