Bible Verses About Healing (KJV)

The most-searched King James Version scriptures on healing are below, followed by a guided study organized by theme — God who heals the body, the binding up of a broken heart, and the spiritual restoration of the soul — with brief context for every verse. Each reference links to its full chapter. Looking for a specific word or phrase? Search all three translations, or browse every subject on the Topics index.

Top Bible Verses About Healing (KJV)

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Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for thou art my praise.
Jeremiah 17:14
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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 53:5
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Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases;
Psalms 103:3
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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:
James 5:14
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He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.
Psalms 147:3
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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.
Exodus 15:26
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The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.
Psalms 34:18
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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.
1 Peter 2:24
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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.
Jeremiah 30:17
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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.
Matthew 9:35

A Guided Study of Healing in Scripture

Scripture uses one word — heal — for three different wounds. There is the body that is sick, the heart that is broken, and the soul that has gone wrong with God, and the Bible promises healing for all three without ever collapsing them into one. The verses below follow that order: first God as healer of the body, then the binding up of a broken heart, then the spiritual restoration that Isaiah and Peter mean when they say 'with his stripes we are healed.' Read closely, the promises are neither a guarantee of instant cure nor an excuse to expect nothing; they are a settled claim about the God to whom every kind of sickness is brought.

King James Version

Physical Healing: God Who Heals the Body

The Bible names God as a healer of bodies before it names him anything else on the subject — 'I am the LORD that healeth thee.' These are the verses searched for over a hospital bed: the God who heals diseases, and the church's plain instructions for praying over the sick.

26And 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.

The first time healing is named in Scripture, God attaches it to himself as a title — 'I am the LORD that healeth thee' (in Hebrew, Jehovah-Rapha). Spoken to Israel just days out of Egypt, at the bitter waters of Marah.

Exodus 15:26

14Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for thou art my praise.

A prayer that puts the whole outcome on God rather than on the asking: 'Heal me... and I shall be healed.' Jeremiah does not say he will be healed if his faith is strong enough, but that healing is certain because of who is doing it.

Jeremiah 17:14

2Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits: 3Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases;

David tells his own soul not to forget the benefits before he lists them. The healing in the next verse is set beside the forgiving of iniquities — the same God does both, and the psalm refuses to rank them.

Psalms 103:2-3

14Is 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: 15And 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.

The New Testament's plainest instruction for the sick. The initiative is the sick person's — 'let him call for the elders' — and the church's response is prayer and anointing, not a formula.

James 5:14-15

35And 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.

A summary of Jesus' ministry, and the scope is total: 'healing every sickness and every disease.' The verse the church's own healing prayers look back to.

Matthew 9:35

2But 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.

The last page of the Old Testament promises a sunrise with 'healing in his wings' for those who fear God's name — a healing the New Testament reads as arriving in Christ.

Malachi 4:2

2Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.

John's greeting wishes bodily health and inward health together — 'that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth' — a reminder that Scripture never treats the body's wellbeing as beneath God's concern.

3 John 1:2

Emotional Healing: He Healeth the Broken in Heart

Scripture treats a broken heart as a real wound that God binds up, not a mood to be talked out of. These are the verses for grief, depression, and the ache that has no visible cause — each one places God nearest to the person at their lowest.

3He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.

The verse sits between God numbering the stars (v. 4) and gathering the outcasts (v. 2). The same God who orders the heavens 'bindeth up their wounds' — the cosmic and the personal held in one hand.

Psalms 147:3

18The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.

Not distant from the broken-hearted but 'nigh' to them — the healing begins with nearness. The 'contrite spirit' means those crushed low, exactly the people who assume God has withdrawn.

Psalms 34:18

2O LORD my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me.

The shortest testimony of healing in the Psalms: 'I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me.' Cause and effect with nothing in between but the crying.

Psalms 30:2

2Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I am weak: O LORD, heal me; for my bones are vexed.

David does not pretend to strength he lacks. 'I am weak... my bones are vexed' is the honest ground the request for healing stands on — weakness stated plainly is not an obstacle to the prayer but its starting point.

Psalms 6:2

17For 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.

