45 Bible Verses about Worry And Stress

And who of you by being worried can add a single hour to his life?

And which of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life’s span?

Do not worry then, saying, ‘What will we eat?’ or ‘What will we drink?’ or ‘What will we wear for clothing?’

“So do not worry about tomorrow; for tomorrow will care for itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

Anxiety in a man’s heart weighs it down,
But a good word makes it glad.

But realize this, that in the last days difficult times will come.

When my anxious thoughts multiply within me,
Your consolations delight my soul.

Apart from such external things, there is the daily pressure on me of concern for all the churches.

And why are you worried about clothing? Observe how the lilies of the field grow; they do not toil nor do they spin,

So do not fear; you are more valuable than many sparrows.

So, remove grief and anger from your heart and put away pain from your body, because childhood and the prime of life are fleeting.

Let him drink and forget his poverty
And remember his trouble no more.

yet I say to you that not even Solomon in all his glory clothed himself like one of these.

But the Lord answered and said to her, “Martha, Martha, you are worried and bothered about so many things;

If then you cannot do even a very little thing, why do you worry about other matters?

For the dream comes through much effort and the voice of a fool through many words.

“Do not let your heart be troubled; believe in God, believe also in Me.

but the worries of the world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.

But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, will He not much more clothe you? You of little faith!

A tranquil heart is life to the body,
But passion is rottenness to the bones.

It is the blessing of the Lord that makes rich,
And He adds no sorrow to it.

Do not weary yourself to gain wealth,
Cease from your consideration of it.

Give strong drink to him who is perishing,
And wine to him whose life is bitter.

For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.”

and you will even be brought before governors and kings for My sake, as a testimony to them and to the Gentiles.

“Son of man, eat your bread with trembling and drink your water with quivering and anxiety.

But when Jesus heard this, He answered him, “Do not be afraid any longer; only believe, and she will be made well.”

Because in much wisdom there is much grief, and increasing knowledge results in increasing pain.

If your right hand makes you stumble, cut it off and throw it from you; for it is better for you to lose one of the parts of your body, than for your whole body to go into hell.

But he who practices the truth comes to the Light, so that his deeds may be manifested as having been wrought in God.”

If you are slack in the day of distress,
Your strength is limited.

Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they keep watch over your souls as those who will give an account. Let them do this with joy and not with grief, for this would be unprofitable for you.

Do not speak in the hearing of a fool,
For he will despise the wisdom of your words.

For everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come to the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.

“There will be signs in sun and moon and stars, and on the earth dismay among nations, in perplexity at the roaring of the sea and the waves,

A joyful heart is good medicine,
But a broken spirit dries up the bones.

But when he had considered this, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife; for the Child who has been conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit.

Let us not lose heart in doing good, for in due time we will reap if we do not grow weary.

Like cold water to a weary soul,
So is good news from a distant land.

and do not suppose that you can say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham for our father’; for I say to you that from these stones God is able to raise up children to Abraham.

But when I saw that they were not straightforward about the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas in the presence of all, “If you, being a Jew, live like the Gentiles and not like the Jews, how is it that you compel the Gentiles to live like Jews?

But now that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, how is it that you turn back again to the weak and worthless elemental things, to which you desire to be enslaved all over again?

and the enemy who sowed them is the devil, and the harvest is the end of the age; and the reapers are angels.

But I am afraid that, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, your minds will be led astray from the simplicity and purity of devotion to Christ.

“No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth.