He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.
He heals the broken in heart, and binds up their wounds.
Psalms 147:3
The Bible's healing verses cover more ground than physical recovery. Psalm 147:3 opens the list with a wound of another kind — "He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds" — and Proverbs 4:22 describes words themselves as "life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh." Alongside the verses about sickness (James 5:15, Jeremiah 17:14, Psalm 30:2) sit verses about restoration after loss (Jeremiah 30:17), righteousness breaking out like dawn (Isaiah 58:8), and the picture Malachi 4:2 paints of healing "in his wings." Fifteen of these passages follow in full KJV text — to read in a hospital room, a recovery season, or a year that has simply wounded a person.
Quick answer: Psalm 147:3 names the most frequent kind of healing: "He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds." Isaiah 53:5 ties healing to the cross — "with his stripes we are healed" — and James 5:15 gives the community practice: "the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up." Jeremiah 30:17 is the promise of restoration in its full form: "For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds."
He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.
He heals the broken in heart, and binds up their wounds.
Psalms 147:3
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.
But he was pierced for our transgressions. He was crushed for our iniquities. The punishment that brought our peace was on him; and by his wounds we are healed.
Isaiah 53:5
Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for thou art my praise.
Heal me, O Yahweh, and I will be healed. Save me, and I will be saved; for you are my praise.
Jeremiah 17:14
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.
He said, “If you will diligently listen to Yahweh your God’s voice, and will do that which is right in his eyes, and will pay attention to 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 Yahweh who heals you.”
Exodus 15:26
Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:
Praise Yahweh, my soul, and don’t forget all his benefits,
Psalms 103:2
Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases;
who forgives all your sins, who heals all your diseases,
Psalms 103:3
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.
and the prayer of faith will heal him who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. If he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.
James 5:15
For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.
For they are life to those who find them, and health to their whole body.
Proverbs 4:22
O LORD my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me.
Yahweh my God, I cried to you, and you have healed me.
Psalms 30:2
Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.
He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live to righteousness. You were healed by his wounds.
1 Peter 2:24
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.
For I will restore health to you, and I will heal you of your wounds,” says Yahweh, “because they have called you an outcast, saying, ‘It is Zion, whom no man seeks after.’”
Jeremiah 30:17
He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions.
He sends his word, and heals them, and delivers them from their graves.
Psalms 107:20
Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the LORD shall be thy rereward.
Then your light will break out as the morning, and your healing will appear quickly; then your righteousness shall go before you, and Yahweh’s glory will be your rear guard.
Isaiah 58:8
Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.
Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be healthy, even as your soul prospers.
3 John 1:2
But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.
But to you who fear my name shall the sun of righteousness arise with healing in its wings. You will go out and leap like calves of the stall.
Malachi 4:2
These verses are read by the sick, by those waiting on results, by caregivers, and by anyone recovering from something that did not show up on a scan. A note on usage: the Bible's healing verses are not formulas, and this page does not promise that reading them produces a specific medical outcome. What they offer is closer to the Psalms' pattern — honest complaint and trust in the same breath — and the recurring claim that healing, of body or heart, is something God does. Read them alongside medical care, not instead of it.
Copy a verse to send to someone in treatment, or to keep for yourself; Psalm 147:3 and Jeremiah 17:14 are the two most often shared in recovery seasons. Each card toggles between the King James Version and the World English Bible — "with his stripes we are healed" becomes "by his wounds you were healed," the same text in modern English. James 5:15 involves the local church's practice of anointing and prayer, which is worth reading in full rather than in isolation. For more verses from this theme one at a time, use the random verse tool at the top of the page.
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