28 Bible Verses about Wounds
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If a man injures his neighbor (fellow citizen), whatever he has done shall be done to him:
fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; just as he has injured a man, so shall the same be done to him.
“If a man gives his neighbor a donkey or an ox or a sheep or any [other] animal to keep [for him], and it dies or is injured or taken away while no one is looking,
From the sole of the foot even to the head
There is nothing healthy in the nation’s body,
Only bruises, welts, and raw wounds,
Not pressed out or bandaged,
Nor softened with oil [as a remedy].
But God will shoot them with an [unexpected] arrow;
Suddenly they will be wounded.
Abimelech chased him, and he fled before him; and many fell wounded as far as the entrance of the gate.
And one will say to him, ‘What are these wounds between your arms?’ Then he will answer, ‘Those wounds I received in the house of my friends.’
There is no relief and healing for your hurt;
Your wound is incurable.
All who hear the news about you
Clap their hands over [what has happened to] you.
For on whom has your [unceasing] evil not come continually?
“Woe to me because of my [spiritual] brokenness!” [says Jeremiah, speaking for the nation.]
“My wound is incurable.”
But I said, “Surely this sickness and suffering and grief are mine,
And I must bear it.”
Thus says the Lord God to Tyre, “Shall not the coastlands shake at the sound of your fall when the wounded groan, when the slaughter occurs in your midst?
“Come and let us return [in repentance] to the Lord,
For He has torn us, but He will heal us;
He has wounded us, but He will bandage us.
‘See now that I, I am He,
And there is no god besides Me;
It is I who put to death and I who give life.
I have wounded and it is I who heal,
And there is no one who can deliver from [the power of] My hand.
“For He inflicts pain, but He binds up and gives relief;
He wounds, but His hands also heal.
‘All your lovers (allies) have forgotten you;
They do not seek and long for you.
For I have injured you with the wound of an enemy,
With the punishment of a cruel and merciless foe,
Because your guilt is great
And your sins are glaring and innumerable.
But put forth Your hand now and touch (destroy) all that he has, and he will surely curse You to Your face.”
But put forth Your hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh [and severely afflict him]; and he will curse You to Your face.”
They cry to their mothers,
“Where is grain and wine?”
As they faint like a wounded man
In the streets of the city,
As their life [slips away and] is poured out
In their mothers’ arms.
Wounds and disgrace he will find,
And his reproach (blame) will not be blotted out.
Who has woe? Who has sorrow?
Who has strife? Who has complaining?
Who has wounds without cause?
Whose eyes are red and dim?
Those who linger long over wine,
Those who go to taste mixed wine.
He who quarries stones may be hurt with them, and he who splits logs may be endangered by them.
Like a [careless] archer who [shoots arrows wildly and] wounds everyone,
So is he who hires a fool or those who [by chance just] pass by.
Blows that wound cleanse away evil,
And strokes reach to the innermost parts.
Faithful are the wounds of a friend [who corrects out of love and concern],
But the kisses of an enemy are deceitful [because they serve his hidden agenda].
From Thematic Bible
Wounds » Treatment of
From the sole of the foot even to the head
There is nothing healthy in the nation’s body,
Only bruises, welts, and raw wounds,
Not pressed out or bandaged,
Nor softened with oil [as a remedy].
Blows that wound cleanse away evil,
And strokes reach to the innermost parts.
Topics on Wounds
Christ's Wounds
Isaiah 53:5
But He was wounded for our transgressions,
He was crushed for our wickedness [our sin, our injustice, our wrongdoing];
The punishment [required] for our well-being fell on Him,
And by His stripes (wounds) we are healed.
