100 Bible Verses about Good Health

Jeremiah 17:14 ESV / 820 helpful votes

Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved, for you are my praise.

3 John 1:2 ESV / 398 helpful votes

Beloved, I pray that all may go well with you and that you may be in good health, as it goes well with your soul.

Jeremiah 33:6 ESV / 253 helpful votes

Behold, I will bring to it health and healing, and I will heal them and reveal to them abundance of prosperity and security.

Proverbs 17:22 ESV / 239 helpful votes

A joyful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.

1 Corinthians 6:19-20 ESV / 224 helpful votes

Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.

Exodus 15:26 ESV / 222 helpful votes

Saying, “If you will diligently listen to the voice of the Lord your God, and do that which is right in his eyes, and give ear to his commandments and keep all his statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you that I put on the Egyptians, for I am the Lord, your healer.”

Exodus 23:25 ESV / 201 helpful votes

You shall serve the Lord your God, and he will bless your bread and your water, and I will take sickness away from among you.

Proverbs 3:7-8 ESV / 141 helpful votes

Be not wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord, and turn away from evil. It will be healing to your flesh and refreshment to your bones.

1 Corinthians 10:31 ESV / 132 helpful votes

So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.

Proverbs 16:24 ESV / 130 helpful votes

Gracious words are like a honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and health to the body.

1 Timothy 4:8 ESV / 118 helpful votes

For while bodily training is of some value, godliness is of value in every way, as it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come.

Proverbs 12:25 ESV / 97 helpful votes

Anxiety in a man's heart weighs him down, but a good word makes him glad.

1 Peter 2:24 ESV / 96 helpful votes

He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed.

James 5:14-15 ESV / 95 helpful votes

Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer of faith will save the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.

Malachi 4:2 ESV / 94 helpful votes

But for you who fear my name, the sun of righteousness shall rise with healing in its wings. You shall go out leaping like calves from the stall.

Psalm 147:3 ESV / 94 helpful votes

He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.

Revelation 21:4 ESV / 93 helpful votes

He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.”

Proverbs 4:20-22 ESV / 82 helpful votes

My son, be attentive to my words; incline your ear to my sayings. Let them not escape from your sight; keep them within your heart. For they are life to those who find them, and healing to all their flesh.

Proverbs 3:8 ESV / 81 helpful votes

It will be healing to your flesh and refreshment to your bones.

Philippians 4:6-7 ESV / 79 helpful votes

Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

Jeremiah 30:17 ESV / 77 helpful votes

For I will restore health to you, and your wounds I will heal, declares the Lord, because they have called you an outcast: ‘It is Zion, for whom no one cares!’

Mark 5:34 ESV / 75 helpful votes

And he said to her, “Daughter, your faith has made you well; go in peace, and be healed of your disease.”

Proverbs 14:30 ESV / 74 helpful votes

A tranquil heart gives life to the flesh, but envy makes the bones rot.

Isaiah 41:10 ESV / 68 helpful votes

Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

Isaiah 53:5 ESV / 66 helpful votes

But he was pierced for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his wounds we are healed.

Deuteronomy 7:15 ESV / 65 helpful votes

And the Lord will take away from you all sickness, and none of the evil diseases of Egypt, which you knew, will he inflict on you, but he will lay them on all who hate you.

Leviticus 11:1-47 ESV / 64 helpful votes

And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying to them, “Speak to the people of Israel, saying, These are the living things that you may eat among all the animals that are on the earth. Whatever parts the hoof and is cloven-footed and chews the cud, among the animals, you may eat. Nevertheless, among those that chew the cud or part the hoof, you shall not eat these: The camel, because it chews the cud but does not part the hoof, is unclean to you. And the rock badger, because it chews the cud but does not part the hoof, is unclean to you. ...

Isaiah 58:11 ESV / 62 helpful votes

And the Lord will guide you continually and satisfy your desire in scorched places and make your bones strong; and you shall be like a watered garden, like a spring of water, whose waters do not fail.

Romans 12:2 ESV / 61 helpful votes

Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.

Matthew 10:8 ESV / 59 helpful votes

Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, cast out demons. You received without paying; give without pay.

