Journal · 2026-09-30
Bible Verses About Healing
Twelve passages from the King James Bible for anyone praying for healing, their own or someone else's: the healings of Jesus, peace for a troubled mind, and comfort for the long road.
People look for Bible verses about healing in every kind of situation: waiting for test results, sitting beside a hospital bed, recovering slowly from surgery, or carrying a grief that has not lifted. Scripture does not offer a formula, and it is not a substitute for good medical care. What it does offer is a steady picture of a God who notices suffering, and a Savior who stopped on the road for people nobody else would touch.
The verses below are quoted from the King James Version and grouped into three parts, from the physical healings in the Gospels to the quieter healing of fear and weariness.
When Jesus healed
The Gospels are full of healing stories. Two of them are among the most loved, because of what Jesus said to the person afterwards.
Mark 5:34
“Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace.”
A woman who had been ill for twelve years, and had spent everything she had on physicians, pushed through a crowd to touch his clothes. Jesus stopped, looked for her, and called her daughter. The healing was physical, but the words gave her back her place among people.
John 9:25
“Whereas I was blind, now I see.”
A man born blind is healed and then questioned again and again by people who want an explanation. He cannot give them theology; he can only tell them what happened. It is one of the simplest and most honest testimonies in the Bible.
Mark 10:16
“And he took them up in his arms, put his hands upon them, and blessed them.”
Not a healing story, but a picture of the same tenderness: Jesus takes children in his arms and lays his hands on them. Parents often pray this verse over a sick child.
Healing for an anxious mind
Much of what people need healed is not visible. These verses speak to fear, sleeplessness and a mind that will not settle.
John 14:27
“Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you.”
Jesus says this on his last night with the disciples, knowing what is coming. The peace he leaves is not the absence of trouble; the same verse goes on to say, let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
Isaiah 26:3
“Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace.”
The verse continues: whose mind is stayed on thee, because he trusteth in thee. The peace Isaiah describes is kept, guarded like a city, rather than something we have to produce.
Psalm 4:8
“I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, LORD, only makest me dwell in safety.”
An evening psalm for nights when sleep will not come. It ends the day by handing safety back to God, which is why it is so often read to children at bedtime and whispered by adults in hospital rooms.
Mark 4:39
“Peace, be still.”
Three words spoken to wind and waves. Many people have prayed them over a racing heart or a panic that would not stop, asking the same voice to still something inside them.
Matthew 11:28
“Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.”
An invitation to the exhausted. Chronic illness and long caregiving both wear people down in ways others do not see, and this verse promises rest to exactly those who are heavy laden.
When recovery is slow
Not every prayer for healing is answered quickly. The last verses are for the long middle of an illness or a grief.
Psalm 46:1
“God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.”
A very present help in trouble: present, not distant or delayed. Psalm 46 was written for times when the ground itself seems to move, and it has comforted families through long illnesses for generations.
Psalm 37:7
“Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him.”
Rest and wait patiently are two of the hardest instructions in scripture when you want an answer now. The psalm does not pretend waiting is easy; it simply places the waiting in God's hands.
Psalm 23:2
“He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.”
The next verse of the psalm says he restoreth my soul. Green pastures and still waters are pictures of recovery: a place to lie down, a pace slow enough to heal.
Lamentations 3:22
“his compassions fail not.”
Written in the middle of grief, this line insists that compassion has not run out. Many people hold on to it on the days when healing seems furthest away.
If you are praying for healing, you do not need to choose the right verse. Many people simply keep one in view, beside the bed, on the fridge or by the front door, and let it do its quiet work each time they pass. Every passage above is available as a watercolor print; you can also browse our scripture wall art or the whole collection of Christian wall art.