The best Bible verses for healing (NIV) include passages about God's love, strength, and guidance. This page features 15+ carefully curated Scripture passages for healing (NIV), each selected for its relevance and depth. Read, save, and share the perfect verse for your situation.
"Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the good news of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness among the people."Matthew 4:23
"Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the good news of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness among the people."Matthew 4:23
"Jesus went through all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the good news of the kingdom and healing every disease and sickness."Matthew 9:35
"The tongue that brings healing is a tree of life, but a deceitful tongue crushes the spirit."Proverbs 15:4
"He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; by his wounds you have been healed."1 Peter 2:24
"“Make level paths for your feet,” so that the lame may not be disabled, but rather healed."Hebrews 12:13
"But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon him, and by his wounds we are healed."Isaiah 53:5
"Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective."James 5:16
"Heal me, O Lord, and I will be healed; save me and I will be saved, for you are the one I praise."Jeremiah 17:14
"Babylon will suddenly fall and be broken. Wail over her! Get balm for her pain; perhaps she can be healed."Jeremiah 51:8
"“‘We would have healed Babylon, but she cannot be healed; let us leave her and each go to his own land, for her judgment reaches to the skies, it rises as high as the clouds.’"Jeremiah 51:9
"and so the Jews said to the man who had been healed, “It is the Sabbath; the law forbids you to carry your mat.”"John 5:10
"The man who was healed had no idea who it was, for Jesus had slipped away into the crowd that was there."John 5:13
Translations differ in what they optimise for. Some follow the original wording closely at the cost of a natural English sentence; others read smoothly and make interpretive choices to get there. Neither is wrong, but they produce noticeably different verses.
Each of the 15 verses below is shown in the translation you asked for, and every verse links to a page comparing all six side by side — which is usually the fastest way to see where the translators disagreed.
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The most-cited Bible verses for healing (NIV) are Matthew 4:23, Matthew 9:35, Proverbs 12:18. This page collects 15 of them, each with its full passage, context and the text in six translations.
Read the verse in its surrounding passage before you use it — a verse that fits in isolation sometimes says something different in context. Compare two translations where the wording is unclear, and pick for the person who will read it rather than for the theme.
Scripture returns to healing (NIV) across both testaments rather than settling it in one passage, which is why the verses on this page do not all say the same thing. Read together they give a fuller answer than any single verse does.
There is no single best translation. The NIV and NLT read most naturally and communicate well to someone outside the church; the ESV and NASB stay closer to the original wording; the KJV carries the phrasing most people recognise. Every verse here links to a page showing all six side by side.
More than any page can list. This one carries the 15 that are most often turned to for healing (NIV), chosen so each stands on its own and links through to the full chapter it belongs to.