Old Testament Scriptures About Healing
Genesis 20:17-18
God heals Abimelech, his family and his servants
Genesis 21:1-2
Childless Sarah is given a son
Genesis 25:21
Childless Rebekah conceives
Genesis 30:22-23
Childless Rachel bears a son
Exodus 12:12-13
A killer plague will pass over all households that keep the Passover when God sees the blood on the doorpost
Exodus 15:25-26
God’s declaration: I am the Lord Who Heals You
Exodus 20:12
Long life is promised to those who honor their parents
Exodus 23:25-26
God will take sickness away and prevent barrenness & miscarriages
Exodus 30:11-16
When a ransom is made, all plagues are prevented
Leviticus 14:1-32
The Law concerning the atonement for a leper’s cleansing foreshadows Christ
Leviticus 15:13-15
Under the Law, an atonement was required for man with a discharge
Numbers 8:19
An atonement will prevent all plagues
Numbers 12:1-15
Miriam is struck with leprosy for her bad attitude; she is healed after seven days
Numbers 16:44-50
A killer plague is stopped when Aaron makes an atonement
Numbers 21:5-9
People are forgiven and healed of fatal serpent bites when they gaze at a symbol of Christ on the cross
Deuteronomy 5:16
Long life is promised to those who honor their parents
Deuteronomy 5:33
Walking in God’s ways prolongs your life
Deuteronomy 6:2
Walking in God’s ways prolongs your life
Deuteronomy 7:12-15
God will take away sickness and prevent barrenness
Deuteronomy 11:8-9
Walking in God’s ways prolongs your life
Deuteronomy 11:18-21
Laying up God’s words in your heart lengthens your life. Teach your children God’s words so that they will live long too.
Deuteronomy 30:19-20
You choose death or life; God is your longevity
Deuteronomy 34:7
Moses’s eyes were not dim nor his strength abated at age 120
Joshua 14:10-12
Caleb was still able to vanquish giants at age 85
Judges 13:2-3,24
Samson is born to a previously childless woman
1 Samuel 1
Previously childless Hannah bears a son (Samuel)
1 Samuel 16:14-23
David’s anointed music drives an evil spirit away from Saul
2 Samuel 24:10-25
A plague results from sin; sacrifices end the plague
1 Kings 3:14
God promises Solomon that walking in His ways will prolong Solomon’s life
1 Kings 8:37-39
Solomon asks God to answer people’s prayers for healing
1 Kings 13:4-6
Jeroboam is smitten for trying to hurt a man of God, then he is healed after the man of God prays for him
1 Kings 17:17-24
Elijah raises a boy from the dead
2 Kings 4:12-17
A Shunammite is made able to bear a child
2 Kings 4:18-37
Elisha raises the Shunammite’s son from the dead
2 Kings 5:1-14
Naaman the Syrian is healed of leprosy when he obeys Elisha’s instructions
2 Kings 6:18-20
Israel’s enemies are smitten with blindness, then healed
2 Kings 13:20-21
A Moabite is raised from the dead after his dead body touches Elisha’s bones
2 Kings 20:1-7
Hezekiah is healed of a fatal illness
1 Chronicles 21:7-27
A plague results from sin; sacrifices end the plague
2 Chronicles 6:28-30
Solomon asks God to answer people’s prayers for healing
2 Chronicles 30:18-20
The people are healed after they keep the Passover
Job 5:26
Long life is promised to those whom God corrects
Job 33:19-25
A ransom (atonement) brings healing and rejuvenation
Job 42:10
God heals Job of all his ailments
Psalm 21:4
David asks for and gets long life
Psalm 30:2-3
The Psalmist cries to God; God heals him and saves his life
Psalm 34:11-14
Stop doing evil and speaking evil and you’ll live longer
Psalm 34:17-20
The Lord delivers the righteous from all their afflictions
Psalm 41:1-3
God strengthens the generous man on his sickbed
Psalm 41:4
David prays for his soul to be healed
Psalm 61:6
God prolongs the king’s life
Psalm 67:1-2
God’s saving health should be known around the world
Psalm 90:10
Even backslidden Israelites could live 70-80 years
Psalm 91
Abide in God and He’ll keep sickness away from you
Psalm 103:1-5
God heals all your diseases and redeems you from destruction
Psalm 105:37
There were no feeble people when Israel left Egypt
Psalm 106:28-30
Idolatry brought sickness; a righteous act got rid of it
Psalm 107:17-20
God sent His word and healed fools who got sick from sinning
Psalm 113:9
God makes the barren woman a mother
Psalm 146:8
God opens the eyes of the blind and raises those who are bowed down
Psalm 147:3
God heals the brokenhearted
Proverbs 3:1-2
Remembering and keeping God’s Law adds long life to you
Proverbs 3:7-8
The fear of the Lord is health to your body
Proverbs 3:16
Wisdom gives you a long life
Proverbs 4:10
Hear and receive God’s words and you’ll live a long time
Proverbs 4:20-22
God’s words are medicine to all your flesh
Proverbs 9:11
The fear of the Lord lengthens your life
Proverbs 10:27
The fear of the Lord lengthens your life
Proverbs 12:18
The tongue of the wise is health
Proverbs 14:30
A sound heart is life; envy rots your bones
Proverbs 15:30
A good report makes bones healthy
Proverbs 16:24
Pleasant words are health to the bones
Proverbs 17:22
A merry heart is like a medicine; a broken spirit makes you sick
Proverbs 18:14
Your spirit will carry you through sickness
Proverbs 18:21
Death and life are in the power of your tongue
Proverbs 19:16
Keep God’s commands and you’ll live; despise them and you’ll die
Proverbs 19:23
The fear of the Lord brings life and repels evil
Isaiah 19:22
God will smite and heal Egypt
Isaiah 29:18
The deaf will hear; the blind will see
Isaiah 33:24
Israel’s inhabitants will not say they are sick; they will be forgiven
Isaiah 35:3-6
The blind, deaf, lame and dumb will be healed
Isaiah 38:1-39:1
God heals Hezekiah of a fatal disease
Isaiah 40:29-31
Wait on the Lord and He’ll strengthen you
Isaiah 53
Prophecy that the Messiah will bear our sins, sicknesses and pains, save us from sin and heal us
Isaiah 57:16-19
God smote Israel but He will heal it
Isaiah 58:6-11
Obey God’s commands and show mercy rather than fasting while oppressing others and you’ll get healthy quickly
Isaiah 61:1-3
Isaiah prophesies about what the Messiah will be anointed to do
Isaiah 65:22
God’s people will live long like trees
Jeremiah 8:22
Is there no medicine or physician in Gilead? (Rhetorical question)
Jeremiah 17:14
Heal me, Lord, and I shall be healed
Jeremiah 30:17
God will restore health to Israel and heal its wounds
Jeremiah 33:6-8
God will heal Jerusalem
Hosea 6:1
God smote us and He will heal us
Hosea 11:3-4
Ephraim (figuratively Israel) didn’t know that God healed them
Malachi 4:2
The Sun of righteousness will arise with healing in His wings