76 Bible Verses about Care
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You visit the earth and water it; You greatly enrich it; the river of God is full of water; You provide their grain, for in this way You have prepared it.
Jehovah has been mindful of us; He will bless us; He will bless the house of Israel; He will bless the house of Aaron.
For the nations seek after all these things. For your heavenly Father knows that you have need of all these things.
For all these things the nations of the world seek after, and your Father knows that you have need of these things.
But even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Therefore do not fear, you are of more value than many sparrows.
But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Therefore do not fear, you are of more value than many sparrows.
And he arose and came to his father. But when he was still a great way off, his father saw him and had compassion, and ran and fell on his neck and kissed him.
This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.
And he said to him, please go see whether it is well with your brothers and well with the flocks. And bring me word again. And he sent him out of the valley of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.
When you have departed from me today, then you shall find two men by Rachel's tomb in the border of Benjamin at Zelzah. And they will say to you, The asses which you went to seek are found. And, lo, your father has quit caring for the asses and sorrows for you, saying, What shall I do for my son?
And the king said, Peace to the young man, to Absalom? And Ahimaaz answered, When Joab sent the king's servant, and your servant, I saw a great uproar, but I did not know what it was.
And coming near, he bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine, and set him on his own animal and brought him to an inn, and took care of him. And going on the next day, he took out two denarii and gave them to the innkeeper, and said to him, Take care of him. And whatever more you spend, when I come again I will repay you.
Therefore watch and remember that for the time of three years I did not cease to warn everyone night and day with tears.
But I rejoiced in the Lord greatly, that now at the last your care of me has flourished again. Although you indeed did think, but you lacked opportunity.
night and day praying exceedingly for me to see your face and to perfect the things lacking in your faith?
Can a woman forget her suckling child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Yes, they may forget, yet I will not forget you.
Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel. Prophesy and say to them, So says the Lord Jehovah to the shepherds: Woe to the shepherds of Israel who feed themselves! Should not the shepherds feed the flocks? You eat the fat and clothe yourselves with the wool; you kill the fat ones, but you do not feed the flock.
For the family idols speak iniquity, and the diviners have seen a lie and have told false dreams. They comfort in vain; therefore they wandered like a flock; they were troubled because there was no shepherd. My anger was kindled against the shepherds, and I will punish the he-goats; for Jehovah of Hosts has visited His flock the house of Judah, and has made them as His beautiful horse in battle.
The hireling flees, because he is a hireling and does not care for the sheep. I am the Good Shepherd, and I know those that are Mine, and I am known by those who are Mine.
(For if a man does not know to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)
And Jehovah God took the man and put him into the garden of Eden to work it and keep it.
And Joseph found grace in his sight, and he served him. And he made him overseer over his house, and he put into his hand all he had.
But you shall set the Levites over the tabernacle of testimony, and over all its vessels, and over all its things. They shall carry the tabernacle and all its vessels. And they shall serve it, and shall camp around the tabernacle.
Hear another parable. There was a certain housemaster who planted a vineyard and hedged it round about, and dug a winepress in it, and built a tower, and rented it to vinedressers, and went into a far country. And when the season of the fruits drew near, he sent his servants to the vinedressers to receive its fruits.
And He began to speak to them by parables. A man planted a vineyard, and set a fence about it, and dug a wine-vat, and built a tower, and he let it out to vinedressers, and went away. And at the season he sent a servant to the vinedressers, so that he might receive from the vinedressers the fruit of the vineyard.
Therefore what will the lord of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the vinedressers and will give the vineyard to others.
And He began to speak to the people this parable: A certain man planted a vineyard and let it out to vinedressers. And he went into a far country for a long time. And in season he sent a servant to the vinedressers, so that they should give him the fruit of the vineyard. But the vinedressers beat him and sent him away empty.
He shall come and destroy these vinedressers and shall give the vineyard to others. And when they heard this, they said, Let it not be!
