34 Bible Verses about Worrying

But which of you, by his cares, can add one cubit to his stature?

Which of you, with all his anxiety, can add one moment to his life?

And when they shall bring you before the synagogues, and magistrates, and the ruling powers, be under no anxiety how or what defence ye shall make, or what ye shall say:

But when they shall deliver you up, be under no anxiety what ye shall say; for it shall be given you in that very hour what ye should speak:

For this cause I tell you, Be not anxious about your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life of more value than meat, and the body than raiment?

Wherefore be under no anxiety, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, With what shall we be clothed?

Be not therefore anxious about to-morrow: for tomorrow will provide for its own wants. Sufficient for the day is the evil thereof.

Therefore rest satisfied in your hearts, not to premeditate what apology to make:

But take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts should be overloaded with surfeiting and drunkenness, and the anxious cares of life, and that day should come upon you unawares.

Be not anxious about any thing, but in every case by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your petitions be made known unto God.

If therefore ye are unable to do the least thing, why are ye anxious about the others?

But Jesus answering said to her, Martha, Martha, thou art anxious and disturbing thyself about many things.

but the anxious cares of this world, and the seducing nature of wealth, and inordinate desires after other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.

And why are ye anxious about clothing? Contemplate the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, nor spin:

casting all your anxiety upon him; for he careth for you.

and beside all these things from without, that accumulated burden which cometh on me daily, the care of all the churches.

but he who is married is anxious about the things of the world, how he shall please his wife.

But I would have you to be free from anxiety. He who is unmarried is anxious for the things of the Lord, how he shall please the Lord:

So then be not ye inquisitive what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, nor be agitated with restless anxiety.

(for after all these things the heathen seek:) and your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of them all.

neither shalt thou swear by thy head, for thou canst not make one hair white or black.

For after all these things are the nations of the world seeking; and your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things.

Then said he to his disciples, For this reason I tell you, Be under no anxiety about your life, what ye shall eat, nor for your body, how ye shall be clothed.

But when delivering you up, they shall bring you to the bar, be not previously anxious what ye shall say, neither premeditate: for it shall be given to you at that very hour, what ye shall speak: for it is not you, who are speaking, but the Holy Ghost.

But Martha was hurrying about to provide a large entertainment, and coming up to him, she said, Lord, is it no concern to thee, that my sister hath left me to make the whole provision by myself? bid her therefore to assist me.

Consider the ravens, for they neither sow nor reap; they have neither storehouse nor barn; yet God feedeth them: how much are ye more excellent than the birds?

LET not your hearts be troubled: trust in God, and trust in me.

If God then so clothe a vegetable of the field, which to-day is, [in beauty], and tomorrow is cast into the furnace, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?

And why spiest thou out the mote which is in thy brother's eye, yet payest no attention to the beam which is in thine own eye?

Look on the birds of the air: for they neither sow, nor reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are you not of more value than they?

for the Holy Ghost will teach you at that very hour what ye ought to say.