Scriptures on healing after repentance?
What other scriptures show God's willingness to heal after repentance and turning to Him?

Isaiah 19:22—Repentance Opens the Door to Healing

“And the LORD will strike Egypt with a plague; He will strike them but heal them. They will turn to the LORD, and He will hear their prayers and heal them.”


Key idea: God’s discipline awakens repentance; repentance invites His healing.


Echoes in Israel’s History

Exodus 15:26 — “If you will listen carefully to the voice of the LORD your God… I will not afflict you with any of the diseases I inflicted on the Egyptians; for I am the LORD who heals you.”

Numbers 16:46-48 — When Aaron makes atonement, “the plague was halted.”

2 Chronicles 7:13-14 — “…if My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land.”


Voices of the Prophets

Hosea 6:1-3 — “Come, let us return to the LORD. For He has torn us to pieces but He will heal us… He will bind up our wounds.”

Jeremiah 30:17 — “But I will restore your health and heal your wounds, declares the LORD.”

Jeremiah 33:6 — “I will bring to it health and healing; I will heal them and reveal to them an abundance of peace and truth.”

Isaiah 57:18-19 — “I have seen his ways, but I will heal him… ‘Peace, peace to those far and near,’ says the LORD, ‘and I will heal them.’ ”


Songs of Assurance in the Psalms

Psalm 103:2-4 — “He who forgives all your iniquities and heals all your diseases.”

Psalm 107:17-20 — “Fools suffered affliction because of their rebellious ways… He sent forth His word and healed them; He rescued them from the Pit.”

Psalm 147:3 — “He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.”


Jesus: The Ultimate Expression of God’s Healing Heart

Luke 5:12-13 — A leper falls on his face: “Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.” Jesus replies, “I am willing. Be clean,” and “immediately the leprosy left him.”

John 5:14 — After healing the man at Bethesda, Jesus warns, “See, you have been made well. Stop sinning or something worse may happen to you.”

Luke 17:15-19 — One of ten healed lepers returns to give thanks; Jesus affirms, “Your faith has made you well.”


Healing Bound to Forgiveness Through the Cross

Isaiah 53:5 — “By His stripes we are healed.”

1 Peter 2:24 — “He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree… by His stripes you are healed.”


Threads That Tie These Passages Together

• God’s discipline aims at restoration, not destruction.

• Humble turning to Him—confession, faith, obedience—removes the barrier sin creates.

• Healing flows from His covenant love, fully revealed in the sacrifice and resurrection of Jesus.

Across Scripture, from Egypt to the empty tomb, the pattern holds: repent, return, and the Lord who strikes also binds up, the Lord who wounds also heals.

How can Isaiah 19:22 encourage us to seek God's healing in our lives?
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