These Bible verses for faith and healing follow people who reached out to Jesus with trust, from the woman who touched his garment to blind Bartimaeus calling from the roadside. They show how faith and healing meet in the Gospels, and they encourage you to bring even a small, shaky faith to God and let him strengthen it.
But Jesus turned him about, and when he saw her, he said, Daughter, be of good comfort; thy faith hath made thee whole. And the woman was made whole from that hour.
Matthew 9:22 (KJV)
Jesus turns to a suffering woman and tells her to take comfort, because her faith has made her whole.
And Jesus said unto him, Go thy way; thy faith hath made thee whole. And immediately he received his sight, and followed Jesus in the way.
Mark 10:52 (KJV)
Blind Bartimaeus receives his sight after Jesus tells him his faith has made him whole.
And he said unto him, Arise, go thy way: thy faith hath made thee whole.
Luke 17:19 (KJV)
Of ten healed lepers, one returns to give thanks and hears that his faith has made him whole.
And when he was come into the house, the blind men came to him: and Jesus saith unto them, Believe ye that I am able to do this? They said unto him, Yea, Lord. Then touched he their eyes, saying, According to your faith be it unto you.
Matthew 9:28-29 (KJV)
Jesus asks two blind men if they believe he can heal them, then touches their eyes according to their faith.
And Jesus said unto the centurion, Go thy way; and as thou hast believed, so be it done unto thee. And his servant was healed in the selfsame hour.
Matthew 8:13 (KJV)
Jesus heals the centurion’s servant from a distance, saying it will be done as he has believed.
The same heard Paul speak: who stedfastly beholding him, and perceiving that he had faith to be healed, Said with a loud voice, Stand upright on thy feet. And he leaped and walked.
Acts 14:9-10 (KJV)
Paul sees that a lame man has faith to be healed and tells him to stand, and he leaps and walks.
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
Hebrews 11:1 (KJV)
Faith is defined as confidence in what we hope for and certainty about what we cannot yet see.
But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
Hebrews 11:6 (KJV)
Without faith it is impossible to please God, who rewards those who seek him.
And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.
Mark 9:24 (KJV)
A father cries, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief, showing that honest, struggling faith is welcomed.
Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour.
Matthew 15:28 (KJV)
Jesus praises a Canaanite woman’s great faith, and her daughter is healed that same hour.
And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.
James 5:15 (KJV)
The prayer of faith will save the sick, and the Lord will raise them up.
So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
Romans 10:17 (KJV)
Faith grows by hearing the word of God, which is why reading these accounts strengthens trust.
And his name through faith in his name hath made this man strong, whom ye see and know: yea, the faith which is by him hath given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all.
Acts 3:16 (KJV)
Peter explains that faith in Jesus’ name made a lame man strong and whole.
But when Jesus heard it, he answered him, saying, Fear not: believe only, and she shall be made whole.
Luke 8:50 (KJV)
Facing news of a child’s death, Jesus tells Jairus to fear not and only believe.
Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the Lord, and depart from evil. It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.
Proverbs 3:5-8 (KJV)
Trusting the LORD with all your heart, rather than your own understanding, is linked here with health and strength.
(For we walk by faith, not by sight:)
2 Corinthians 5:7 (KJV)
Paul reminds believers that we walk by faith, not by sight.
In the Gospels, Jesus often told people that their faith had made them whole. Yet the father in Mark 9:24 shows that faith can be mixed with doubt and still be welcomed. If your faith feels weak, pray his honest words: Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.
Romans 10:17 says faith comes by hearing the word of God, so feed your trust by reading these healing stories slowly. Picture yourself in the crowd, notice how Jesus responds, and pray the verse back to him. Proverbs 3:5-8 adds that trusting the Lord brings health and strength.
Faith is trust in God, not a way to control outcomes, and a slow recovery is never proof that you did not believe enough. Keep following the care of your doctors and ask others to pray with you. As 2 Corinthians 5:7 says, we walk by faith, one step at a time, trusting the One who holds our lives.
Mark 5:34 works well prayed by naming your specific need and asking in faith, while trusting God’s wisdom in the outcome.
Bible Verses About Miracles and Bible Verses About Hope in Hard Times pick up threads that run through these verses.
Want the wider context? The complete King James Version is available at Blue Letter Bible.
Readers of this page often go on to Bible Verses For Joy or Bible Verses For Temptation.
For a related angle, see Bible Verses For Financial Blessings or Bible Verses For Peace of Mind.
You might also turn to Bible Verses For Prayer and Faith and Bible Verses For Motherhood.
Two nearby collections worth opening next are Bible Verses For Hope and Healing and Bible Verses About Hope and Healing.
To see how other translations render these lines, look them up on Bible Gateway.
To trace a verse through the rest of Scripture, the cross-references on Bible Hub are useful.
Return to this verse as you continue praying in faith for healing.
These verses were never meant to sit on a page as decoration \u2014 they’re meant to shape how you actually respond the next time you believe healing is possible but you’re struggling to believe it’s coming for you specifically.
