Verses for the Sick
Scripture for body, mind, and the long wait to heal
Illness narrows the world to a room, a body, a wait. Scripture speaks to that room without pretending the suffering is small.
These passages hold both things together: God who heals, and God who is present when healing is slow. Good to read aloud at a bedside.
Readings
11 passages · Douay-Rheims
Psalm 41:3
“The Lord help him upon his bed of sorrow: thou hast turned all his couch in his sickness.”
Psalm 30:2
“O Lord my God, I have cried to thee, and thou hast healed me.”
Jeremiah 30:17
“For I will close up thy scar, and I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith the Lord: because they have called thee an outcast, saying: This is Sion, and no man shall look upon her.”
Exodus 15:26
“Saying: If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the Lord thy God, and do what is pleasing before him, and obey his commandments, and keep all his precepts, I will not bring upon thee…”
Isaiah 53:5
“But he was wounded for our iniquities, he was bruised for our sins: the chastisement of our peace was upon him, and by his bruises we are healed.”
James 5:14-15
“Is any man sick among you? Let him bring in the priests of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer of faith shall save the sick…”
2 Corinthians 12:9
“And he said to me: My grace is sufficient for thee; for power is made perfect in infirmity. Gladly therefore will I glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may dwell in me.”
Psalm 147:3
“Who healeth the broken of heart, and bindeth up their bruises.”
Matthew 11:28
“Come to me, all you that labour, and are burdened, and I will refresh you.”
2 Corinthians 4:17
“For that which is at present momentary and light of our tribulation, worketh for us above measure exceedingly an eternal weight of glory.”
Revelation 21:4
“And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes: and death shall be no more, nor mourning, nor crying, nor sorrow shall be any more, for the former things are passed away.”