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HEALING

hel'-ing (marpe', te`alah, kehah): In the Old Testament this word is always used in its figurative sense; marpe', which literally means "a cure," is used in Jeremiah 14:19 twice, and in Malachi 4:2; te`alah, which literally means "an irrigation canal," here means something applied externally, as a plaster, in which sense it is used metaphorically in Jeremiah 30:13; kehah occurs only in Nahum 3:19 the King James Version and is translated "assuagings" in the Revised Version (British and American).

In the New Testament 5 times the verb is therapeuo; once (Acts 10:38) iaomai; in the other passages it is either iama, as in 1 Corinthians 12:9-30, or iasis, as in Acts 4:22, derivatives from this verb

HEALING, GIFTS OF

(charismata iamaton): Among the "spiritual gifts" enumerated in 1 Corinthians 12:4-11, 28 are included "gifts of healings." See SPIRITUAL GIFTS. The subject has risen into much prominence of recent years, and so calls for separate treatment. The points to be considered are:

(1) the New Testament facts,

(2) the nature of the gifts,

(3) their permanence in the church.

1. The New Testament Facts:

The Gospels abundantly show that the ministry of Christ Himself was one of healing no less than of teaching (compare Mark 1:14 with 1:32-34). When He sent forth the Twelve (Mark 6:7, 13) and the Seventy (Luke 10:1, 9), it was not only to preach the Kingdom of God but to heal the sick. The inauthentic conclusion of Mark's Gospel, if it does not preserve words actually used by Christ Himself, bears witness at all events to the traditional belief of the early church that after His departure from the world His disciples would still possess the gift of healing. The Book of Acts furnishes plentiful evidence of the exercise of this gift by apostles and other prominent men in the primitive church (Acts 3:7; Acts 5:12-16; 8:07; 19:12; 28:8 f), and the Epistle of James refers to a ministry of healing carried on by the elders of a local church acting in their collective capacity (James 5:14 f). But Paul in this passage speaks of "gifts of healings" (the plural "healings" apparently refers to the variety of ailments that were cured) as being distributed along with other spiritual gifts among the ordinary members of the church. There were men, it would seem, who occupied no official position in the community, and who might not otherwise be distinguished among their fellow-members, on whom this special charisma of healing had been bestowed.

2. The Nature of the Gifts:

On this subject the New Testament furnishes no direct information, but it supplies evidence from which conclusions may be drawn. We notice that the exercise of the gift is ordinarily conditional on the faith of the recipient of the blessing (Mark 6:5, 6; Mark 10:52 Acts 14:9)-faith not only in God but in the human agent (Acts 3:4; Acts 5:15; Acts 9:17). The healer himself is a person of great faith (Matthew 17:19 f), while his power of inspiring the patient with confidence points to the possession of strong, magnetic personality. The diseases cured appear for the most part to have been not organic but functional; and many of them would now be classed as nervous disorders. The conclusion from these data is that the gifts of healing to which Paul alludes were not miraculous endowments, but natural therapeutic faculties raised to their highest power by Christian faith.

Modern psychology, by its revelation of the marvels of the subliminal self or subconscious mind and the power of "suggestion," shows how it is possible for one man to lay his hand on the very springs of personal life in another, and so discloses the psychical basis of the gift of healing. The medical science of our time, by its recognition of the dependence of the physical upon the spiritual, of the control of the bodily functions by the subconscious self, and of the physician's ability by means of suggestion, whether waking or hypnotic, to influence the subconscious soul and set free the healing powers of Nature, provides the physiological basis. And may we not add that many incontestable cases of Christian faith-cure (take as a type the well-known instance in which Luther at Weimar "tore Melanchthon," as the latter put it, "out of the very jaws of death"; see RE, XII, 520) furnish the religious basis, and prove that faith in God, working through the soul upon the body, is the mightiest of all healing influences, and that one who by his own faith and sympathy and force of personality can stir up faith in others may exercise by God's blessing the power of healing diseases?

