I have compiled this list of scripture from studying over the years (especially now), from other people, from books, and from a few other sources. One such book that I highly recommend that anyone who has any affliction read is Dodie Osteen's book. She is Joel's mother and wife of John Osteen who founded Lakewood church. It is a short read with a ton of great scripture and her explanations of how she used scripture in her battle. As of 2017, she is a 36 year cancer survivor in a really grim situation.
I think that tackling your battle against any sickness, beyond just your means and including scripture, is critical to winning. It is also critical to have support from the people of faith around you. As the famous verse goes, "For where two or three are gathered in my name, I am there among them." ~Mat 18:20 Speaking from experience this past 2 months, Kelly and I have been blessed with a positive outlook for the future, strengthened faith, and no lasting worry or fear. This is a direct result of prayer by the people around us, and God giving these things to us. They are way out of character for us, but we continue to "walk by faith and not by sight." ~2 Cor 5:7 I encourage you to use the weapons below and pray them yourself, with your family, and with the other Christians around you for your illness. You will see a strong fortress built around yourself of peace, faith, healing, and encouragement. ~Psalm 18:2
Here is my list of scripture and please feel free to comment back to me, or reach me at jimbag8@gmail.com with feedback. I did not go into details on how each of these verses/passages impacted me as Dodie Osteen did in attempt to keep it shorter, but I'm always glad to add to the list and/or love a good discussion about scripture. It is also a good idea to read before and after verses to get a grasp of the context around them.
:: Faith and Encouragement ::
Deuteronomy 31:6 - Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the Lord your God goes with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you.”Joshua 1:9 - I hereby command you: Be strong and courageous; do not be frightened or dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”
Joshua 21:45 - Not one of all the good promises that the Lord had made to the house of Israel had failed; all came to pass.
Psalm 27:13 - I believe that I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. (what is your focus? God or the medical report?)
Psalm 46:10 - Be still and know that I am God
Psalm 147:3 - He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.
Proverbs 3:5,6 - Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not rely on your own insight. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.
Proverbs 4:20-23 (NRSV) - 20 My child, be attentive to my words; incline your ear to my sayings. 21 Do not let them escape from your sight; keep them within your heart. 22 For they are life to those who find them, and healing to all their flesh. 23 Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life.
Isaiah 26:4 - trust in the Lord God always, for the the Lord God is the eternal rock.
Isaiah 40:10 - So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
Isaiah 40:28-31 - Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom. 29 He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. 30 Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall; 31 but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.
Psalm 20: 1,2 - May the Lord answer you when you are in distress;
may the name of the God of Jacob protect you. 2 May he send you help from the sanctuary and grant you support from Zion.
Psalm 50:15 - Call on Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall honor and glorify Me. - AMPC
Psalm 56:3 - When I am afraid, I put my trust in you.
Prov 3:5,6 - Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.
Prov 8:17 - I love those who love me, and those who seek me find me. (See Mat 6:33 below)
Jeremiah 29:11 - For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to five you hope and a future."
Jeremiah 29:13 - you will seek me and find me when you seeking me with all of your heart.
Malachi 3:10 - Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this,” says the Lord Almighty, “and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that there will not be room enough to store it. [Jim note - I added this because it says blessings. Healing is a blessing. However, if you are not obeying and “Robbing God” as the section header is entitled, you may be shorting yourself of a blessing.]
Matthew 6:33 - But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.
Mark 9:24 - Immediately the father of the child cried out, "I believe, help my unbelief" (faith is a gift from God. If you need more ask!)
Mark 11:22-25 - “Have faith in God,” Jesus answered. 23 “Truly I tell you, if anyone says to this mountain, ‘Go, throw yourself into the sea,’ and does not doubt in their heart but believes that what they say will happen, it will be done for them. 24 Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours. 25 And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive them, so that your Father in heaven may forgive you your sins.”
Mark 16:17,18 - 17 And these signs will accompany those who believe: In my name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new tongues; 18 they will pick up snakes with their hands; and when they drink deadly poison, it will not hurt them at all; they will place their hands on sick people, and they will get well.”
John 9:31 - We know that God does not listen to sinners. He listens to the godly person who does his will.
John 12:26 - I have come as a light to shine in this dark world, so that all who put their trust in me will no longer remain in the dark.
John 15:7,8 - If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. 8 This is to my Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples.
John 15:16,17 - You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you might go and bear fruit—fruit that will last—and so that whatever you ask in my name the Father will give you. 17 This is my command: Love each other.
John 14:13,14 - And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. 14 You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it.
Romans 8:28 - And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.
2 Corinthians 1:20 - For in him every one of God’s promises is a “Yes.” For this reason it is through him that we say the “Amen,” to the glory of God.
2 Cor 5:7 - For we live by faith, not by sight.
2 Corinthians 12:9 - But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.
Philippians 1:6 - being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.
Philippians 4:13 - I can do all things through him who strengthens me.