O Timothy, guard the Deposit, avoiding profane and vain babblings, and oppositions of falsely-named science,
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for it,
As a father pities his children, Jehovah pities those who fear Him. For He knows our form; He remembers that we are dust.
Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.
But if anyone does not provide for his own, and especially his family, he has denied the faith and is worse than an infidel.
Cursed is he who does the work of Jehovah deceitfully, and cursed is he who keeps back his sword from blood.
then your heart might be lifted up, and you might forget Jehovah your God who brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of slaves.
And he gathered together the priests and the Levites and said to them, Go out to the cities of Judah, and gather silver from all Israel to repair the house of your God from year to year. And see that you hasten the matter. And the Levites did not hasten it.
Now then hear this, O pleasure seeker, who lives carelessly; who says in her heart, I am, and none else is; I shall not sit as a widow, nor shall I know the loss of children.
So speaks Jehovah of Hosts, saying, Judge true judgment, and practice kindness and pity, each man to his brother. And do not crush the widow or the orphan, the alien or the poor. And do not devise evil in your heart, of a man against his brother.
But I say to you that every idle word, whatever men may speak, they shall give account of it in the day of judgment.
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.
Therefore do not be anxious, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, With what shall we be clothed? For the nations seek after all these things. For your heavenly Father knows that you have need of all these things.
And do not seek what you shall eat, nor what you shall drink, and stop being in anxiety. For all these things the nations of the world seek after, and your Father knows that you have need of these things.
And that sown into the thorns is this: he who hears the Word; and the anxiety of this world, and the deceit of riches, choke the Word, and he becomes unfruitful.
And these are those being sown among thorns; such as hear the Word, and the cares of this world, and the deceit of riches, and the lust about other things entering in, choke the Word, and it becomes unfruitful.
And those which fell among thorns are the ones who, when they have heard, go forth and are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of life, and do not bear to maturity.
But Martha was distracted with much serving. And she came to Him and said, Lord, do You not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Therefore tell her to help me. And Jesus answered and said to her, Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things. But one thing is needful, and Mary has chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her.
And take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts are weighed down with headaches and drinking and anxieties of this life; and that day should suddenly come on you;
But I desire you to be without anxiety. The one who is unmarried cares for the things that belong to the Lord, how to please the Lord. But the one who is married cares for the things of the world, how to please his wife. The wife and the virgin are different. The unmarried woman cares for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit. But she who is married cares for the things of the world, how she may please her husband.
casting all your anxiety onto Him, for He cares for you.
I have been young, and am old; yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken, or his seed begging bread.
Cast your burden on Jehovah, and He will keep you; He will never allow the righteous to waver.
Trust in Jehovah with all your heart, and lean not to your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths.
Surely He has borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed Him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
Come to Me all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke on you and learn of Me, for I am meek and lowly in heart, and you shall find rest to your souls.
And when they bring you into the synagogues, and to rulers and authorities, take no thought as to how or what thing you shall answer, or what you shall say. For the Holy Spirit shall teach you in the same hour what you ought to say.
Let not your heart be troubled. You believe in God, believe also in Me.
From Thematic Bible
Care » Worldly folly of » Forbidden
Therefore I say to you, Do not be anxious for your life, what you shall eat, or what you shall drink; nor for your body, what you shall put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.
It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows; for so He gives His beloved sleep.
And that sown into the thorns is this: he who hears the Word; and the anxiety of this world, and the deceit of riches, choke the Word, and he becomes unfruitful.
And Jesus answered and said to her, Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things.
Care » Paul's care of the church
Therefore watch and remember that for the time of three years I did not cease to warn everyone night and day with tears.
Then, though I wrote to you, it was not on account of the one who did wrong, nor on account of the one who suffered wrong, but for the sake of revealing our earnestness on your behalf, for you before God.
besides the things outside conspiring against me daily, the care of all the churches.
