Surgery can be a daunting experience filled with uncertainty. Finding comfort in the Scriptures during such times can bring peace and strength. This collection of 105 Bible verses for surgery offers hope, reassurance, and a sense of God’s presence.

Trust in God’s Provision while in Surgery

• Psalm 23:1 – “The LORD is my shepherd, I lack nothing.”
• Nahum 1:7 – “The LORD is good, a refuge in times of trouble. He cares for those who trust in him.”
• 1 Peter 5:7 – “Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.”
• 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.”
• Psalm 34:18 – “The LORD is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.”

Healing and Restoration after Surgery

• Psalm 147:3 – “He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.”
• Matthew 9:35 – “Jesus went through all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom and healing every disease and sickness.”
• Jeremiah 30:17 – “But I will restore you to health and heal your wounds, declares the LORD.”
• 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 keep all 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.'”
• Isaiah 53:5 – “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.”
• James 5:15 – “And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise them up. If they have sinned, they will be forgiven.”
• Psalm 30:2 – “LORD my God, I called to you for help, and you healed me.”
• Psalm 41:3 – “The LORD sustains them on their sickbed and restores them from their bed of illness.”
• Isaiah 38:16 – “You restored me to health and let me live. Surely it was for my benefit that I suffered such anguish; in your love you kept me from the pit of destruction; you have put all my sins behind your back.”

God’s Presence in Uncertain Times Like Surgery

• Psalm 91:1-2 – “Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the LORD, ‘He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.'”
• Deuteronomy 31:8 – “The LORD himself goes before you and will be with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged.”
• Joshua 1:9 – “Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go.”
• Isaiah 43:2 – “When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not set you ablaze.”
• Matthew 28:20 – “And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”
• 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.”
• Hebrews 13:5-6 – “Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, ‘Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.’ So we say with confidence, ‘The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can mere mortals do to me?'”

Prayer and Intercession before and after Surgery

• James 5:14 – “Is anyone among you sick? Let them call the elders of the church to pray over them and anoint them with oil in the name of the Lord.”
• Philippians 4:6-7 – “Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.”
• Ephesians 6:18 – “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.”
• Matthew 18:20 – “For where two or three gather in my name, there am I with them.”
• 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 – “Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.”
• Jeremiah 33:3 – “Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.”
• Mark 11:24 – “Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.”
• 1 John 5:14-15 – “This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. And if we know that he hears us—whatever we ask—we know that we have what we asked of him.”
• Luke 11:9 – “So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.”

Wisdom and Guidance in Dealing with Surgery

• Proverbs 16:3 – “Commit to the LORD whatever you do, and he will establish your plans.”
• Psalm 32:8 – “I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my loving eye on you.”
• James 1:5 – “If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you.”
• Proverbs 3:6 – “in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.”
• Psalm 37:23 – “The LORD makes firm the steps of the one who delights in him.”
• Proverbs 3:7 – “Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the LORD and shun evil.”
• Proverbs 2:6 – “For the LORD gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding.”
• Proverbs 3:13 – “Blessed are those who find wisdom, those who gain understanding.”
• Proverbs 4:6-7 – “Do not forsake wisdom, and she will protect you; love her, and she will watch over you. The beginning of wisdom is this: Get wisdom. Though it cost all you have, get understanding.”
• Proverbs 9:10 – “The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.”

Strength and Endurance through Surgery

• Isaiah 40:31 – “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.”
• Philippians 4:13 – “I can do all this through him who gives me strength.”
• 2 Corinthians 12:9-10 – “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. That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.”
• Psalm 46:1 – “God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble.”
• Nehemiah 8:10 – “Do not grieve, for the joy of the LORD is your strength.”
• Psalm 27:1 – “The LORD is my light and my salvation—whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life—of whom shall I be afraid?”
• Psalm 18:1-2 – “I love you, LORD, my strength. The LORD is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.”
• Isaiah 41:10 – “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.”

Comfort and Peace through Surgery

• Psalm 23:4 – “Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.”
• John 14:27 – “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.”
• Matthew 11:28-30 – “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”
• Philippians 4:7 – “And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.”
• Isaiah 26:3 – “You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you.”
• Romans 15:13 – “May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.”
• John 16:33 – “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.”
• 2 Thessalonians 3:16 – “Now may the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times and in every way. The Lord be with all of you.”
• Psalm 119:76 – “May your unfailing love be my comfort, according to your promise to your servant.”
• Psalm 30:5 – “For his anger lasts only a moment, but his favor lasts a lifetime; weeping may stay for the night, but rejoicing comes in the morning.”

