200 Bible verses to spark hope and encouragement

By Crossmap, blogs.crossmap.com Friday, June 23, 2023

God's healing power

God has the power to heal and restore our health. In these scriptures, we learn that God promises to bring healing and comfort to those who trust Him.

He can heal all our diseases and wounds and cares for us when we are brokenhearted. We can find hope and strength in knowing that God is our healer.

1. "I am the Lord who heals you." (Exodus 15:26)

2. "Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits, who forgives all your iniquity, who heals all your diseases." (Psalm 103:2-3)

3. "For I will restore health to you, and your wounds I will heal, declares the Lord." (Jeremiah 30:17)

4. "I have seen his ways, but I will heal him; I will lead him and restore comfort to him and his mourners, creating the fruit of the lips. Peace, peace, to the far and to the near," says the Lord, "and I will heal him." (Isaiah 57:18-19)

5. "Behold, I will bring to it health and healing, and I will heal them and reveal to them an abundance of prosperity and security." (Jeremiah 33:6)

6. "He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds." (Psalm 147:3)

7. "But for you who fear my name, the sun of righteousness shall rise with healing in its wings. You shall go out leaping like calves from the stall." (Malachi 4:2)

8. "But he was pierced for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his wounds, we are healed." (Isaiah 53:5)

9. "And he went throughout all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom and healing every disease and every affliction among the people." (Matthew 4:23)

10. "He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds, you have been healed." (1 Peter 2:24)

11. "You shall serve the Lord your God, and he will bless your bread and your water, and I will take sickness away from you." (Exodus 23:25)

12. "O Lord my God, I cried to you for help, and you have healed me." (Psalm 30:2)

13. "The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me because the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound." (Isaiah 61:1)

14. "For they are life to those who find them, and healing to all their flesh." (Proverbs 4:22)

15. "Is anyone among you sick? 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 will save the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up." (James 5:14-15)

16. "The Lord sustains him on his sickbed; in his illness, you restore him to full health." (Psalm 41:3)

17. "If people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land." (2 Chronicles 7:14)

18. "You have turned my mourning into dancing; you have lost my sackcloth and clothed me with gladness." (Psalm 30:11)

19. "Then shall your light break forth like the dawn, and your healing shall spring up speedily; your righteousness shall go before you; the glory of the Lord shall be your rear guard." (Isaiah 58:8)

20. "Gracious words are like a honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and health to the body." (Proverbs 16:24)

21. "Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble, and he delivered them from their distress. He sent out his word and healed them, and delivered them from their destruction." (Psalm 107:19-20)

22. "Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working." (James 5:16)

23. "Hear, O Lord, and be merciful to me! O Lord, be my helper!" (Psalm 30:10)

24. "Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand." (Isaiah 41:10)

25. "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight paths." (Proverbs 3:5-6)

26. "Jesus turned, and seeing her he said, 'Take heart, daughter; your faith has made you well.' And instantly the woman was made well." (Matthew 9:22)

27. "Then he touched their eyes, saying, 'According to your faith be it done to you.'" (Matthew 9:29)

28. "But he said to me, 'My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.' Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me." (2 Corinthians 12:9)

29. "You keep him in perfect peace whose mind stays on you because he trusts in you." (Isaiah 26:3)

30. "Casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you." (1 Peter 5:7)

31. "A tranquil heart gives life to the flesh, but envy makes the bones rot." (Proverbs 14:30)

32. "But they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint." (Isaiah 40:31)

33. "For his anger is but for a moment, and his favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may tarry for the night, but joy comes with the morning." (Psalm 30:5)

34. "Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest." (Matthew 11:28)

35. "Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus." (Philippians 4:6-7)

36. "When the righteous cry for help, the Lord hears and delivers them out of all their troubles. The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit." (Psalm 34:17-18)

37. "So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal." (2 Corinthians 4:16-18)

38. "When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; when you walk through fire you shall not be burned, and the flame shall not consume you." (Isaiah 43:2)

39. "And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose." (Romans 8:28)

40. "Commit your way to the Lord; trust in him, and he will act." (Psalm 37:5)

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