23 Encouraging Bible Verses About Illness

When illness strikes, trust in the Great Healer!  Here are 23 Bible verses about illness to study when you are in need of some encouragement during sickness or an ailment.

Enjoy and be strengthened by these 23 encouraging Bible verses about illness!

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And the LORD will take away from you all sickness, and none of the evil diseases of Egypt, which you knew, will he inflict on you, but he will lay them on all who hate you.

- Deuteronomy 7:15

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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

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And he called to him his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal every disease and every affliction.

- Matthew 10:1

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while you stretch out your hand to heal, and signs and wonders are performed through the name of your holy servant Jesus.”

- Acts 4:30

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Behold, I will bring to it health and healing, and I will heal them and reveal to them abundance of prosperity and security.

- Jeremiah 33:6

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O LORD my God, I cried to you for help, and you have healed me. O LORD, you have brought up my soul from Sheol; you restored me to life from among those who go down to the pit.

- Psalm 30:2-3

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Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing praise. 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.

- James 5:13-14

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For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison,

- 2 Corinthians 4:17

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Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved, for you are my praise.

- Jeremiah 17:14

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And the prayer of faith will save the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.

- James 5:15

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I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me.’

- Matthew 25:36

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Therefore let those who suffer according to God’s will entrust their souls to a faithful Creator while doing good.

- 1 Peter 4:19

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As a father shows compassion to his children, so the LORD shows compassion to those who fear him. For he knows our frame; he remembers that we are dust.

- Psalm 103:13-14

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And the prayer of faith will save the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven. 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 5:15-16

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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.

- James 5:14

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Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.

- 2 Corinthians 1:3-4

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The LORD sustains him on his sickbed; in his illness you restore him to full health.

- Psalm 41:3

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Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.

- Matthew 11:28-30

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For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us.

- Romans 8:18

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Beloved, I pray that all may go well with you and that you may be in good health, as it goes well with your soul.

- 3 John 1:2

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and call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me.”

- Psalm 50:15

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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

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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

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