The word in Scripture

Wounds in the Bible

The word wounds appears 15 times in the King James Version of the Bible. Wounds are the marks of suffering that, in Christ, become the means of healing. And like every true word of Scripture, it finds its fullness in Jesus Christ.

What wounds means in the Bible

Wounds are the marks of suffering that, in Christ, become the means of healing.

Where the word wounds appears

Here are 8 of the passages where the word wounds appears, chosen from across the Scriptures, in the words of the King James Bible:

“My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness.”Psalms 38:5

“He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.”Psalms 147:3

“The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.”Proverbs 18:8

“Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?”Proverbs 23:29

“From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises, and putrifying sores: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with ointment.”Isaiah 1:6

“As a fountain casteth out her waters, so she casteth out her wickedness: violence and spoil is heard in her; before me continually is grief and wounds.”Jeremiah 6:7

“For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith the LORD; because they called thee an Outcast, saying, This is Zion, whom no man seeketh after.”Jeremiah 30:17

“And went to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him.”Luke 10:34