As believers, we are blessed with the incredible gift of the Bible, which contains God’s living and powerful Word. Within its pages, we find numerous verses that speak about healing, offering comfort, hope, and restoration. Today, we will explore the importance of knowing these healing scriptures and the transformative impact they can have on our lives when we confess them regularly. Let us embark on this journey of faith, discovering the significance of healing verses and the life-changing power they hold.
1. Finding Strength in God’s Promises:
In times of sickness or distress, we often seek solace in the healing promises found in the Bible. These verses remind us of God’s loving nature and His desire to bring restoration to every area of our lives. By knowing and confessing these scriptures, we anchor our faith in His ability to heal and deliver us. In moments of doubt or despair, these promises become a source of hope, strengthening our trust in God’s faithfulness.
2. Aligning Our Hearts and Minds:
When we regularly confess healing scriptures, we align our hearts and minds with God’s truth. It is in these moments of confession that our faith is reinforced, dispelling doubt and fear. By speaking God’s Word aloud, we actively participate in the process of renewing our minds, shifting our perspective from one of weakness to one of victory. Confessing healing verses reminds us of our identity as children of God, who are fearfully and wonderfully made, destined for health and wholeness.
3. Building a Firm Foundation:
The importance of regularly confessing healing scriptures lies in building a firm foundation for our faith. Just as a house needs a strong foundation to withstand storms, our faith needs a solid grounding in God’s Word. By consistently declaring healing verses, we establish a spiritual infrastructure that can withstand the challenges and trials of life. The more we immerse ourselves in these scriptures, the deeper our roots grow, allowing God’s truth to permeate every area of our lives.
4. Activating God’s Power:
Confessing healing scriptures activates God’s power within us. The Word of God is alive and carries inherent transformative power. When we confess these verses, we release that power into our lives, inviting God’s healing touch. The act of speaking God’s promises aloud allows His Word to penetrate our souls, renewing and rejuvenating us from within. By confessing healing scriptures, we partner with God in the process of bringing forth His miraculous intervention.
5. A Testimony of Faith:
Regularly confessing healing scriptures also becomes a testimony of our faith in God’s goodness and His ability to heal. As we boldly declare His promises, even in the face of adversity, we become living testimonies of His grace and mercy. Others witness the power of God at work in our lives, inspiring them to seek Him for their own healing and restoration. Our confession of healing verses becomes a beacon of hope, pointing others to the transformative power of God’s Word.
Here are 40 Scriptures On Healing:
1. Exodus 15:26 – “Saying, If you will diligently listen to the voice of the Lord your God and will do what is right in His sight, and will listen and obey His commandments and keep all His statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you which I have put on the Egyptians; for I am the Lord who heals you.”
2. Exodus 23:25 – “So you shall serve the Lord your God, and He will bless your bread and water. I will also remove sickness from among you.”
3. Deuteronomy 7:15 – “And the Lord will take away from you all sickness, and none of the evil diseases of Egypt which you knew will He put upon you, but will lay them upon all who hate you.”
4. Deuteronomy 32:39 – “See now that I, I am He, and there is no god beside Me; I kill and I make alive, I wound, and I heal, and there is none who can deliver out of My hand.”
5. Psalm 30:2 – “O Lord my God, I cried to You and You have healed me.”
6. Psalm 41:3 – “The Lord will sustain and strengthen him on his sickbed; in his illness, You will restore him to health.”
7. Psalm 91:3 – “For He will save you from the trap of the fowler and from the deadly pestilence.”
8. Psalm 103:2-3 – “Bless and affectionately praise the Lord, O my soul, and do not forget any of His benefits; who forgives all your sins, who heals all your diseases.”
9. Psalm 107:19-20 – “Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble, and He saved them from their distress. He sent forth His word and healed them; He rescued them from the pit and destruction.”
10. Psalm 147:3 – “He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds [healing their pain and comforting their sorrow].”
11. Proverbs 4:20-22 – “My son, pay attention to my words and be willing to learn; open your ears to my sayings. Do not let them escape from your sight; keep them in the center of your heart. For they are life to those who find them, and healing and health to all their flesh.”
12. Isaiah 53:4-5 – “Surely He has borne our griefs [sicknesses, weaknesses, and distresses] and carried our sorrows and pains [of punishment], yet we [ignorantly] considered Him stricken, smitten, and afflicted by God [as if with leprosy]. But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was crushed for our wickedness [our sin, our injustice, our wrongdoing]; the punishment [required] for our well-being fell on Him, and by His stripes (wounds) we are healed.”
13. Isaiah 57:18-19 – “I have seen his [willful] ways, but I will heal him; I will lead him [also] and will restore comfort to him and to those who mourn for him. Peace, peace to him who is far off [both Jew and Gentile] and to him who is near! says the Lord; I create the fruit of his lips, and I will heal him [make his lips blossom anew with speech in thankful praise].”
14. Jeremiah 17:14 – “Heal me, O Lord, and I will be healed; save me and I will be saved, for You are my praise.”
15. Jeremiah 30:17 – “For I will restore health to you, and I will heal your wounds, says the Lord, because they have called you an outcast, saying, This is Zion, whom no one seeks after and for whom no one cares!”
16. Joel 3:10 – “Beat your plowshares into swords and your pruning hooks into spears; let the weak say, ‘I am strong [a warrior]!'”
17. Nahum 1:9 – “Whatever [plot] you [Assyrians] devise against the Lord, He will make a complete end of it; distress [of any kind] will not rise up twice [in the same place].”
18. Malachi 4:2 – “But for you who fear My name [with awe-filled reverence] the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings. And you will go forward and leap [joyfully] like calves [released] from the stall.”