Isaiah 55:2 ESV / 59 helpful votes

Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread, and your labor for that which does not satisfy? Listen diligently to me, and eat what is good, and delight yourselves in rich food.

Proverbs 13:12 ESV / 57 helpful votes

Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life.

Galatians 5:22-23 ESV / 56 helpful votes

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.

John 14:27 ESV / 56 helpful votes

Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.

Acts 10:38 ESV / 53 helpful votes

How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power. He went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him.

Matthew 19:26 ESV / 53 helpful votes

But Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”

Luke 9:11 ESV / 52 helpful votes

When the crowds learned it, they followed him, and he welcomed them and spoke to them of the kingdom of God and cured those who had need of healing.

Psalm 30:2 ESV / 52 helpful votes

O Lord my God, I cried to you for help, and you have healed me.

James 5:16 ESV / 49 helpful votes

Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.

Ephesians 5:18 ESV / 49 helpful votes

And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit,

John 10:10 ESV / 49 helpful votes

The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.

1 Timothy 4:7-8 ESV / 48 helpful votes

Have nothing to do with irreverent, silly myths. Rather train yourself for godliness; for while bodily training is of some value, godliness is of value in every way, as it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come.

Acts 27:34 ESV / 48 helpful votes

Therefore I urge you to take some food. For it will give you strength, for not a hair is to perish from the head of any of you.”

Psalm 73:26 ESV / 48 helpful votes

My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.

Exodus 15:2 ESV / 48 helpful votes

The Lord is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation; this is my God, and I will praise him, my father's God, and I will exalt him.

Philippians 4:19 ESV / 47 helpful votes

And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

Isaiah 40:31 ESV / 47 helpful votes

But they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.

Psalm 118:14 ESV / 47 helpful votes

The Lord is my strength and my song; he has become my salvation.

Ezekiel 47:12 ESV / 46 helpful votes

And on the banks, on both sides of the river, there will grow all kinds of trees for food. Their leaves will not wither, nor their fruit fail, but they will bear fresh fruit every month, because the water for them flows from the sanctuary. Their fruit will be for food, and their leaves for healing.”

Proverbs 25:16 ESV / 46 helpful votes

If you have found honey, eat only enough for you, lest you have your fill of it and vomit it.

Psalm 41:3 ESV / 46 helpful votes

The Lord sustains him on his sickbed; in his illness you restore him to full health.

Acts 28:8 ESV / 45 helpful votes

It happened that the father of Publius lay sick with fever and dysentery. And Paul visited him and prayed, and putting his hands on him, healed him.

Ecclesiastes 12:13 ESV / 45 helpful votes

The end of the matter; all has been heard. Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man.

Psalm 6:2 ESV / 45 helpful votes

Be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am languishing; heal me, O Lord, for my bones are troubled.

Genesis 1:29 ESV / 44 helpful votes

And God said, “Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the face of all the earth, and every tree with seed in its fruit. You shall have them for food.

Philippians 4:13 ESV / 43 helpful votes

I can do all things through him who strengthens me.

Proverbs 20:1 ESV / 43 helpful votes

Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler, and whoever is led astray by it is not wise.

Psalm 28:7 ESV / 43 helpful votes

The Lord is my strength and my shield; in him my heart trusts, and I am helped; my heart exults, and with my song I give thanks to him.

James 5:14-16 ESV / 42 helpful votes

Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer of faith will save the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven. Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.

1 Corinthians 6:19 ESV / 42 helpful votes

Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own,

Proverbs 12:18 ESV / 42 helpful votes

There is one whose rash words are like sword thrusts, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.

Psalm 38:3 ESV / 42 helpful votes

There is no soundness in my flesh because of your indignation; there is no health in my bones because of my sin.

1 Corinthians 9:24-27 ESV / 41 helpful votes

Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? So run that you may obtain it. Every athlete exercises self-control in all things. They do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable. So I do not run aimlessly; I do not box as one beating the air. But I discipline my body and keep it under control, lest after preaching to others I myself should be disqualified.

Matthew 6:34 ESV / 41 helpful votes

“Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.