Spoken to a people everyone else had written off — 'an Outcast... whom no man seeketh after.' God's promise to 'restore health' is aimed precisely at those no one else is trying to heal.

Jeremiah 30:17

1The 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;

The passage Jesus read aloud in the synagogue at Nazareth and applied to himself (Luke 4:18). Binding up the brokenhearted is named as part of the mission, not a side effect of it.

Isaiah 61:1

Spiritual Restoration: With His Stripes We Are Healed

The Bible's deepest use of 'heal' is for the soul at odds with God. Here healing and forgiveness become the same event — the wound is sin, and the cure is the cross. These verses read physical and emotional healing as pointing toward this one.

5But 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.

Written centuries before the crucifixion it describes. The healing here is defined by the lines around it — 'wounded for our transgressions... bruised for our iniquities.' The stripes are his; the healing is ours.

Isaiah 53:5

24Who 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 quotes Isaiah 53:5 and names what it heals: 'that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness.' The New Testament's own reading of the verse locates the healing in the soul.

1 Peter 2:24

4I said, LORD, be merciful unto me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee.

David asks for a healing no physician can give: 'heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee.' The diagnosis and the confession are the same sentence.

Psalms 41:4

20He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions.

The healing comes by a word — 'He sent his word, and healed them' — a line the Gospels quietly fulfil when Jesus heals by speaking.

Psalms 107:20

1Come, 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.

The most unflinching verse on the subject: the same hand that 'hath torn' is the one that 'will heal.' Restoration here runs straight through the wound rather than around it.

Hosea 6:1

14If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

God's answer to Solomon at the temple's dedication. The healing promised — 'I will... heal their land' — is tied not to the intensity of the request but to humility, prayer, and turning from wrong.

2 Chronicles 7:14

22For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.

Of God's words Solomon says they are 'health to all their flesh.' Scripture treats attention to God's word as itself a kind of healing — slow, ordinary, and whole-person.

Proverbs 4:22

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Frequently Asked Questions

What does the Bible say about healing?

The Bible presents God as a healer of the whole person. He names himself 'the LORD that healeth thee' (Exodus 15:26), 'healeth all thy diseases' (Psalm 103:3), and 'healeth the broken in heart' (Psalm 147:3). James 5:14-15 instructs the sick to call for the elders of the church to pray over them, and Isaiah 53:5 promises the deepest healing of all — 'with his stripes we are healed' — the restoration of the soul through Christ. Scripture treats physical, emotional, and spiritual healing as the work of the same God.

What are the best Bible verses about healing?

The most-searched KJV healing verses are Jeremiah 17:14 ('Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed'), Isaiah 53:5 ('with his stripes we are healed'), Psalm 103:2-3 ('who healeth all thy diseases'), James 5:14-15 (the prayer of the elders over the sick), and Psalm 147:3 ('He healeth the broken in heart'). Together they cover the body, the emotions, and the soul.

What does 'with his stripes we are healed' mean?

The phrase comes from Isaiah 53:5, a prophecy of the suffering Messiah written long before the crucifixion. The surrounding lines define the healing: he was 'wounded for our transgressions' and 'bruised for our iniquities.' 1 Peter 2:24 quotes the verse and names what it heals — 'that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness.' The primary meaning is spiritual: the wound is sin, and the healing is reconciliation with God won at the cross.

What does the Bible say about praying for the sick?

James 5:14-15 gives the clearest instruction: '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: and the prayer of faith shall save the sick.' The sick person takes the initiative to call, and the church responds with prayer. James also joins healing to forgiveness — 'if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him' — treating body and soul together.

Does the Bible promise God will heal everyone in this life?

No. Scripture commands prayer for the sick and describes God as a healer, but it does not guarantee immediate physical cure for every believer. Paul asked three times for his 'thorn in the flesh' to be removed and was told 'my grace is sufficient for thee' (2 Corinthians 12:8-9). Paul left Trophimus 'sick' (2 Timothy 4:20) and told Timothy to take wine for his 'often infirmities' (1 Timothy 5:23). The Bible promises God's presence, grace, and ultimate healing in eternity, where 'there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying' (Revelation 21:4).