19. Matthew 4:23 – “Jesus was going throughout all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom, and healing every kind of disease and every kind of sickness among the people.”
20. Matthew 8:2-3 – “And a leper came up to Him and bowed down before Him, saying, ‘Lord, if You are willing, You are able to make me clean (well).’ Jesus reached out His hand and touched him, saying, ‘I am willing; be cleansed.’ Immediately his leprosy was cleansed.”
21. Matthew 8:16-17 – “When evening came, they brought to Him many who were under the power of demons, and He cast out the spirits with a word and restored to health all who were sick [exhibiting His authority as Messiah], so that He fulfilled what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah: ‘He Himself took our infirmities [upon Himself] and carried away our diseases.'”
22. Matthew 9:35 – “Jesus went throughout all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the good news (gospel) of the kingdom, and healing every kind of disease and every kind of sickness [displaying His authority as Messiah].”
23. Matthew 10:1 – “Jesus summoned His twelve disciples and gave them authority and power over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal every kind of disease and every kind of sickness.”
24. Matthew 12:15 – “But Jesus, aware [of the plot] withdrew from there. Many followed Him, and He healed them all.”
25. Matthew 14:14 – “When He went ashore, He saw a large crowd, and felt [profound] compassion for them and healed their sick.”
26. Matthew 15:30 – “And large crowds came to Him, bringing with them the lame, crippled, blind, mute, and many others, and they laid them down at His feet; and He healed them.”
27. Matthew 18:18-19 – “I assure you and most solemnly say to you, whatever you bind [forbid, declare to be improper and unlawful] on earth shall have [already] been bound in heaven, and whatever you loose [permit, declare lawful] on earth shall have [already] been loosed in heaven. Again I say to you, that if two believers on earth agree [that is, are of one mind, in harmony] about anything that they ask [within the will of God], it will be done for them by My Father in heaven.”
28. Matthew 21:21-22 – “Jesus replied to them, ‘I assure you and most solemnly say to you, if you have faith [personal trust and confidence in Me] and do not doubt or allow yourself to be drawn in two directions, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and thrown into the sea,’ it will happen [if God wills it]. And whatever you ask for in prayer, believing, you will receive.'”
29. Mark 11:22-24 – “Jesus replied, ‘Have faith in God [constantly]. I assure you and most solemnly say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be lifted up and thrown into the sea!’ and does not doubt in his heart [in God’s unlimited power], but believes that what he says is going to take place, it will be done for him [in accordance with God’s will]. For this reason I am telling you, whatever things you ask for in prayer [in accordance with God’s will], believe [with confident trust] that you have received them, and they will be given to you.'”
30. Luke 4:18 – “The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me (the Messiah), because He has anointed Me to preach the good news to the poor. He has sent Me to announce release (pardon, forgiveness) to the captives, and recovery of sight to the blind, to set free those who are oppressed (downtrodden, bruised, crushed by tragedy).”
31. Luke 6:19 – “And all the people were trying to touch Him, because power was coming from Him and healing them all.”
32. Luke 9:11 – “But when the crowds learned of it, they followed Him; and He welcomed them and He began talking to them about the kingdom of God, and healing those who needed to be healed.”
33. Acts 3:16 – “And His name, through and by faith in His name, has made this man strong, whom you see and know; and the faith which is through and by Him has given the man this perfect health and complete wholeness in your presence.”
34. Acts 10:38 – “You know of Jesus of Nazareth, how God anointed Him with the Holy Spirit and with great power, and He went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, because God was with Him.”
35. James 5:14-15 – “Is anyone among you sick? He must call for the elders (spiritual leaders) of the church and they are to pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord; and the prayer of faith will restore the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up; and if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.”
36. 1 Peter 2:24 – “He personally carried our sins in His body on the cross [willingly offering Himself on it, as on an altar of sacrifice], so that we might die to sin [becoming immune from the penalty and power of sin] and live for righteousness; for by His wounds you [who believe] have been healed.”
37. 1 John 5:14-15 – “This is the [remarkable degree of] confidence which we [as believers are entitled to] have before Him: that if we ask anything according to His will, [that is, consistent with His plan and purpose] He hears us. And if we know [for a fact, as indeed we do] that He hears and listens to us in whatever we ask, we [also] know [with settled and absolute knowledge] that we have [granted to us] the requests which we have asked from Him.”
38. 3 John 1:2 – “Beloved, I pray that in every way you may succeed and prosper and be in good health [physically], just as [I know] your soul prospers [spiritually].”
Certainly! Here are two additional scriptures on healing:
39. Isaiah 58:8 – “Then your light will break out like the dawn, and your healing (restoration, new life) will quickly spring forth; your righteousness will go before you [leading you to peace and prosperity], the glory of the Lord will be your rear guard.”
40. James 5:16 – “Therefore, confess your sins to one another [your false steps, your offenses], and pray for one another, that you may be healed and restored. The heartfelt and persistent prayer of a righteous man (believer) can accomplish much [when put into action and made effective by God—it is dynamic and can have tremendous power].”
Knowing and confessing healing scriptures is essential for every believer. As we immerse ourselves in God’s promises, we find strength, align our hearts and minds with His truth, build a firm foundation, activate His power, and become living testimonies of His faithfulness. Let us make it a daily practice to meditate on and confess healing verses, allowing God’s Word to shape our lives, bring wholeness to our bodies, and transform us from the inside out. May the power of His Word continually inspire and uplift us, fostering a deeper relationship with Him as we experience His healing touch in our lives.
The Message Bearer, Cornelius Bella
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