Hope and Encouragement for Surgery

• Romans 15:4 – “For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through the endurance taught in the Scriptures and the encouragement they provide we might have hope.”
• Romans 12:12 – “Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.”
• Hebrews 10:23 – “Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful.”
• Psalm 42:11 – “Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God.”
• Lamentations 3:22-24 – “Because of the LORD’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. I say to myself, ‘The LORD is my portion; therefore I will wait for him.'”
• 1 Peter 1:3 – “Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.”
• Psalm 31:24 – “Be strong and take heart, all you who hope in the LORD.”
• Psalm 71:14 – “As for me, I will always have hope; I will praise you more and more.”
• Romans 5:5 – “And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.”
• Psalm 147:11 – “the LORD delights in those who fear him, who put their hope in his unfailing love.”

God’s Faithfulness through Anxious Times Like Surgery

• Lamentations 3:22-23 – “Because of the LORD’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.”
• Psalm 89:8 – “Who is like you, LORD God Almighty? You, LORD, are mighty, and your faithfulness surrounds you.”
• 1 Corinthians 1:9 – “God is faithful, who has called you into fellowship with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.”
• 2 Thessalonians 3:3 – “But the Lord is faithful, and he will strengthen you and protect you from the evil one.”
• Deuteronomy 7:9 – “Know therefore that the LORD your God is God; he is the faithful God, keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep his commandments.”
• Psalm 36:5 – “Your love, LORD, reaches to the heavens, your faithfulness to the skies.”
• Psalm 119:90 – “Your faithfulness continues through all generations; you established the earth, and it endures.”
• 1 John 1:9 – “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.”
• 1 Thessalonians 5:24 – “The one who calls you is faithful, and he will do it.”

Gratitude and Thankfulness after Surgery

• 1 Thessalonians 5:18 – “give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.”
• 1 Chronicles 16:34 – “Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever.”
• Psalm 106:1 – “Praise the LORD. Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever.”
• Ephesians 5:20 – “always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.”
• Colossians 3:17 – “And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.”
• Psalm 107:1 – “Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever.”
• Psalm 100:4 – “Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name.”
• Psalm 118:1 – “Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever.”

Trusting God’s Timing in Difficult Periods Like Surgery

• Ecclesiastes 3:1 – “There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens.”
• Psalm 27:14 – “Wait for the LORD; be strong and take heart and wait for the LORD.”
• Habakkuk 2:3 – “For the revelation awaits an appointed time; it speaks of the end and will not prove false. Though it linger, wait for it; it will certainly come and will not delay.”
• Psalm 37:7 – “Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for him; do not fret when people succeed in their ways, when they carry out their wicked schemes.”
• Proverbs 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.”
• Psalm 130:5 – “I wait for the LORD, my whole being waits, and in his word, I put my hope.”
• Micah 7:7 – “But as for me, I watch in hope for the LORD, I wait for God my Savior; my God will hear me.”

God’s Sovereignty in Critical Times Like Surgery

• Psalm 115:3 – “Our God is in heaven; he does whatever pleases him.”
• Isaiah 46:9-10 – “Remember the former things, those of long ago; I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like me. I make known the end from the beginning, from ancient times, what is still to come. I say, ‘My purpose will stand, and I will do all that I please.’”
• Proverbs 19:21 – “Many are the plans in a person’s heart, but it is the LORD’s purpose that prevails.”
• Ephesians 1:11 – “In him we were also chosen, having been predestined according to the plan of him who works out everything in conformity with the purpose of his will.”
• Job 42:2 – “I know that you can do all things; no purpose of yours can be thwarted.”
• Daniel 4:35 – “All the peoples of the earth are regarded as nothing. He does as he pleases with the powers of heaven and the peoples of the earth. No one can hold back his hand or say to him: ‘What have you done?'”
• Proverbs 16:9 – “In their hearts humans plan their course, but the LORD establishes their steps.”
• Psalm 33:11 – “But the plans of the LORD stand firm forever, the purposes of his heart through all generations.”
• Romans 9:20-21 – “But who are you, a human being, to talk back to God? ‘Shall what is formed say to the one who formed it, ‘Why did you make me like this?’ Does not the potter have the right to make out of the same lump of clay some pottery for special purposes and some for common use?”

Strength in Times of Trial Like Surgery

• 2 Corinthians 4:16-18 – “Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.”
• Romans 5:3-5 – “Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.”
• James 1:2-4 – “Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.”
• Psalm 34:17-18 – “The righteous cry out, and the LORD hears them; he delivers them from all their troubles. The LORD is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.”
• 1 Peter 4:12-13 – “Dear friends, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal that has come on you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you. But rejoice inasmuch as you participate in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed when his glory is revealed.”
• Psalm 136:1 – “Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good. His love endures forever.”

Conclusion

May these 105 Bible verses for surgery bring you comfort and strength during a surgical procedure or medical operation. Let them remind you of God’s presence and love. Trust in His guidance and find peace in His Word.