23 Bible Verses about Anxiety, Examples Of

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Genesis 20:7-9

Now therefore restore the man his wife, for he is a prophet, and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live. And if thou restore her not, know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou and all that are thine. Therefore Abimelech rose early in the morning and called all his slaves and told all these things in their ears; and the men feared greatly. Then Abimelech called Abraham and said unto him, What hast thou done unto us and in what have I sinned against thee that thou hast brought on me and on my kingdom such a great sin? Thou hast done deeds unto me that ought not to be done.

Exodus 14:10

And when Pharaoh drew near, the sons of Israel lifted up their eyes, and, behold, the Egyptians marched after them; and they feared greatly, and the sons of Israel cried out unto the LORD.

Numbers 22:3

And Moab was sore afraid of the people because they were many; and Moab was distressed because of the sons of Israel.

Deuteronomy 20:3

and shall say unto them, Hear, O Israel, ye approach this day unto battle against your enemies; let not your hearts faint, fear not, and do not tremble, neither be ye terrified because of them,

Joshua 9:24

And they answered Joshua and said, Because it was certainly told thy slaves how the LORD thy God commanded his slave Moses that he was to give you the land and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before you; therefore, we feared greatly of our lives because of you and have done this thing.

1 Samuel 17:23-24

And as he talked with them, behold, there came up that man, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, out of the armies of the Philistines, speaking the same words, and David heard them. And all the men of Israel when they saw the man fled from him and feared greatly.

1 Samuel 21:12

And David laid up these words in his heart and was sore afraid of Achish, the king of Gath.

1 Samuel 28:20

Then Saul, as great as he was, fell suddenly to the earth and was sore afraid because of the words of Samuel; and there was no strength in him, for he had eaten no bread all that day nor all that night.

1 Samuel 31:4

Then said Saul unto his armourbearer, Draw thy sword and thrust me through with it lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through and abuse me. But his armourbearer would not, for he was sore afraid. Therefore, Saul took his sword and fell upon it.

2 Samuel 22:5

When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of Belial made me afraid;

1 Chronicles 10:4

Then said Saul to his armourbearer, Draw thy sword and thrust me through with it lest these uncircumcised come and abuse me. But his armourbearer would not, for he was sore afraid. Then Saul took a sword and fell upon it.

Nehemiah 2:2-3

the king said unto me, Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou art not sick? This is nothing else but brokenness of heart. Then I was very sore afraid and said unto the king, Let the king live for ever; why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the house of my fathers' sepulchres, lies waste, and its gates are consumed with fire?

Esther 4:4

So Esther's maids and her eunuchs came and told her. Then the queen was grieved exceedingly, and she sent raiment to clothe Mordecai and to take away his sackcloth from him; but he did not receive it.

Job 6:4

For the arrows of the Almighty are within me; my spirit drinks of the poison; and terrors of God combat me.

Psalm 55:4

My heart is sore pained within me, and the terrors of death are fallen upon me.

Psalm 55:5

Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror has overwhelmed me.

Psalm 116:3

The sorrows of death compassed me and the pains of Sheol found me; I encountered trouble and sorrow.

Ezekiel 27:35

All the inhabitants of the isles shall be astonished at thee, and their kings shall be sore afraid; they shall be troubled in their countenance.

Mark 9:5-6

Then Peter answering, said unto Jesus, Master, it shall be good for us to remain here; and let us make three tabernacles: one for thee, and another for Moses, and another for Elijah. For he knew not what he was saying, for he was beside himself.

Matthew 17:6

And when the disciples heard it, they fell on their faces and feared greatly.

Matthew 26:38

Then he said unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death; tarry ye here and watch with me.

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