3. Permanence of Healing Gifts in the Church:

There is abundant evidence that in the early centuries the gifts of healing were still claimed and practiced within the church (Justin, Apol. ii0.6; Irenaeus, Adv. Haer. ii. 32, 4; Tertullian, Apol. xxiii; Origen, Contra Celsum, vii.4). The free exercise of these gifts gradually ceased, partly, no doubt, through loss of the early faith and spirituality, but partly through the growth of an ascetic temper which ignored Christ's gospel for the body and tended to the view that pain and sickness are the indispensable ministers of His gospel for the soul. All down the history of the church, however, there have been notable personalities (e.g. Francis of Assisi, Luther, Wesley) and little societies of earnest Christians (e.g. the Waldenses, the early Moravians and Quakers) who have reasserted Christ's gospel on its physical side as a gospel for sickness no less than for sin, and claimed for the gift of healing the place Paul assigned to it among the gifts of the Spirit. In recent years the subject of Christian healing has risen into importance outside of the regularly organized churches through the activity of various faith-healing movements. That the leaders of these movements have laid hold of a truth at once Scriptural and scientific there can be little doubt, though they have usually combined it with what we regard as a mistaken hostility to the ordinary practice of medicine. It is worth remembering that with all his faith in the spiritual gift of healing and personal experience of its power, Paul chose Luke the physician as the companion of his later journeys; and worth noticing that Luke shared with the apostle the honors showered upon the missionaries by the people of Melita whom they had cured of their diseases (Acts 28:10). Upon the modern church there seems to lie the duty of reaffirming the reality and permanence of the primitive gift of healing, while relating it to the scientific practice of medicine as another power ordained of God, and its natural ally in the task of diffusing the Christian gospel of health.

LITERATURE.

Hort, Christian Ecclesia, chapter x; A.T. Schofield, Force of Mind, Unconscious Therapeutics; E. Worcester and others, Religion and Medicine; HJ, IV, 3, p. 606; The Expositor T, XVII, 349, 417.

J. C. Lambert

GIFTS OF HEALING

See HEALING.

Greek

2392. iasis -- a healing
... a healing. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: iasis Phonetic Spelling:
(ee'-as-is) Short Definition: a cure, healing Definition: a cure, healing. ...
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2386. iama -- a healing
... a healing. Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Transliteration: iama Phonetic Spelling:
(ee'-am-ah) Short Definition: healing, curing Definition: healing, curing ...
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2322. therapeia -- attention, medical service
... service. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: therapeia Phonetic Spelling:
(ther-ap-i'-ah) Short Definition: care, attention, healing Definition: care ...
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2390. iaomai -- to heal
... [2390 ("to heal") draws the attention , the supernatural Healer, ie beyond the physical
healing itself and its benefits (as with 2323 ).]. Word Origin a prim. ...
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2323. therapeuo -- to serve, cure
... illness (disease, infirmity). [2323 (), the root of "" and "," usually involves
in the process of healing.]. Word Origin from therapon ...
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218. aleipho -- anoint.
... Oil was also applied to the feet to soothe and show (courtesy, respect). Anointing
shares a "penetrating comfort" to impart strength and healing ().]. anoint. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

