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What does the Bible say about divine healing?

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The Bible teaches that God is compassionate and able to heal, yet healing comes according to his wise and sovereign will, with the fullest restoration secured in Christ. Jeremiah 30:17 and Jeremiah 33:6 portray the Lord as the healer and restorer of his people, while Psalm 103 praises him for his mercy and healing. Jesus healed many in Matthew 8:16-17, displaying his kingdom and fulfilling Isaiah’s promise. James 5:14-15 calls the church to pray earnestly for the sick, seeking the elders’ care and trusting God. First Peter 2:24 chiefly proclaims healing from sin through Christ’s atoning death. Believers therefore pray boldly, use God’s ordinary means, and rest in the unchanging Christ until final resurrection.

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  • Jeremiah 30:17 9 votes

    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 33:6 7 votes

    Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them; and I will reveal to them abundance of peace and truth.

  • 3 John 1:2 5 votes

    Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be healthy, even as your soul prospers.

  • Ephesians 6:13 5 votes

    Therefore, put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and, having done all, to stand.

  • 1 Peter 2:24 4 votes

    who his own self bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live to righteousness; by whose stripes you were healed.

  • James 5:14-15 3 votes

    [14] Is any among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the assembly, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord, [15] 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.

  • Psalms 103:1-22 3 votes

    [1] > Praise Yahweh, my soul! All that is within me, praise his holy name! [2] Praise Yahweh, my soul, And don't forget all his benefits; [3] Who forgives all your sins; Who heals all your diseases; [4] Who redeems your life from destruction; Who crowns you with loving kindness and tender mercies; [5] Who satisfies your desire with good things, So that your youth is renewed like the eagle's. [6] Yahweh executes righteous acts, And justice for all who are oppressed. [7] He made known his ways to Moses, His deeds to the children of Israel. [8] Yahweh is merciful and gracious, Slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness. [9] He will not always accuse; Neither will he stay angry forever. [10] He has not dealt with us according to our sins, Nor repaid us for our iniquities. [11] For as the heavens are high above the earth, So great is his loving kindness toward those who fear him. [12] As far as the east is from the west, So far has he removed our transgressions from us. [13] Like a father has compassion on his children, So Yahweh has compassion on those who fear him. [14] For he knows how we are made. He remembers that we are dust. [15] As for man, his days are like grass. As a flower of the field, so he flourishes. [16] For the wind passes over it, and it is gone. Its place remembers it no more. [17] But Yahweh's loving kindness is from everlasting to everlasting with those who fear him, His righteousness to children's children; [18] To those who keep his covenant, To those who remember to obey his precepts. [19] Yahweh has established his throne in the heavens. His kingdom rules over all. [20] Praise Yahweh, you angels of his, Who are mighty in strength, who fulfill his word, Obeying the voice of his word. [21] Praise Yahweh, all you hosts of his, You servants of his, who do his pleasure. [22] Praise Yahweh, all you works of his, In all places of his dominion. Praise Yahweh, my soul.

  • Hebrews 11:6 3 votes

    Without faith it is impossible to be well pleasing to him, for he who comes to God must believe that he exists, and that he is a rewarder of those who seek him.

  • Hebrews 13:8 3 votes

    Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.

  • Matthew 8:16-17 2 votes

    [16] When evening came, they brought to him many possessed with demons. He cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all who were sick; [17] that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying: "He took our infirmities, and bore our diseases."

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