Memorize Scripture

Bible Verses About Healing and Sickness

Scripture teaches the sick to ask God for healing, to call others to pray, and to trust him with the body that is wasting away. These passages do all three.

When to say them. Say them at a bedside, in a waiting room, and over someone you love who is ill.

6 passages to memorize

  1. Psalm 103:2–3 Bless the LORD, O my soul,and do not forget all His kind deeds —He who forgives all your iniquitiesand heals all your diseases,
  2. Jeremiah 17:14 Heal me, O LORD, and I will be healed;save me, and I will be saved,for You are my praise.
    An example of praying it: Heal me, O Lord, and I will be healed. Save me, and I will be saved. I am bringing this sickness to you by name. You are the one I praise, today and whatever tomorrow holds.
  3. James 5:14–15 Is any one of you sick? He should call the elders of the church to pray over him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer offered in faith will restore the one who is sick. The Lord will raise him up. If he has sinned, he will be forgiven.
  4. Psalm 147:3 He heals the brokenheartedand binds up their wounds.
  5. 2 Corinthians 4:16–18 Therefore we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, yet our inner self is being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory that is far beyond comparison. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.
  6. Psalm 41:3 The LORD will sustain him on his bed of illnessand restore him from his bed of sickness.

You can pray any of these passages, memorized or not. How to pray scripture.

Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible or World English Bible, as you choose under “Bible text”. The coach’s voice is computer-generated.