You don’t need polished or formal language for it \u2014 an honest, plainly worded sentence is enough, something as simple as telling God directly for faith to take God’s promises personally, not just generally.
In Mark 9:14-29, a desperate father brought his son, tormented by a spirit since early childhood, to Jesus’s disciples, who tried but could not heal him. Jesus asked the father if he truly believed, and the man answered honestly, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief, and Jesus healed the boy anyway, right there. Anyone reading Bible Verses For Faith and Healing who feels their own faith is too thin or mixed with doubt can take real comfort here, since Jesus did not require the father to first resolve every uncertainty before he acted that day.
Acts 5:15-16 describes people carrying their sick into the streets on beds and couches, hoping that even Peter’s shadow might fall on them as he walked by, and every single one of them was healed that day. Scripture never says the shadow itself carried any power; it names the faith and desperation of the people who believed enough to try something so unusual and even a little strange. These verses sometimes highlight improvised acts of trust like this one, showing that God met people exactly where their expectations already were.
Acts 19:11-12 records special miracles worked through Paul, so that even handkerchiefs or aprons carried from his body to the sick brought healing and freed people from evil spirits without Paul ever being present himself. God worked through ordinary cloth, not because the fabric held any power of its own, but because it carried the faith of people who could not otherwise reach Paul directly. These verses show God meeting people through whatever small, tangible object helps them hold onto hope during a hard season.
Acts 3:1-10 tells of a man lame from birth, carried daily to beg at the temple gate, until Peter and John stopped, looked at him directly, and told him to rise and walk in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth. He leaped up immediately, walking and leaping and praising God loudly in front of the whole temple crowd that had walked past him for years. This story shows Bible Verses For Faith and Healing meeting someone in the exact spot where he had been overlooked for years by everyone else passing through.
Mark 7:31-37 describes friends bringing a deaf man who also had a serious speech difficulty, begging Jesus to lay his hands on him for healing. Jesus took him aside privately, away from the crowd, put his fingers in the man’s ears, touched his tongue, looked up to heaven, sighed deeply, and said, Ephphatha, meaning, be opened. His ears opened immediately and he began to speak plainly. This quiet, physical, almost intimate healing shows these verses at work through friends who brought someone who could not ask for himself.
Acts 9:32-35 tells of Aeneas, bedridden with palsy for eight long years, whom Peter visited and told plainly, Jesus Christ maketh thee whole: arise, and make thy own bed right now. Aeneas rose up immediately, and the healing led an entire region of people to turn to the Lord that same season. Eight years is a long time to wait for anything at all, and Bible Verses For Faith and Healing like this one remind us that a long delay does not mean God has forgotten the person still waiting in that bed.
Sometimes the sick person’s faith is stronger than the faith of the people praying around them, and that is nothing to hide or apologize for feeling. Let them lead if their trust feels steadier than yours does that particular day, and be honest with them if you are the one struggling more right now. These verses are meant to be shared, not carried alone by whoever feels strongest, and it is fine for that role to shift back and forth during a long illness.
Some seasons of illness wear faith down until almost nothing recognizable is left standing, and that exact experience is described honestly throughout Scripture, never hidden or edited out of it. Keep showing up to read even one short verse, even without feeling anything at all while you read it slowly. Ask someone else to pray on your behalf during this stretch. Bible Verses For Faith and Healing do not require you to feel strong; they only ask you to keep turning, however slowly, back toward God again.
Jesus told his disciples in Matthew 17:20 that faith as small as a mustard seed could move mountains, right after they had already failed to heal a boy themselves. He was not describing a minimum amount needed before God will finally act; he was describing the kind of faith, small but genuinely directed at God, rather than the actual size of it. These verses measured this way stop feeling like a test you might fail and start feeling like an invitation available to anyone with even a tiny, honest amount to offer today.
A short daily reading can steady faith when a diagnosis or a long recovery makes trust feel harder than usual. Return to these Bible Verses For Faith and Healing whenever doubt gets louder than hope.
Lord, I want to believe you will heal, but most days my faith feels thin and worn out from all this waiting. I am not bringing you a confident prayer today, only an honest one. Take whatever small trust I still have left and use it anyway, the way you used one father’s mixed faith to heal his own son. Grow what little I am holding onto right now, Lord, and do not wait for it to grow first before you choose to act on my behalf today.
Some teach that healing depends entirely on eliminating every trace of doubt first, turning Bible Verses For Faith and Healing into a performance standard nobody can consistently reach or maintain for long. The father in Mark 9 openly admitted his unbelief in the very same breath as his faith, and Jesus healed his son regardless of that mixture. Faith that includes honest struggle is still real, genuine faith. Demanding certainty before God will act reverses the pattern Scripture actually shows throughout these accounts of ordinary, imperfect people being healed anyway.
Faith tends to grow through small, repeated practices rather than a single dramatic decision made once, and these Bible Verses For Faith and Healing habits work best done daily, not just occasionally.
A few honest questions, the kind worth asking while sitting with these verses, can help faith grow instead of quietly collapsing under pressure during a long illness.
