When your body is weak and the days feel long, it can be hard to hold on to hope. These King James Version verses point you to God the healer, who is near to the sick and tender toward the suffering. May they bring comfort and strength to you or someone you love.
And 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.
James 5:15 · King James Version
The prayer of faith is promised to save the sick, so you are encouraged to pray and to let others pray over you.
Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases;
Psalm 103:3 · King James Version
The Lord is praised as the One who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases; nothing is beyond Him.
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 · King James Version
By His stripes we are healed, pointing you to the suffering of Christ as the source of your deepest healing.
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 · King James Version
God promises to restore health and heal your wounds, a hope to hold when recovery feels far away.
The LORD will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness.
Psalm 41:3 · King James Version
The Lord promises to strengthen the sick on their bed of languishing, tending to you in your weakest days.
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 · King James Version
God reveals Himself as the Lord who heals you, a name to cling to when your body is failing.
He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.
Psalm 147:3 · King James Version
He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds, caring for the emotional weight that illness brings too.
And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
2 Corinthians 12:9 · King James Version
God's grace is sufficient, and His strength is made perfect in weakness, so your frailty becomes a place for His power.
Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all.
Psalm 34:19 · King James Version
Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord promises to deliver them out of every one.
That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses.
Matthew 8:17 · King James Version
Jesus is shown taking our infirmities and bearing our sicknesses, proof of His compassion toward the suffering.
Scripture calls God our healer (Exodus 15:26) and encourages the sick to pray and be prayed over (James 5:14-15). Verses like Psalms 103:3 celebrate the One who heals all our diseases.
Jeremiah 30:17, Psalms 41:3, and Isaiah 53:5 are powerful to pray over illness, and James 5:15 encourages the prayer of faith for the one who is sick.
2 Corinthians 12:9 reminds us that God's grace is sufficient and His strength is perfected in weakness, and Psalms 34:19 promises that the Lord delivers the righteous out of all their afflictions.