4832. marpe -- a healing, cure, health
... 4831, 4832. marpe. 4833 . a healing, cure, health. Transliteration: marpe
Phonetic Spelling: (mar-pay') Short Definition: healing. ...
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8644. teruphah -- a healing
... 8643, 8644. teruphah. 8645 . a healing. Transliteration: teruphah Phonetic
Spelling: (ter-oo-faw') Short Definition: healing. Word ...
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8585b. tealah -- a healing
... a healing. Transliteration: tealah Short Definition: healing. Word Origin from alah
Definition a healing NASB Word Usage healing (1), recovery (1). ...
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7500. riphuth -- a healing
... 7499, 7500. riphuth. 7501 . a healing. Transliteration: riphuth Phonetic
Spelling: (rif-ooth') Short Definition: healing. Word Origin ...
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1456. gehah -- a healing, cure
... 1455, 1456. gehah. 1457 . a healing, cure. Transliteration: gehah Phonetic
Spelling: (gay-haw') Short Definition: medicine. Word ...
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724. arukah -- healing, restoration
... 723b, 724. arukah. 725 . healing, restoration. Transliteration: arukah
Phonetic Spelling: (ar-oo-kaw') Short Definition: health. ...
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4010. mabligith -- smiling, cheerfulness, source of brightening
... mabligith. 4011 . smiling, cheerfulness, source of brightening. Transliteration:
mabligith Phonetic Spelling: (mab-leeg-eeth') Short Definition: healing. ...
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3545. kehah -- lessening, alleviation
... healing. Feminine of keheh; properly, a weakening; figuratively, alleviation, ie
Cure -- healing. see HEBREW keheh. 3544, 3545. kehah. 3546 . Strong's Numbers
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7499. rephuah -- remedy, medicine
... 7498b, 7499. rephuah. 7500 . remedy, medicine. Transliteration: rephuah
Phonetic Spelling: (ref-oo-aw') Short Definition: healing. ...
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8585. t'alah -- a watercourse
... a watercourse. Transliteration: t'alah Phonetic Spelling: (teh-aw-law') Short
Definition: conduit. conduit, cured, healing, little river, trench, watercourse ...
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Library

The Healing Christ
... ST. MATTHEW Chaps. I to VIII THE HEALING CHRIST. 'Himself ... briefly. One is the
prominence in Christ's life which is given to His healing energy. ...
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Healing and Service
... HEALING AND SERVICE. 'Simon's wife's mother lay sick of a fever; and
straightway they tell Him of her: 31. And He came and took her ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture d/healing and service.htm

The Healing of the Sick on the Other Side. The Method of Healing.
... Book XI. 7. The Healing of the Sick on the Other Side. The Method of Healing.
But after this both Jesus and Peter will go up into ...
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Healing for the Wounded
... Healing for the Wounded. A Sermon (No.53). ... We intend to address you upon the important
subject of broken hearts, and the great healing provided for them. ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 1 1855/healing for the wounded.htm

Miracles of Healing
... MIRACLES OF HEALING. 'Then the ... joy. Thus Christ is the Healer. To men seeking
for knowledge, He offers a higher gift"healing. And ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture h/miracles of healing.htm

The Healing Power of the Name
... THE HEALING POWER OF THE NAME. 'And His name through faith in His name
hath made this man strong, whom ye see and know: yea, the ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture the acts/the healing power of the.htm

Swift Healing and Immediate Service
... ST. MATTHEW Chaps. I to VIII SWIFT HEALING AND IMMEDIATE SERVICE. ... He fixes attention
on the all-powerful word which was the vehicle of Christ's healing might. ...
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Divine Healing.
... Divine Healing. ... In verse thirteen is recorded the healing of the centurion's servant:
"Go thy way, and as thou hast believed, so be it done unto thee. ...
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The Healing of the Waters
... Prophets of the Northern Kingdom Chapter 18 The Healing of the Waters. In Patriarchal
times the Jordan Valley was "well watered everywhere, . . . ...
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Sin's Healing Shadow.
... Sacrifice Sin's Healing Shadow. Sacrifice has come to be a law of life. ... And
so there is sacrifice. Sacrifice is sin's healing shadow. ...
/.../gordon/quiet talks with world winners/sins healing shadow.htm

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Heal.

2. (a.) Tending to cure; soothing; mollifying; as, the healing art; a healing salve; healing words.

