Verses of Healing

Welcome to the Mussar Center's list of 50 verses of healing from the Tanach. This list is also downloadable as a printable PDF. If you find this useful please donate. Be sure to also sign up to learn more about the place of healing in Tikkun Adam, the inner work of Mussar.

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Abraham prayed unto God; and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maid-servants; and they bore children. (Genesis 20:17)

He said: 'If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of Hashem thy God, and wilt do that which is right in His eyes, and wilt give ear to His commandments, and keep all His statutes, I will put none of the diseases upon thee, which I have put upon the Egyptians; for I am Hashem that healeth thee.' (Exodus 15:26)

Moses cried unto Hashem, saying: 'Heal her now, O God, I beseech Thee.' (Numbers 12:13)

See now that I, even I, am He, and there is no god with Me; I kill, and I make alive; I have wounded, and I heal; and there is none that can deliver out of My hand. (Deuteronomy 32:39)

They said: 'If ye send away the ark of the God of Israel, send it not empty; but in any wise return Him a guilt-offering; then ye shall be healed, and it shall be known to you why His hand is not removed from you.' (1 Samuel 6:3)

Elijah said unto all the people: 'Come near unto me'; and all the people came near unto him. And he repaired the altar of Hashem that was thrown down. (1 Kings 18:30)

He went forth unto the spring of the waters, and cast salt therein, and said: 'Thus saith Hashem: I have healed these waters; there shall not be from thence any more death or miscarrying.' (2 Kings 2:21)

So the waters were healed unto this day, according to the word of Elisha which he spoke. (2 Kings 2:22)

Then went he down, and dipped himself seven times in the Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God; and his flesh came back like unto the flesh of a little child, and he was clean. (2 Kings 5:14)

'Return, and say to Hezekiah the prince of My people: Thus saith Hashem, the God of David thy father: I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears; behold, I will heal thee; on the third day thou shalt go up unto the house of Hashem. (2 Kings 20:5)

Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they, seeing with their eyes, and hearing with their ears, and understanding with their heart, return, and be healed.' (Isaiah 6:10)

Hashem will smite Egypt, smiting and healing; and they shall return unto Hashem, and He will be entreated of them, and will heal them. (Isaiah 19:22)

Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of the seven days, in the day that Hashem bindeth up the bruise of His people, and healeth the stroke of their wound. (Isaiah 30:26)

Hashem, by these things men live, and altogether therein is the life of my spirit; wherefore recover Thou me, and make me to live. (Isaiah 38:16)

But he was wounded because of our transgressions, he was crushed because of our iniquities: the chastisement of our welfare was upon him, and with his stripes we were healed. (Isaiah 53:5)

I have seen his ways, and will heal him; I will lead him also, and requite with comforts him and his mourners. (Isaiah 57:18)

Peace, peace, to him that is far off and to him that is near, saith Hashem that createth the fruit of the lips; and I will heal him. (Isaiah 57:19)

Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thy healing shall spring forth speedily; and thy righteousness shall go before thee, the glory of Hashem shall be thy rearward. (Isaiah 58:8)

Return, ye backsliding children, I will heal your backslidings. - 'Here we are, we are come unto Thee; for Thou art Hashem our God. (Jeremiah 3:22)

Heal me, Hashem, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved; for Thou art my praise. (Jeremiah 17:14)

For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith Hashem; because they have called thee an outcast: 'She is Zion, there is none that careth for her.' (Jeremiah 30:17)

Behold, I will bring it healing and cure, and I will cure them; and I will reveal unto them the abundance of peace and truth. (Jeremiah 33:6)

Then said he unto me: 'These waters issue forth toward the eastern region, and shall go down into the Arabah; and when they shall enter into the sea, into the sea of the putrid waters, the waters shall be healed. (Ezekiel 47:8)

And it shall come to pass, that every living creature wherewith it swarmeth, whithersoever the rivers shall come, shall live; and there shall be a very great multitude of fish; for these waters are come thither, that all things be healed and may live whithersoever the river cometh. (Ezekiel 47:9)

And by the river upon the bank thereof, on this side and on that side, shall grow every tree for food, whose leaf shall not wither, neither shall the fruit thereof fail; it shall bring forth new fruit every month, because the waters thereof issue out of the sanctuary; and the fruit thereof shall be for food, and the leaf thereof for healing.' (Ezekiel 47:12)

'Come, and let us return unto Hashem; for He hath torn, and He will heal us, He hath smitten, and He will bind us up. After two days will He revive us, on the third day He will raise us up, that we may live in His presence. And let us know, eagerly strive to know Hashem, His going forth is sure as the morning; and He shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter rain that watereth the earth.' (Hosea 6:1-3)

When I would heal Israel, then is the iniquity of Ephraim uncovered, and the wickedness of Samaria, for they commit falsehood; and the thief entereth in, and the troop of robbers maketh a raid without. (Hosea 7:1)

And I, I taught Ephraim to walk, taking them by their arms; but they knew not that I healed them. (Hosea 11:3)

I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely; for Mine anger is turned away from him. (Hosea 14:5)

But unto you that fear My name shall the sun of righteousness arise with healing in its wings; and ye shall go forth, and gambol as calves of the stall. (Malachi 3:20)

Be gracious unto me, Hashem, for I languish away; heal me, Hashem, for my bones are affrighted. (Psalms 6:3)

Hashem my God, I cried unto Thee, and Thou didst heal me. (Psalms 30:3)

As for me, I said: 'Hashem, be gracious unto me; heal my soul; for I have sinned against Thee.' (Psalms 41:5)

Thou hast made the land to shake, Thou hast cleft it; heal the breaches thereof; for it tottereth. (Psalms 60:4)

Who forgiveth all thine iniquity; who healeth all Thy diseases. (Psalms 103:3)

He sent His word, and healed them, and delivered them from their graves. (Psalms 107:20)

Who healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds. (Psalms 147:3)

It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones. (Proverbs 3:8)

For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh. (Proverbs 4:22)

There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword; but the tongue of the wise is health. (Proverbs 12:18)

A wicked messenger falleth into evil; but a faithful ambassador is health. (Proverbs 13:17)

A tranquil heart is the life of the flesh; but envy is the rottenness of the bones. (Proverbs 14:30)

A soothing tongue is a tree of life; but perverseness therein is a wound to the spirit. (Proverbs 15:4)

Pleasant words are as a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones. (Proverbs 16:24)

He maketh sore, and bindeth up; He woundeth, and His hands make whole. (Job 5:18)

A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up. (Ecclesiastes 3:3)

If My people, upon whom My name is called, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek My face, and turn from their evil ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land. (2 Chronicles 7:14)

In the thirty and ninth year of his reign Asa was diseased in his feet; his disease was exceeding great; yet in his disease he sought not to Hashem, but to the physicians. (2 Chronicles 16:12)

Hashem hearkened to Hezekiah, and healed the people. (2 Chronicles 30:20)