43 Bible Verses about Worrying

Can any of you add a single hour to the length of your life by worrying?

Can any of you add an hour to the length of your life by worrying?

When people bring you before synagogue leaders, rulers, or authorities, don't worry about how you will defend yourselves or what you will say,

When they hand you over, don't worry about how you are to speak or what you are to say, because in that hour what you are to say will be given to you.

"That's why I'm telling you to stop worrying about your life what you will eat or what you will drink or about your body what you will wear. Life is more than food, isn't it, and the body more than clothing?

"So don't ever worry by saying, "What are we going to eat?' or "What are we going to drink?' or "What are we going to wear?'

So never worry about tomorrow, because tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own."

So purpose in your hearts not to prepare your defense ahead of time,

"Constantly be on your guard so that your hearts will not be loaded down with self-indulgence, drunkenness, and the worries of this life, or that day will take you by surprise

Never worry about anything. Instead, in every situation let your petitions be made known to God through prayers and requests, with thanksgiving.

When my anxious inner thoughts become overwhelming, your comfort encourages me.

So if you can't do a small thing like that, why worry about other things?

The Lord answered her, "Martha, Martha! You worry and fuss about a lot of things.

but the worries of life, the deceitful pleasures of wealth, and the desires for other things come in and choke the word so that it can't produce a crop.

And why do you worry about clothes? Consider the lilies in the field and how they grow. They don't work or spin yarn,

Throw all your worry on him, because he cares for you.

Banish sorrow from your heart, and evil from your body, since both childhood and the prime of life are pointless.

Cast on the LORD whatever he sends your way, and he will sustain you. He will never allow the righteous to be shaken.

Besides everything else, I have a daily burden because of my anxiety about all the churches.

But a married man is concerned about things of this world, that is, about how he can please his wife,

I want you to be free from concerns. An unmarried man is concerned about the things of the Lord, that is, about how he can please the Lord.

"So stop concerning yourselves about what you will eat or what you will drink, and stop being distressed,

because it is the unbelievers who are eager for all those things. Surely your heavenly Father knows that you need all of them!

Nor should you swear by your head, because you cannot make one hair white or black.

A person's anxiety weighs down his heart, but an appropriate word is encouraging.

because it is the unbelievers who are concerned about all these things. Surely your Father knows that you need them!

Then Jesus told his disciples, "That's why I'm telling you to stop worrying about your life what you will eat or about your body what you will wear,

When they take you away and hand you over for trial, don't worry ahead of time about what you will say. Instead, say whatever is given to you at that time, because it won't be you speaking, but the Holy Spirit.

But Martha was worrying about all the things she had to do, so she came to him and asked, "Lord, you do care that my sister has left me to do the work all by myself, don't you? Then tell her to help me."

Consider the crows. They don't plant or harvest, they don't even have a storeroom or barn, yet God feeds them. How much more valuable are you than birds!

"Don't let your hearts be troubled. Believe in God, believe also in me.

Now if that is the way God clothes the grass in the field, which is alive today and thrown into an oven tomorrow, won't he clothe you much better you who have little faith?

"Why do you see the speck in your brother's eye but fail to notice the beam in your own eye?

Don't be anxious about those who practice evil, and don't be envious of the wicked.

Look at the birds in the sky. They don't plant or harvest or gather food into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. You are more valuable than they are, aren't you?

He will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by a stream. He won't fear when the heat comes, and his leaves will be green. In a year of drought he won't be concerned, nor will he stop producing fruit."

When you sit down, you will not be afraid; when you lie down, your sleep will be pleasant.

Don't be angry because of those who do evil, do not be jealous because of those who commit iniquity.

because at that time the Holy Spirit will teach you what you are to say."

Sweet is the sleep of a working man, whether he eats a little or a lot, but the excess wealth of the rich will not allow him to rest.