Colossians 4:2 - Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful.
Hebrews 10:35-39 [The Message] - So don’t throw it all away now. You were sure of yourselves then. It’s still a sure thing! But you need to stick it out, staying with God’s plan so you’ll be there for the promised completion. It won’t be long now, he’s on the way; he’ll show up most any minute. But anyone who is right with me thrives on loyal trust; if he cuts and runs, I won’t be very happy. But we’re not quitters who lose out. Oh, no! We’ll stay with it and survive, trusting all the way.
Hebrews 11:6 - And without faith it is impossible to please God, for whoever would approach him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.
1 Peter 5:6,7 - Humble yourselves, therefore, under God's mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time. Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.
1 John 3:21,22 - Beloved, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have boldness before God; 22 and we receive from him whatever we ask, because we obey his commandments and do what pleases him.
1 John 4:4 - You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.
1 John 5:14,15 - And this is the boldness we have in him, that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. 15 And if we know that he hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have obtained the requests made of him.
:: Healing ::
Deuteronomy 7:15 - The Lord will keep you free from every disease. He will not inflict on you the horrible diseases you knew in Egypt, but he will inflict them on all who hate you.Deuteronomy 30:19, 20 - This day I call the heavens and the earth as witnesses against you that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life, so that you and your children may live 20 and that you may love the Lord your God, listen to his voice, and hold fast to him. For the Lord is your life, and he will give you many years in the land he swore to give to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
Exodus 15:26 - He said, “If you listen carefully to the Lord your God and do what is right in his eyes, if you pay attention to his commands and keepall his decrees, I will not bring on you any of the diseases I brought on the Egyptians, for I am the Lord, who heals you.”
Exodus 23:25,26 - Worship the Lord your God, and his blessing will be on your food and water. I will take away sickness from among you, 26 and none will miscarry or be barren in your land. I will give you a full life span.
Psalm 20:1,2 - May the Lord answer you when you are in distress;
may the name of the God of Jacob protect you. 2 May he send you help from the sanctuary and grant you support from Zion.
Psalm 30:2 - Lord my God, I called to you for help, and you healed me.
Psalm 34:17 - The righteous cry out, and the Lord hears them; he delivers them from all their troubles.
Psalm 41:2,3 - The Lord protects and preserves them they are counted among the blessed in the land he does not give them over to the desire of their foes. 3 The Lord sustains them on their sickbed and restores them from their bed of illness.
Psalm 91:14-16 - “Because he loves me,” says the Lord, “I will rescue him; I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name. 15 He will call on me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him and honor him. 16 With long life I will satisfy him and show him my salvation.”
Psalm 103:2-5 - Praise the Lord, my soul, and do not forget how kind he is. He forgives all my sins and heals all my diseases. He keeps me from the grave and blesses me with love and mercy. He fills my life with good things, so that I stay young and strong like an eagle.
Psalm 107: 19,20 - Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble, and he saved them from their distress. 20 He sent out his word and healed them; he rescued them from the grave.
Psalm 118:17 - I will not die but live, and will proclaim what the Lord has done.
Psalm 119:50 - My comfort in my suffering is this: Your promise preserves my life.
Psalm 147:3 - He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.
Prov 4:20-22 - My son, be attentive to my words; incline your ear to my sayings. 21 Let them not escape from your sight; keep them within your heart. 22 For they are life to those who find them, and healing to all their flesh.
Isaiah 53:4,5 - Surely he took up our pain and bore our suffering, yet we considered him punished by God, stricken by him, and afflicted. 5 But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed.
Jeremiah 17:14 - Heal me, Lord, and I will be healed; save me and I will be saved, for you are the one I praise.
Luke 6:10 - He looked around at them all, and then said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He did so, and his hand was completely restored.
Luke 8:40-56 - Now when Jesus returned, a crowd welcomed him, for they were all expecting him. 41 Then a man named Jairus, a synagogue leader, came and fell at Jesus’ feet, pleading with him to come to his house 42 because his only daughter, a girl of about twelve, was dying.
As Jesus was on his way, the crowds almost crushed him. 43 And a woman was there who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years, but no one could heal her. 44 She came up behind him and touched the edge of his cloak, and immediately her bleeding stopped. 45 “Who touched me?” Jesus asked. When they all denied it, Peter said, “Master, the people are crowding and pressing against you.” 46 But Jesus said, “Someone touched me; I know that power has gone out from me.” 47 Then the woman, seeing that she could not go unnoticed, came trembling and fell at his feet. In the presence of all the people, she told why she had touched him and how she had been instantly healed.48 Then he said to her, “Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace.” 49 While Jesus was still speaking, someone came from the house of Jairus, the synagogue leader. “Your daughter is dead,” he said. “Don’t bother the teacher anymore.” 50 Hearing this, Jesus said to Jairus, “Don’t be afraid; just believe, and she will be healed.” 51 When he arrived at the house of Jairus, he did not let anyone go in with him except Peter, John and James, and the child’s father and mother. 52 Meanwhile, all the people were wailing and mourning for her. “Stop wailing,” Jesus said. “She is not dead but asleep.” 53 They laughed at him, knowing that she was dead. 54 But he took her by the hand and said, “My child, get up!” 55 Her spirit returned, and at once she stood up. Then Jesus told them to give her something to eat.56 Her parents were astonished, but he ordered them not to tell anyone what had happened.