Matthew 9:27-30 opens with two blind men following Jesus down a street, shouting for mercy and not letting up. They trail Him all the way indoors. Only then does He turn and ask the question that sits at the center of this passage: “Believe ye that I am able to do this?” Their answer is two words in English, “Yea, Lord.” Nothing elaborate. No speech about theology, no promise about how much they could hold on to if things went wrong.
What follows is the line people quote on its own: “According to your faith be it unto you” (Matthew 9:29). Read it slowly, because it is easy to flip it into a threat, as if a smaller faith means a smaller result. The scene does not push in that direction. These men had a very small amount to work with, a shout and a yes, and their eyes were opened. The phrase sounds more like Jesus meeting people at the exact spot where they actually stand.
Notice also what He asks. He does not say, “Are you sure you will never doubt?” He asks whether they believe He is able. That is a question about Him, not about the quality of their inner life. When you pick up Bible Verses For Faith and Healing like this one, let the question land on Christ before it lands on yourself, and you may find it easier to answer honestly.
The woman in Matthew 15:21-28 had every reason to turn around. She was a Canaanite, a foreigner in the region of Tyre and Sidon, and she came crying out for her daughter, who was cruelly tormented. At first Jesus did not answer her a word. His disciples wanted her sent away because she kept calling after them. When He did speak, His words sounded closed: He had been sent to the lost sheep of Israel.
She knelt anyway. “Lord, help me,” she said, and when He mentioned the children and the dogs, she took the picture and turned it back with remarkable grace: even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from the master’s table. Something in that reply moved Him, and He said, “O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt: and her daughter was made whole from that very hour” (Matthew 15:28).
Any parent who has sat beside a sick child understands this woman without a commentary. She did not argue her case. She did not need the answer to feel gentle before she believed it was good. She simply refused to leave. The story gives no formula for how long to keep asking, and I would not invent one. What it shows is that persistence, spoken with humility, was received as faith and not as rudeness. Her daughter was not even present, which is another quiet detail worth noticing.
Luke 8:40-56 moves at a nervous pace. Jairus, a ruler of the synagogue, falls at Jesus’s feet and begs Him to come to his house, because his only daughter, about twelve years old, is dying. Then the walk stalls. A crowd presses in, a woman with a long illness touches His cloak, and Jesus stops to find out who it was. You can almost feel the father shifting from foot to foot in the street.
The worst arrives while Jesus is still speaking. Someone from the house says, “Thy daughter is dead; trouble not the Master” (Luke 8:49). Hear how kind and final it sounds. Jesus turns to Jairus and gives him one short instruction: “Fear not: believe only, and she shall be made whole” (Luke 8:50). Faith is not described here as a feeling to produce but as a direction to keep walking in, even after the report says it is over.
He took Peter, James, John, and the girl’s parents into the room, took her by the hand, and said, “Maid, arise.” Her spirit came again, and He told them to give her something to eat. Don’t skip that last detail. The same Lord who raises the dead noticed that a twelve-year-old would be hungry. Among the Bible Verses For Faith and Healing, this account is one to keep near when the news gets worse than you feared.
Some people grit their teeth over faith, as if it were a muscle to flex until it shakes. Paul describes something quieter in Romans 10:17: “So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.” The context is preaching and listening, with ordinary people hearing the message about Christ and believing it. Faith there arrives through the ears, slowly, from outside a person, not from inside a clenched jaw.
That changes how someone who is sick can approach the long hours. You do not have to manufacture confidence. You can hear. Read a psalm out loud, have a friend read to you, or listen to a recording of Scripture while the machine hums beside the bed. Proverbs 3:5-8 fits here, with its call to “trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding” and its promise that such a path “shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.” Proverbs speaks in broad wisdom statements, not as a guarantee for every case, and it is fair to read it that way.
A gentle word of caution. If you are unwell, keep seeing your doctor and taking the care that has been prescribed. Listening to Scripture is meant to steady your heart, not replace treatment. And on the days you can barely concentrate, a single line is plenty. A short verse said slowly three times still counts as hearing.
If you want to keep going with this theme, try Bible Verses About Healing and Faith, Bible Verses About Faith and Healing, Bible Verses For Healing and Faith, Bible Verses For God's Healing and Bible Verses For Growing in Faith.
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In the Gospels, Jesus often told people that their faith had made them whole. Yet the father in Mark 9:24 shows that faith can be mixed with doubt and still be welcomed.
This page brings together 16 King James Version references about faith and Healing, drawn from 8 different books of the Bible.
Yes, the verses referenced on this page, including Mark 9:24, are quoted according to the King James Version (KJV), and are suitable for daily reading, memorization, or devotional use.
Beyond the references highlighted on this page, faith and Healing appears throughout Scripture in books such as Mark, Romans, Proverbs, 2 Corinthians, Acts; this collection focuses on some of the clearest examples.
These faith and Healing verses are drawn from books including Mark, Romans, Proverbs, 2 Corinthians, Acts, among others.
