45 Bible Verses about Worry And Stress

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

And which of you [by] being anxious is able to add an hour to his life span?

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

Therefore do not be anxious for tomorrow, because tomorrow will be anxious for itself. {Each day has enough trouble of its own.}

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

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

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

Apart from these external things, [there is] the pressure on me every day of the anxiety about all the churches.

And why are you anxious about clothing? Observe the lilies of the field, how they grow: they do not toil or spin,

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

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

He will drink and forget his poverty, and his misery he will not remember [any] more.

but I say to you that not even Solomon in all his glory was dressed like one of these.

But the Lord answered [and] said to her, "Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many [things]!

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

For a dream comes with many cares, and the voice of a fool with many words.

"Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe also in me.

and the cares of the world and the deceitfulness of wealth and the desires for other [things] come in [and] choke the word and it becomes unproductive.

But if God dresses the grass of the field in this way, [although it] is [here] today and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not [do so] much more [for] you, you of little faith?

A heart of tranquility [is] life [to the] flesh, but causes bones of passion to rot.

The blessing of Yahweh makes [one] rich, and he does not increase sorrow with it.

Do not tire [in order] to become rich; out of your understanding, [may you] desist

Give strong drink to him who is perishing, and wine to those {in bitter distress}.

For my yoke [is] easy to carry and my burden is light."

And you will be brought before both governors and kings because of me, for a witness to them and to the Gentiles.

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

But Jesus, [when he] heard [this], replied to him, "Do not be afraid! Only believe, and she will be healed."

For in much wisdom [is] much frustration, and whoever increases knowledge increases sorrow.

And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw [it] from you! For it is better for you that one of your limbs be destroyed than your whole body go into hell.

But the one who practices the truth comes to the light, in order that his deeds may be revealed, that they are done in God.

[If] you faint on the day of adversity, little [is] your strength.

Obey your leaders and submit [to them], for they keep watch over your souls as those who will give an account, so that they can do this with joy and not [with] groaning, for this [would be] unprofitable for you.

In the ears of a fool do not speak, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.

For everyone who practices evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds be exposed.

"And there will be signs in the sun and moon and stars, and on the earth distress of nations in perplexity from the noise of the sea and [its] surging,

A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a downcast spirit will dry out bones.

But [as] he was considering these things, 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 what has been conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.

And let us not grow weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap, [if we] do not give up.

[Like] cold water upon a weary soul, [so too is] good news from a distant place.

And do not think to say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham [as] father.' For I say to you that God is able to raise up children for Abraham from these stones!

But when I saw that they were not being straightforward with the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas in the presence of [them] all, "If you, [although you] are a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you try to compel the Gentiles to live like Jews?"

But now, [because you] have come to know God, or rather have come to be known by God, how can you turn back again to the weak and miserable elemental spirits? Do you want to be enslaved to them 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 lest somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, your minds may be led astray from the sincerity and the purity of [devotion] to Christ.

"No one is able to 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 are not able to serve God and money.