Matthew 8:2-3 - and there was a leper who came to him and knelt before him, saying, “Lord, if you choose, you can make me clean.” 3 He stretched out his hand and touched him, saying, “I do choose. Be made clean!” Immediately his leprosy was cleansed.
Matthew 8:5-17 - [JESUS HEALS] When Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion came to him, asking for help. 6 “Lord,” he said, “my servant lies at home paralyzed, suffering terribly.”
7 Jesus said to him, “Shall I come and heal him?”
8 The centurion replied, “Lord, I do not deserve to have you come under my roof. But just say the word, and my servant will be healed. 9 For I myself am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. I tell this one, ‘Go,’ and he goes; and that one, ‘Come,’ and he comes. I say to my servant, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.” 10 When Jesus heard this, he was amazed and said to those following him, “Truly I tell you, I have not found anyone in Israel with such great faith. 11 I say to you that many will come from the east and the west,and will take their places at the feast with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven. 12 But the subjects of the kingdom will be thrown outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.” 13 Then Jesus said to the centurion, “Go! Let it be done just as you believed it would.” And his servant was healed at that moment.
14 When Jesus came into Peter’s house, he saw Peter’s mother-in-law lying in bed with a fever. 15 He touched her hand and the fever left her, and she got up and began to wait on him. 16 When evening came, many who were demon-possessed were brought to him, and he drove out the spirits with a word and healed all the sick.17 This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah: “He took up our infirmities and bore our diseases.” [footnote included with scripture: THIS IS THE WORD AND IT IS WRITTEN AS FULFILLMENT OF HEALING BY JESUS’ WOUNDS ON THE CROSS. ISA 53:5 IS A HEALING VERSE TO BE SURE.]
Mark 5:34 - He said to her, “Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace and be freed from your suffering.”
John 10:10 - The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.
Roman 8:11 - If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will give life to your mortal bodies also through his Spirit that dwells in you.
Philippians 2:13 - for it is God who is at work in you, enabling you both to will and to work for his good pleasure.
Philippians 4:19 - And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.
James 5:14 - 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.
1 Peter 2:24 - He himself bore our sins in his body on the cross, so that, free from sins, we might live for righteousness; by his wounds you have been healed.
1 Peter 5:6,7 - Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time. 7 Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.
:: Spiritual Battle ::
The devil wants us down. He does not want you healed because then you will give glory to God and thereby testimony of how God healed you. What better way to prevent your healing then to crush your spirit. Be ready to fight. If it has not already come, it is coming. Know your opposition so that you can combat his tactics with your offensive weapons, the sword of the Word and prayer. Pray these promises from God, to God, and speak the Word boldly, in Jesus' name, to any tactic trying to discourage you or keep you down. Joel 3:10 - Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning hooks into spears; let the weakling say, “I am a warrior.”
Nahum 1:9 - Why do you plot against the Lord? He will make an end; no adversary will rise up twice.
Zechariah 2:5 - And I myself will be a wall of fire around it,’ declares the Lord, ‘and I will be its glory within.’
Zechariah 4:6 - So he said to me, “This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: ‘Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit,’ says the Lord Almighty.
Isaiah 54:17 - No weapon that is fashioned against you shall prosper, and you shall confute every tongue that rises against you in judgment. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord and their vindication from me, says the Lord.
Matthew 6:34 - Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
Matthew 18: 18-20 The Message - [Jim note: When praying ask a friend to join you. There is power in numbers] 18-20 “Take this most seriously: A yes on earth is yes in heaven; a no on earth is no in heaven. What you say to one another is eternal. I mean this. When two of you get together on anything at all on earth and make a prayer of it, my Father in heaven goes into action. And when two or three of you are together because of me, you can be sure that I’ll be there.”
Luke 12:7 - Indeed, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.
1 Cor 16:13 - Be on guard; stand firm in the faith; be courageous; be strong.
2 Cor 10:3-5 - Indeed, we live as human beings, but we do not wage war according to human standards; 4 for the weapons of our warfare are not merely human, but they have divine power to destroy strongholds. We destroy arguments 5 and every proud obstacle raised up against the knowledge of God, and we take every thought captive to obey Christ.
Ephesians 6:10-18 - Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. 11 Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. 12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.13 Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. 14 Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, 15 and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. 16 In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. 17 Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.
18 And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the Lord’s people.
2 Timothy 1:7 - for God did not give us a spirit of cowardice, but rather a spirit of power and of love and of self-discipline.
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