Quotations from the Hebrew Scriptures

Heal me, 0 Lord, and I shall be healed;
save me, and I shall be saved; for you are my praise.. Jeremiah 17:14

If my people who are called by my name humble themselves, pray, 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

For he wounds, but he binds up; he strikes, but his hands heal. Job 5:18

The Lord sustains them on their sickbed; in their illness you heal all their
infirmities. As for me, I said, O Lord, be gracious to me; heal me, for I have sinned
against you. Psalm 41:3-4

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

He sent out his word and healed them, and delivered them from destruction. Psalm 107:20

He heals the brokenhearted, and binds up their wounds. Psalm 147:3

Pleasant words are like a honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and health to the body.
Proverbs 16:24

Surely he has borne our infirmities and carried our diseases; yet we accounted him
stricken, struck down by God, and aftlicted. But he was wounded for our transgressions,
crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the punishment that made us whole, and by his
bruises we are healed. Isaiah 53:4-5

Return, O faithless children, I will heal your faithlessness. Jeremiah 3:22

Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then has the health of my
poor people not been restored? Jeremiah 8:22

Come, let us return to the Lord; for it is he who has tom, and he will heal us; he has
struck down, and he will bind us up. Hosea 6: 1

…a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to breakdown, and a time to build up.
Ecclesiastes 3:3

Quotations from the New Testament Scriptures

Whenever you enter a town….,cure
the sick who are there and say to them, The kingdom of Cod has come near to you. Luke
10:8-9

That evening they brought to him many who were possessed with demons; and he cast out
the spirits with a word, and cured all who were sick. This was to fulfill what had been
spoken through the prophet Isaiah, He took our infirmities and bore our diseases.
Matthew 8:16-17

how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power; how he went
about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him.
Acts 10:38

Are any among you sick? They should call for the elders of the church and have them
pray over them, anointing them with oil in the name of the Lord. The prayer of faith
will save the sick, and the Lord will raise them up; and anyone who has committed sins
will be forgiven. Therefore confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another,
so that you may be healed. The prayer of the righteous is powerful and effective. James
5:14-16

And God has appointed in the church first apostles, second prophets, third teachers;
then deeds of power, then gifts of healing, forms of assistance, forms of leadership,
various kinds of tongues. 1Corinthians 12:28

Then Jesus called the twelve together and gave them power and authority over all demons
and to cure diseases, and he sent them out to proclaim the kingdom of God and to heal.
Luke 9:1-2

Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, bright as crystal, flowing
from the throne of God and of the Lamb through the middle of the street of the city. On
either side of the river is the tree of life with its twelve kinds of fruit, producing
its fruit each month; and the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations.
Revelation 22:1-2

And by faith in his name, his name itself has made this man strong, whom you see and
know; and the faith that is through Jesus has given him this perfect health in the
presence of all of you. Acts 3:16

Beloved, I pray that all may go well with you and that you may be in good health, just
as it is well with your soul. 3 John 1:2

And he answered them, Go and tell John what you have seen and heard: the blind receive
their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are
raised, the poor have good news brought to them. And blessed is anyone who takes no
offense at me. Luke 7:22-23

About the author

Keith Russell wrote 31 articles for this publication.

The Rev. Dr. Keith A. Russell, an American Baptist minister, is The Distinguished Senior Professor of Ministry Studies at New York Theological Seminary in New York City. He has served both as an urban pastor and a seminary president.

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