Topical Bible Verses

1 Peter 2:24
Who his own self bore our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live to righteousness: by whose stripes you were healed.
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James 5:16
Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that you may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.
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James 5:14
Is any sick among you? 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:
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Matthew 10:1
And when he had called to him his twelve disciples, he gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease.
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2 Corinthians 7:1
Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
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Thesaurus

Medicine (4 Occurrences)
... the Revised Version (British and American) "is a good medicine"; the Revised Version
margin gives another rendering, "causeth good healing," which is the form ...
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Physician (6 Occurrences)
... The "physicians" were those who "practised heathen arts of magic, disavowing recognized
methods of cure, and dissociating the healing art from dependence on ...
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Gifts (144 Occurrences)
... They were the gifts of speaking with tongues, casting out devils, healing,
etc. ... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. HEALING, GIFTS OF. ...
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Sickness (40 Occurrences)
... The number of references in the latter is significant as showing how much the
healing of the sick was characteristic of the Lord's ministry. ...
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Dismay (16 Occurrences)
... Jeremiah 8:15 We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of healing,
and behold, dismay! ... why have you struck us, and there is no healing for us? ...
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Malady (3 Occurrences)
... Matthew 4:23 And Jesus was going about all Galilee teaching in their synagogues,
and proclaiming the good news of the reign, and healing every disease, and ...
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Medicines (3 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Medicines (3 Occurrences). Jeremiah 30:13 There is none
to plead your cause, that you may be bound up: you have no healing medicines. ...
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Casting (54 Occurrences)
... 10:1 And having called to him his twelve disciples, he gave to them power over unclean
spirits, so as to be casting them out, and to be healing every sickness ...
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Cure (28 Occurrences)
... water cure. 4. (n.) Act of healing or state of being healed; restoration
to health from disease, or to soundness after injury. 5. (n ...
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Tidings (169 Occurrences)
... Matthew 4:23 And Jesus went round the whole of Galilee, teaching in their synagogues,
and preaching the glad tidings of the kingdom, and healing every disease ...
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Bible Concordance

Healing (60 Occurrences)

Matthew 4:23 Jesus went about in all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the Good News of the Kingdom, and healing every disease and every sickness among the people.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Matthew 9:35 Jesus went about all the cities and the villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the Good News of the Kingdom, and healing every disease and every sickness among the people.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Matthew 10:1 And having called to him his twelve disciples, he gave to them power over unclean spirits, so as to be casting them out, and to be healing every sickness, and every malady.
(YLT)

Matthew 10:8 infirm ones be healing, lepers be cleansing, dead be raising, demons be casting out -- freely ye did receive, freely give.
(YLT)

Mark 5:30 Immediately Jesus, well knowing that healing power had gone from within Him, turned round in the crowd and asked, "Who touched my clothes?"
(WEY)

Mark 6:13 and many demons they were casting out, and they were anointing with oil many infirm, and they were healing 'them'.
(YLT NAS)

Luke 4:40 And at the setting of the sun, all, as many as had any ailing with manifold sicknesses, brought them unto him, and he on each one of them 'his' hands having put, did heal them.
(See NAS)

Luke 6:19 and all the multitude were seeking to touch him, because power from him was going forth, and he was healing all.
(YLT NAS NIV)

Luke 9:2 and he sent them to proclaim the reign of God, and to heal the ailing.
(See NAS)

Luke 9:6 They departed, and went throughout the villages, preaching the Good News, and healing everywhere.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 9:11 But the multitudes, perceiving it, followed him. He welcomed them, and spoke to them of the Kingdom of God, and he cured those who needed healing.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

John 7:23 If a boy receives circumcision on the Sabbath, that the law of Moses may not be broken, are you angry with me, because I made a man completely healthy on the Sabbath?
(See NIV)

Acts 3:16 By faith in his name, his name has made this man strong, whom you see and know. Yes, the faith which is through him has given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all.
(See NIV)

