45 Bible Verses about Worry And Stress

"And which of you, by being anxious, can add one cubit to his height?

Which of you by being anxious can add a cubit to his height?

"Therefore do not be anxious, saying, 'What will we eat?', 'What will we drink?' or, 'With what will we be clothed?'

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

Anxiety in a man's heart weighs it down, but a kind word makes it glad.

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

In the multitude of my thoughts within me, your comforts delight my soul.

Besides those things that are outside, there is that which presses on me daily, anxiety for all the churches.

And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow. They do not toil, neither do they spin,

Therefore do not be afraid. You are of more value than many sparrows.

Therefore remove sorrow from your heart, and put away evil from your flesh; for youth and the dawn of life are vanity.

Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.

yet I tell you that even Solomon in all his glory was not dressed like one of these.

The Lord answered her, "Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things,

If then you are not able to do even the least things, why are you anxious about the rest?

For as a dream comes with a multitude of cares, so a fool's speech with a multitude of words.

"Do not let your heart be troubled. Believe in God. Believe also in me.

and the cares of the age, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.

But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today exists, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, won't he much more clothe you, you of little faith?

The life of the body is a heart at peace, but envy rots the bones.

The LORD's blessing brings wealth, and he adds no trouble to it.

Do not weary yourself to be rich. In your wisdom, show restraint.

Give strong drink to him who is ready to perish; and wine to the bitter in soul:

For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light."

Yes, and you will be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the nations.

"Son of man, eat your bread with quaking, and drink your water with trembling and with fearfulness;

But Jesus hearing it, answered him, "Do not be afraid. Only believe, and she will be healed."

For in much wisdom is much grief; and he who increases knowledge increases sorrow.

And if your right hand causes you to stumble, cut it off, and throw it away from you.[note: idiom meaning to stop doing a sin] For it is more profitable for you that one of your members should perish, than for your whole body to be cast into hell.

But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his works may be revealed, that they have been done in God."

If you falter in the time of trouble, your strength is small.

Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they watch on behalf of your souls, as those who will give account, that they may do this with joy, and not with groaning, for that would be unprofitable for you.

Do not speak in the ears 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, lest his works would be exposed.

There will be signs in the sun, moon, and stars; and on the earth anxiety of nations, in perplexity for the roaring of the sea and the waves;

A cheerful heart makes good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.

But when he thought about these things, suddenly an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, "Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take to yourself Mary, your wife, for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit.

Let us not be weary in doing good, for we will reap in due season, if we do not give up.

Like cold water to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.

and do not think to yourselves, 'We have Abraham for our father,' for I tell you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones.

But when I saw that they did not walk uprightly according to the truth of the Good News, I said to Cephas before them all, "If you, being a Jew, live as the Gentiles do, and not as the Jews do, how can you compel the Gentiles to live as the Jews do?

But now that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, why do you turn back again to the weak and miserable elemental principles, to which you desire to be in bondage 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 somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve in his craftiness, so your minds might be corrupted from a sincere and pure devotion to Christ.

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