43 Bible Verses about Worrying

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?

But when they bring you before the synagogues and the rulers and the authorities, do not be anxious how or what you should speak in your own defense or what you should say,

But whenever they hand you over, do not be anxious how [to speak] or what you should say, for what you should say will be given to you at that hour.

"For this [reason] I say to you, do not be anxious for your life, what you will eat, and not for your body, what you will wear. Is your life not more than food and your body [more than] clothing?

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.}

{Therefore make up your minds} not to prepare in advance to speak in your own defense,

"But take care for yourselves, lest your hearts are weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of daily life, and that day come upon you suddenly

Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.

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

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

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

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.

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

casting all your cares on him, because {he cares} for you.

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

Cast your burden on Yahweh, and he will sustain you. He will never allow the righteous to be moved.

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

But the one who is married cares for the things of the world, how he may please his wife,

But I want you to be free from care. The unmarried person cares for the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord.

And you, do not consider what you will eat and what you will drink, and do not be anxious.

for the pagans seek after all these [things]. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these [things].

And do not swear by your head, because you are not able to make one hair white or black.

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

For all the nations of the world seek after these [things], and your Father knows that you need these [things].

And he said to his disciples, "For this [reason] I tell you, do not be anxious for [your] life, what you will eat, or for [your] body, what you will wear.

And when they arrest you [and] hand you over, do not be anxious beforehand what you should say, but whatever is given to you at that hour, say this. For you are not the ones who are speaking, but the Holy Spirit.

But Martha was distracted with much preparation, so she approached [and] said, "Lord, is it not a concern to you that my sister has left me alone to make preparations? Then tell her that she should help me!"

Consider the ravens, that they neither sow nor reap; to them there is neither storeroom nor barn, and God feeds them. How much more are you worth than the birds?

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

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?

And why do you see the speck [that is] in your brother's eye, but do not notice the beam of wood in your [own] eye?

Do not fret because of the evildoers; do not envy the wicked.

Consider the birds of the sky, that they do not sow or reap or gather [produce] into barns, and your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not worth more than they [are]?

For he will be like a tree planted by water, and to [the] stream it sends its roots, and it will not fear when heat comes, and its leaves will be luxuriant, and in [the] year of drought it will not be anxious, and it will not cease from the bearing of fruit.

If you sit down, you will not panic, and [if] you lie down, then your sleep shall be sweet.

Do not fret because of evildoers; do not be envious of doers of wickedness.

for the Holy Spirit will teach you in [that] same hour what it is necessary to say."

The sleep of the laborer [is] pleasant, whether he eats little or much, but the wealth of the rich man does not allow him to rest.