Acts 4:22 For the man on whom this miracle of healing was performed was more than forty years old.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Acts 4:30 in the stretching forth of Thy hand, for healing, and signs, and wonders, to come to pass through the name of Thy holy child Jesus.'
(YLT)

Acts 10:38 even Jesus of Nazareth, how God anointed him with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 Corinthians 12:9 to another faith, by the same Spirit; and to another gifts of healings, by the same Spirit;
(Root in WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 Corinthians 12:28 God has set some in the assembly: first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracle workers, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, and various kinds of languages.
(Root in WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

1 Corinthians 12:30 Do all have gifts of healings? Do all speak with various languages? Do all interpret?
(Root in WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Titus 2:11 For the grace of God has displayed itself with healing power to all mankind,
(WEY)

Revelation 22:2 in the middle of its street. On this side of the river and on that was the tree of life, bearing twelve kinds of fruits, yielding its fruit every month. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 15:26 and He saith, 'If thou dost really hearken to the voice of Jehovah thy God, and dost that which is right in His eyes, and hast hearkened to His commands, and kept all His statutes: none of the sickness which I laid on the Egyptians do I lay on thee, for I, Jehovah, am healing thee.
(YLT)

Exodus 21:19 if he rises again and walks around with his staff, then he who struck him shall be cleared: only he shall pay for the loss of his time, and shall provide for his healing until he is thoroughly healed.
(WEB)

Numbers 12:13 And Moses crieth unto Jehovah, saying, 'O God, I pray Thee, give, I pray Thee, healing to her.'
(YLT)

2 Kings 2:21 and he goeth out unto the source of the waters, and casteth there salt, and saith, 'Thus said Jehovah, I have given healing to these waters; there is not thence any more death and sterility.'
(YLT)

2 Kings 20:5 Turn back, and thou hast said unto Hezekiah, leader of My people: Thus said Jehovah, God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tear, lo, I give healing to thee, on the third day thou dost go up to the house of Jehovah;
(YLT)

2 Kings 20:8 And Hezekiah saith unto Isaiah, 'What 'is' the sign that Jehovah doth give healing to me, that I have gone up on the third day to the house of Jehovah?'
(YLT)

2 Chronicles 21:18 And after all this hath Jehovah plagued him in his bowels by a disease for which there is no healing,
(YLT)

2 Chronicles 28:15 The men who have been mentioned by name rose up, and took the captives, and with the spoil clothed all who were naked among them, and arrayed them, and shod them, and gave them to eat and to drink, and anointed them, and carried all the feeble of them on donkeys, and brought them to Jericho, the city of palm trees, to their brothers: then they returned to Samaria.
(See NIV)

2 Chronicles 36:16 and they are mocking at the messengers of God, and despising His words, and acting deceitfully with His prophets, till the going up of the fury of Jehovah against His people -- till there is no healing.
(YLT)

Psalms 103:3 Who is forgiving all thine iniquities, Who is healing all thy diseases,
(YLT)

Psalms 147:3 Who is giving healing to the broken of heart, And is binding up their griefs.
(YLT)

Proverbs 3:8 Healing it is to thy navel, And moistening to thy bones.
(YLT NAS RSV)

Proverbs 4:22 For life they 'are' to those finding them, And to all their flesh healing.
(YLT RSV)

Proverbs 6:15 Therefore suddenly cometh his calamity, Instantly he is broken -- and no healing.
(YLT NAS RSV)

Proverbs 12:18 A rash speaker is like piercings of a sword, And the tongue of the wise is healing.
(YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Proverbs 13:17 A wicked messenger falls into trouble, but a trustworthy envoy gains healing.
(WEB YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Proverbs 15:4 A healed tongue 'is' a tree of life, And perverseness in it -- a breach in the spirit.
(See NIV)

Proverbs 16:24 Sayings of pleasantness 'are' a honeycomb, Sweet to the soul, and healing to the bone.
(YLT NAS NIV)