For I fear, lest somehow coming I might not find you as I wish, and that I shall be found by you such as you might not wish; lest somehow there be strifes, envyings, angers, contentions, backbitings, whisperings, proud thoughts, tumults;
Care » Remedy for
Blessed is the man who trusts in Jehovah, and Jehovah is his trust. For he shall be like a tree planted by the waters; it sends out its roots by the river, and it shall not fear when the heat comes, but its foliage shall be green; and he is not worried in the year of drought, nor will it cease from yielding fruit.
Cast your burden on Jehovah, and He will keep you; He will never allow the righteous to waver.
Let your way of life be without the love of money, and be content with such things as you have, for He has said, "Not at all will I leave you, not at all will I forsake you, never!"
Roll your way on Jehovah; trust also in Him, and He will work.
Roll your works upon Jehovah, and your thoughts shall be established.
Care » Business family » Anxiety
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.
But I desire you to be without anxiety. The one who is unmarried cares for the things that belong to the Lord, how to please the Lord.
casting all your anxiety onto Him, for He cares for you.
And when they bring you into the synagogues, and to rulers and authorities, take no thought as to how or what thing you shall answer, or what you shall say.
Care » Family » Solicitude
And he said to him, please go see whether it is well with your brothers and well with the flocks. And bring me word again. And he sent him out of the valley of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.
When you have departed from me today, then you shall find two men by Rachel's tomb in the border of Benjamin at Zelzah. And they will say to you, The asses which you went to seek are found. And, lo, your father has quit caring for the asses and sorrows for you, saying, What shall I do for my son?
And the king said, Peace to the young man, to Absalom? And Ahimaaz answered, When Joab sent the king's servant, and your servant, I saw a great uproar, but I did not know what it was.
And Mordecai walked every day in front of the court of the women's house in order to know how Esther did and what was to become of her.
Care » Worldly folly of » The sinners' portion
For God gives wisdom, and knowledge, and joy to a man who is good in His sight. But to the sinner He gives labor, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him who is good before God. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit.
Better is a hand filled with rest than two fists with travail and vexation of spirit.
Care » Causes of » Responsibility for husband or wife
But the one who is married cares for the things of the world, how to please his wife.
Care » Worldly folly of » Profitless
Surely a man walks about like a shadow! Surely they are in an uproar in vain. He heaps up, and does not know who shall gather them.
And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all which is done under the heavens. It is a sad task God has given to the sons of men to be humbled by it.
Care » Worldly folly of » Chokes the "word"
And that sown into the thorns is this: he who hears the Word; and the anxiety of this world, and the deceit of riches, choke the Word, and he becomes unfruitful.
And some fell among thorns. And the thorns sprung up and choked them.
Care » Business Cares Result in » Presumption
But God said to him, Fool! This night your soul shall be required of you, then whose shall be those things which you have prepared?
And He spoke a parable to them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully. And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room in which to store my fruits? And he said, I will do this. I will pull down my barns and build bigger ones, and I will store all my fruits and my goods there.
Care » Instances of » Certain persons who desired to follow jesus
For she said within herself, If only I shall touch His robe, I will be whole.
And it happened as they were going in the way, one said to Him, Lord, I will follow You wherever You go. And Jesus said to him, Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head. And He said to another, Follow Me! But he said, Lord, first allow me to go and bury my father. read more.
Jesus said to him, Let the dead bury their dead, but you go and proclaim the kingdom of God. And another also said, Lord, I will follow You, but first allow me to take leave of those in my house. And Jesus said to him, No one, having put his hand to the plow and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.
Care » Business Cares Result in » Disappointment
And I turned to cause my heart to despair over all the labor which I did under the sun.
Care » Business Cares Result in » Sleeplessness
The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eats little or much; but the abundance of the rich will not allow him to sleep.
Care » Worldly folly of » Drives away sleep
When I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done on the earth; for neither day nor night do men see sleep with their eyes.
Care » Business Cares Result in » Neglect of duty
And as the king passed by, it happened he cried to the king. And he said, Your servant went out into the middle of the battle, and, behold, a man turned aside and brought a man to me and said, Keep this man. If he is missing by any means, then your life shall be for his life, or else you shall pay a talent of silver. And it happened as your servant was busy here and there, he was gone! And the king of Israel said to him, So shall your judgment be; you yourself have decided it.