Isaiah 58:8 ESV / 41 helpful votes

Then shall your light break forth like the dawn, and your healing shall spring up speedily; your righteousness shall go before you; the glory of the Lord shall be your rear guard.

Psalm 42:11 ESV / 41 helpful votes

Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my salvation and my God.

Romans 12:1-2 ESV / 40 helpful votes

I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.

Romans 8:28 ESV / 40 helpful votes

And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.

1 Timothy 5:23 ESV / 39 helpful votes

(No longer drink only water, but use a little wine for the sake of your stomach and your frequent ailments.)

1 Corinthians 6:20 ESV / 39 helpful votes

For you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.

1 Corinthians 3:17 ESV / 39 helpful votes

If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy him. For God's temple is holy, and you are that temple.

Proverbs 3:5-8 ESV / 39 helpful votes

Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths. Be not wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord, and turn away from evil. It will be healing to your flesh and refreshment to your bones.

Romans 12:1 ESV / 38 helpful votes

I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.

Matthew 10:1 ESV / 38 helpful votes

And he called to him his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal every disease and every affliction.

Psalm 139:23-24 ESV / 38 helpful votes

Search me, O God, and know my heart! Try me and know my thoughts! And see if there be any grievous way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting!

Psalm 107:20 ESV / 37 helpful votes

He sent out his word and healed them, and delivered them from their destruction.

Ecclesiastes 11:10 ESV / 36 helpful votes

Remove vexation from your heart, and put away pain from your body, for youth and the dawn of life are vanity.

Psalm 119:93 ESV / 36 helpful votes

I will never forget your precepts, for by them you have given me life.

1 Samuel 16:7 ESV / 36 helpful votes

But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For the Lord sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart.”

Revelation 1:1 ESV / 35 helpful votes

The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John,

1 John 4:8 ESV / 34 helpful votes

Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love.

Numbers 6:24-26 ESV / 34 helpful votes

The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you; the Lord lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace.

Mark 9:23 ESV / 33 helpful votes

And Jesus said to him, “‘If you can’! All things are possible for one who believes.”

Proverbs 23:20-21 ESV / 33 helpful votes

Be not among drunkards or among gluttonous eaters of meat, for the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and slumber will clothe them with rags.

Psalm 91:16 ESV / 33 helpful votes

With long life I will satisfy him and show him my salvation.”

2 Timothy 1:7 ESV / 32 helpful votes

For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.

Romans 12:12 ESV / 31 helpful votes

Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer.

Matthew 9:12 ESV / 31 helpful votes

But when he heard it, he said, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick.

Matthew 9:12-13 ESV / 31 helpful votes

But when he heard it, he said, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. Go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.’ For I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.”

Psalm 43:5 ESV / 31 helpful votes

Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my salvation and my God.

Luke 5:31-32 ESV / 30 helpful votes

And Jesus answered them, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance.”

Psalm 103:1-5 ESV / 30 helpful votes

Of David. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name! Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits, who forgives all your iniquity, who heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from the pit, who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy, who satisfies you with good so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's.

Psalm 29:11 ESV / 30 helpful votes

May the Lord give strength to his people! May the Lord bless his people with peace!

Proverbs 4:20-23 ESV / 29 helpful votes

My son, be attentive to my words; incline your ear to my sayings. Let them not escape from your sight; keep them within your heart. For they are life to those who find them, and healing to all their flesh. Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life.

1 Corinthians 10:13 ESV / 28 helpful votes

No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.

Luke 13:13 ESV / 28 helpful votes

And he laid his hands on her, and immediately she was made straight, and she glorified God.

Matthew 4:23 ESV / 28 helpful votes

And he went throughout all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom and healing every disease and every affliction among the people.

Proverbs 3:1-2 ESV / 28 helpful votes

My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments, for length of days and years of life and peace they will add to you.

Ephesians 4:23 ESV / 27 helpful votes

And to be renewed in the spirit of your minds,

Acts 9:34 ESV / 26 helpful votes

And Peter said to him, “Aeneas, Jesus Christ heals you; rise and make your bed.” And immediately he rose.

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