Proverbs 17:22 A joyful heart promoteth healing; but a broken spirit drieth up the bones.
(DBY)

Proverbs 29:1 A man often reproved, hardening the neck, Is suddenly broken, and there is no healing.
(YLT RSV)

Isaiah 19:22 Yahweh will strike Egypt, striking and healing. They will return to Yahweh, and he will be entreated by them, and will heal them.
(WEB JPS ASV YLT NAS RSV)

Isaiah 53:5 And he is pierced for our transgressions, Bruised for our iniquities, The chastisement of our peace 'is' on him, And by his bruise there is healing to us.
(YLT)

Isaiah 58:8 Then your light shall break forth as the morning, and your healing shall spring forth speedily; and your righteousness shall go before you; the glory of Yahweh shall be your rear guard.
(WEB JPS ASV RSV NIV)

Jeremiah 8:15 We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of healing, and behold, dismay!
(WEB JPS ASV DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Jeremiah 8:18 Though I would take comfort against sorrow, my heart is faint within me.
(See NAS RSV)

Jeremiah 8:22 Is there no balm in Gilead? is there no physician there? Why then is there no dressing applied for the healing of the daughter of my people?
(DBY NIV)

Jeremiah 14:19 Have you utterly rejected Judah? has your soul loathed Zion? why have you struck us, and there is no healing for us? We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of healing, and behold, dismay!
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Jeremiah 30:12 For thus says Yahweh, Your hurt is incurable, and your wound grievous.
(See NIV)

Jeremiah 30:13 There is none to plead your cause, that you may be bound up: you have no healing medicines.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Jeremiah 33:6 Behold, I will apply a healing dressing to it and cure, and I will heal them, and will reveal unto them an abundance of peace and truth.
(DBY JPS NAS RSV NIV)

Jeremiah 46:11 Go up into Gilead, and take balm, virgin daughter of Egypt: in vain do you use many medicines; there is no healing for you.
(WEB ASV DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Jeremiah 51:9 We healed Babylon, and she was not healed, Forsake her, and we go, each to his land, For come unto the heavens hath its judgment, And it hath been lifted up unto the clouds.
(See NAS)

Lamentations 2:13 What do I testify 'to' thee, what do I liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? What do I equal to thee, and I comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? For great as a sea 'is' thy breach, Who doth give healing to thee?
(YLT)

Ezekiel 30:21 Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and behold, it has not been bound up, to apply healing medicines, to put a bandage to bind it, that it be strong to hold the sword.
(WEB ASV YLT NAS NIV)

Ezekiel 47:12 By the river on its bank, on this side and on that side, shall grow every tree for food, whose leaf shall not wither, neither shall its fruit fail: it shall bring forth new fruit every month, because its waters issue out of the sanctuary; and its fruit shall be for food, and its leaf for healing.
(WEB JPS ASV NAS RSV NIV)

Hosea 5:13 And see doth Ephraim his sickness, and Judah his wound, And Ephraim goeth unto Asshur, And sendeth unto a warlike king, And he is not able to give healing to you, Nor doth he remove from you a scar.
(YLT)

Hosea 7:1 When I give healing to Israel, Then revealed is the iniquity of Ephraim, And the wickedness of Samaria, For they have wrought falsehood, And a thief doth come in, Stript off hath a troop in the street,
(YLT)

Nahum 3:19 There is no healing your wound, for your injury is fatal. All who hear the report of you clap their hands over you; for who hasn't felt your endless cruelty?
(WEB KJV DBY WBS)

Malachi 4:2 But to you who fear my name shall the sun of righteousness arise with healing in its wings. You will go out, and leap like calves of the stall.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Subtopics

Healing

Healing a Broken Heart

Healing the Nation

Holistic Medicine

Therapy

Related Terms

Physician (6 Occurrences)

Gifts (144 Occurrences)

Sickness (40 Occurrences)

Dismay (16 Occurrences)

Malady (3 Occurrences)