Care » Worldly folly of » Indicates a distrust of providence
Therefore do not be anxious, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, With what shall we be clothed? For the nations seek after all these things. For your heavenly Father knows that you have need of all these things.
Care » Causes of » Providing for the family
But if anyone does not provide for his own, and especially his family, he has denied the faith and is worse than an infidel.
Care » Causes of » Children's sickness
And behold, a woman of Canaan coming out of these borders cried to Him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David! My daughter is grievously vexed with a demon.
Care » Instances of » Martha
But Martha was distracted with much serving. And she came to Him and said, Lord, do You not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Therefore tell her to help me. And Jesus answered and said to her, Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things.
Care » Causes of » Servant's ills
Care » Causes of » Hospitality
And He said to them, which of you shall have a friend and shall go to him at midnight and say to him, Friend, lend me three loaves, for a friend of mine has come from a journey, and I have nothing to set before him?
Care » Business Cares Result in » A restless life
Surely a man walks about like a shadow! Surely they are in an uproar in vain. He heaps up, and does not know who shall gather them.
Care » Worldly folly of » Mars the peace of home
But Martha was distracted with much serving. And she came to Him and said, Lord, do You not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Therefore tell her to help me.
Care » Causes of » Entertainment of guests
But Martha was distracted with much serving. And she came to Him and said, Lord, do You not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Therefore tell her to help me.
Israel » Providence » Care
And forty years You sustained them in the wilderness. They lacked nothing; their clothes did not become old, and their feet did not swell.
He also brought them out with silver and gold; and there was not one feeble person among their tribes.
And Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died. His eye was not dim, nor had he lost any of his natural strength.
And He humbled you and allowed you to hunger, and then He fed you with manna, which you did not know, neither did your fathers know it, so that He might make you know that man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes out of the mouth of Jehovah man shall live. Your clothing did not wear out on you, nor did your foot swell, these forty years.
And I have led you forty years in the wilderness. Your clothes have not become old on you, and your shoe has not become old on your foot. You have not eaten bread, neither have you drunk wine or strong drink, so that you might know that I am Jehovah your God.
Topics on Care
Animals, God's Care Of
Psalm 147:9He gives the beasts their food, and to the young ravens which cry.
Bereaved, Care For
Deuteronomy 24:19When you cut down your harvest in your field, and have forgotten a sheaf in the field, you shall not go again to bring it. It shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow; so that Jehovah your God may bless you in all the work of your hand.
Care For Your Body
Ephesians 5:29For no man ever yet hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, even as the Lord loves the church.
Care Of Feet
Ecclesiastes 5:1Guard your steps when you go to the house of God, and be more ready to hear than to give the sacrifice of fools. For they do not know that they are doing evil.
Care, Human
John 15:12This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.
Care, Worldly
1 Corinthians 7:32But I desire you to be without anxiety. The one who is unmarried cares for the things that belong to the Lord, how to please the Lord.
Cares Of This World
Luke 8:5-15A sower went out to sow his seed. And as he sowed, the one fell by the roadside and was trampled; and the birds of the air devoured it.
Divine Care In Sickness
Psalm 41:3Jehovah will hold him up on the bed of sickness; You will change all his bed in his illness.
Fathers Loving Care
Ephesians 6:4And fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath, but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
Order In Pastoral Care
1 Corinthians 12:28And God set some in the church, firstly, apostles; secondly, prophets; thirdly, teachers, then works of power, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, kinds of languages.
Saints, Care For The Poor
Psalm 112:9He has scattered abroad; he has given to the poor; his righteousness endures forever; his horn shall be lifted up with honor.
Taking Care Of The Earth
Psalm 65:9You visit the earth and water it; You greatly enrich it; the river of God is full of water; You provide their grain, for in this way You have prepared it.
Taking Care Of Your Body
Matthew 6:27Which of you by being anxious can add one cubit to his stature?