33 Bible Verses about Anxiety And Fear

When my troubled thoughts were many {within me}, your consolations cheered my soul.

Anxiety in the heart of a man will weigh him down, but a good word will cheer him.

casting all your cares on him, because {he cares} for you.

And I came to you in weakness and in fear and with much trembling,

And who among you, [by] being anxious, is able to add one hour to his life span?

Say to those who are hasty of heart, "Be strong; you must not fear! Look! your God will come [with] vengeance, [with] {divine retribution}. He {is the one who} will come and save you."

You must not fear, for I [am] with you. I will bring your {offspring} from [the] east, and I will gather you from [the] west.

But when they bring you before the synagogues and the rulers and the authorities, do not be anxious how or what you should speak in your own defense or what you should say,

then it will be [that] the sword that you [are] in fear of will overtake you there in the land of Egypt, and the famine that you [are] anxious of will pursue after you there [into] Egypt, and there you will die.

And you, do not consider what you will eat and what you will drink, and do not be anxious.

Better [is] little with the fear of Yahweh than great treasure and trouble with it.

people fainting from fear and expectation of what is coming on the inhabited earth, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.

You must not fear, for I [am] with you; you must not be afraid, for I [am] your God. I will strengthen you, indeed I will help you, indeed I will take hold of you with the right hand of my salvation.

But whenever they hand you over, do not be anxious how [to speak] or what you should say, for what you should say will be given to you at that hour.

Banish anxiety from your heart, and put away pain from your body, for youth and vigor [are] vanity.

Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.

For he will be like a tree planted by water, and to [the] stream it sends its roots, and it will not fear when heat comes, and its leaves will be luxuriant, and in [the] year of drought it will not be anxious, and it will not cease from the bearing of fruit.

If then you are not even able [to do] a very little thing, why are you anxious about the rest?

He is not afraid of bad news; his heart [is] steadfast, secure in Yahweh.

I sought Yahweh and he answered me, and from all my terrors he delivered me.

Therefore do not be anxious, saying, 'What will we eat?' or 'What will we drink?' or 'What will we wear?,'

And he said to me, "Son of man, look, I [am] going to break the {supply} of bread in Jerusalem, and they will eat bread by weight, {anxiously}, and {rationed water}, and they will drink with horror,

And his affection for you is all the more [when he] remembers the obedience of all of you as you welcomed him with fear and trembling.

Concerning Damascus: "Hamath and Arpad are ashamed, for they have heard bad news; they melt. [There is] concern in the sea. It is not able to keep quiet.

"For this [reason] I say to you, do not be anxious for your life, what you will eat, and not for your body, what you will wear. Is your life not more than food and your body [more than] clothing?

"Do not be afraid, little flock, because your Father is well pleased to give you the kingdom.

Slaves, obey your earthly masters with fear and trembling, in the sincerity of your heart, as to Christ,

Therefore do not be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.

And he said, "You must not fear, beloved man. {Peace be to you}; be strong and be courageous!" And {when he spoke} with me, I was strengthened and I said, "Let my lord speak, for you have strengthened me."

Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts.

"Son of man, you must eat your food with trembling, and your water with shuddering, and with anxiety you must drink.

But I want you to be free from care. The unmarried person cares for the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord.

As for me, I said in my alarm, "I am cut off from before your eyes." However you heard the voice of my supplications when I cried to you for help.