36 Prayers from the Bible for Healing
See the healing prayers that were actually prayed in the Bible that brought God’s miracles, comfort, and restoration for physical and emotional healing.
Throughout Scripture, we get to know God as a compassionate healer. We see God’s people cry out to Him to heal their land, their sickness, and their hearts. We also see God calling people to turn to Him and healing them.
We can find comfort and hope as we read the prayers of those who relied on God for healing, whether for physical illness or emotional healing. And we can find encouragement through God’s own words of healing, and mercy that He extended to so many throughout Scripture.
These Bible verses show both the prayers of those who sought God for healing and God’s response of healing to His people.
36 Prayers from the Bible for Healing
1. 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.
2. Psalm 73:26
My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
3. Jeremiah 30:17
But I will restore you to health and heal your wounds,’ declares the Lord, ‘because you are called an outcast, Zion for whom no one cares.’
4. Psalm 147:3
He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.
5. Malachi 4:2
But for you who revere my name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its rays. And you will go out and frolic like well-fed calves.
6. Proverbs 4:20-22
My son, pay attention to what I say; turn your ear to my words.
Do not let them out of your sight, keep them within your heart; for they are life to those who find them and health to one’s whole body.
7. 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.
8. 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.”
9. Isaiah 40:29
He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak.
10. Psalm 41:3
The Lord sustains them on their sickbed and restores them from their bed of illness.
11. 2 Kings 20:5
“Go back and tell Hezekiah, the ruler of my people, ‘This is what the Lord, the God of your father David, says: I have heard your prayer and seen your tears; I will heal you. On the third day from now you will go up to the temple of the Lord.
12. 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.
13. 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.
14. Psalm 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.
15. 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.
16. Mark 5:34
He said to her, “Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace and be freed from your suffering.”
17. Psalm 30:2
Lord my God, I called to you for help, and you healed me.
18. Psalm 6:2
Have mercy on me, Lord, for I am faint; heal me, Lord, for my bones are in agony.
19. Psalm 146:8
The Lord gives sight to the blind, the Lord lifts up those who are bowed down, the Lord loves the righteous.
20. 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.
21. 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.”
22. Luke 6:19
And the people all tried to touch him, because power was coming from him and healing them all.
23. Matthew 4:23-24
Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness among the people. News about him spread all over Syria, and people brought to him all who were ill with various diseases, those suffering severe pain, the demon-possessed, those having seizures, and the paralyzed; and he healed them.
24. 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.”
25. 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.
26. James 5:15
And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise them up. If they have sinned, they will be forgiven.
27. 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.”
28. Matthew 10:1-8
Jesus called his twelve disciples to him and gave them authority to drive out impure spirits and to heal every disease and sickness.
These are the names of the twelve apostles: first, Simon (who is called Peter) and his brother Andrew; James son of Zebedee, and his brother John; Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus; Simon the Zealot and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him.
These twelve Jesus sent out with the following instructions: “Do not go among the Gentiles or enter any town of the Samaritans. Go rather to the lost sheep of Israel. As you go, proclaim this message: ‘The kingdom of heaven has come near.’ Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those who have leprosy, drive out demons. Freely you have received; freely give.
29. 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.
30. 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.
31. Psalm 103:2-4
Praise the Lord, my soul, and forget not all his benefits — who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from the pit and crowns you with love and compassion,
32. Psalm 41:4
I said, “Have mercy on me, Lord; heal me, for I have sinned against you.”
33. Mark 2:17
On hearing this, Jesus said to them, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”
34. Luke 13:11-13
And a woman was there who had been crippled by a spirit for eighteen years. She was bent over and could not straighten up at all. When Jesus saw her, he called her forward and said to her, “Woman, you are set free from your infirmity.” Then he put his hands on her, and immediately she straightened up and praised God.
35. Acts 9:33-34
There he found a man named Aeneas, who was paralyzed and had been bedridden for eight years.“Aeneas,” Peter said to him, “Jesus Christ heals you. Get up and roll up your mat.” Immediately Aeneas got up.
36. Mark 1:29-34
As soon as they left the synagogue, they went with James and John to the home of Simon and Andrew. Simon’s mother-in-law was in bed with a fever, and they immediately told Jesus about her. So he went to her, took her hand and helped her up. The fever left her and she began to wait on them.
That evening after sunset the people brought to Jesus all the sick and demon-possessed. The whole town gathered at the door, and Jesus healed many who had various diseases. He also drove out many demons, but he would not let the demons speak because they knew who he was.
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