34 Bible Verses about Worrying

"Which one of you by being anxious is able to add even one cubit to his stature?

"And which of you by taking anxious thought can add a cubit to his height?

"And when they are bringing you before the synagogues and the rulers and authorities, do not worry about how or what you shall answer; or what you shall say;

"But whenever they apprehend you, do not be anxious about how you shall speak or what you shall say; for it will be given you in that very hour what to say.

"For this reason I say to you, do not be anxious about your life, inquiring what you shall eat or what you shall drink, nor yet for your body, inquiring what you shall wear. Is not your life more than its food, and your body than its clothing?

"Then do not be anxious, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?'"

"Do not then be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring its own anxieties. Enough for each day are its own troubles."

"So settle it in your hearts not to prepare a defense beforehand,

"But take heed to yourselves lest your hearts be surcharged with self-indulgence and drunkenness and worldly cares, and that day catches you suddenly like a trap.

Do not worry about anything; but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God;

"If then you cannot do even that which is least, why are you anxious concerning the rest?

"Martha, Martha," said Jesus, "you are anxious and worried about many things,

When they have heard the Word, the anxieties of life and the snares of wealth, and all sorts of other ambitions, come in to choke the Word, so that it proves unfruitful.

"Why be anxious then about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow. They toil not, neither do they spin.

Cast all your care upon him, for he ever cares for you.

Not to mention other things, there is the crowding pressure of each day upon me, the care of all the churches.

but a married man is anxious about worldly affairs, how he may please his wife, and he is divided in his mind.

So I want you to be free from all anxieties. An unmarried man is anxious about the Lord's business, how he may please the Lord;

"So do not be asking what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, and be not of doubtful mind.

"For all these are things that the Gentiles are eagerly seeking; for your heavenly Father knows that you have need of them all.

"Nor must you swear by your head, since you cannot make one hair white or black.

"For all these things the nations of the world are seeking; but your Father knows that you have need of these things.

Then he said to his disciples. "For this is the reason I say to you. Be not anxious for your life, what you shall eat; nor yet your body what shall you wear.

When, however, they are leading you all to trial, do not worry beforehand about what you are to say, but whatever is given you in that hour, that say, for it is not you who speak, but the Holy Spirit.

But Martha meanwhile was growing distracted about much serving. She came up to him and said: "Lord do you not care that my sister has left me alone to do the serving? Come tell her to take hold of her end of the work along with me."

"Consider the ravens; they neither sow nor reap; they have no storehouse nor barn. And yet God feeds them. How much more are you worth than the birds?

"Let not your hearts be troubled. You trust in God, trust in me also.

"If God then so clothes the grass of the field, which blooms today, and tomorrow is cast into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, you of little faith?

"And why do you look at the mote in your brother's eye, and fail to notice the beam which is in your own eye?

"Behold! the birds in the sky! They neither sow, nor reap, nor gather into barns, yet your heavenly Father feeds them; and are not you worth more than they?

"for the Holy Spirit will teach you in that hour what you ought to say."