34 Bible Verses about Worrying

But which of you, by being anxious, can prolong his life a single moment?

But which of you, by being anxious, can prolong his life a moment?

Whenever they take you before the Synagogue Courts or the magistrates or other authorities, do not be anxious as to how you will defend yourselves, or what your defense will be, or what you will say;

Whenever they betray you, do not be anxious as to how you shall speak or what you shall say, for what you shall say will be given you at the moment;

That is why I say to you, Do not be anxious about your life here--what you can get to eat or drink; nor yet about your body-- what you can get to wear. Is not life more than food, and the body than its clothing?

Do not then ask anxiously 'What can we get to eat?' or 'What can we get to drink?' or 'What can we get to wear?'

Therefore do not be anxious about to-morrow, for to-morrow will bring its own anxieties. Every day has trouble enough of its own.

Make up your minds, therefore, not to prepare your defense;

Be on your guard lest your minds should ever be dulled by debauches or drunkenness or the anxieties of life, and lest 'That Day' should come suddenly upon you, like a snare.

Do not be anxious about anything; but under all circumstances, by prayer and entreaty joined with thanksgiving, make your needs known to God.

And, if you cannot do even the smallest thing, why be anxious about other things?

"Martha, Martha," replied the Master, "you are anxious and trouble yourself about many things;

But the cares of life, and the glamour of wealth, and cravings for many other things come in and completely choke the Message, so that it gives no return.

And why be anxious about clothing? Study the wild lilies, and how they grow. They neither toil nor spin;

laying all your anxieties upon him, for he makes you his care.

And, not to speak of other things, there is my daily burden of anxiety about all the Churches.

While the married man is anxious about worldly matters, desiring to please his wife;

I want you to be free from anxiety. The unmarried man is anxious about the Master's Cause, desiring to please him;

And you--do not be always seeking what you can get to eat or what you can get to drink; and do not waver.

All these are the things for which the nations are seeking, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all.

Nor should you swear by your head, since you cannot make a single hair either white or black.

These are the things for which all the nations of the world are seeking, and your Father knows that you need them.

And Jesus said to his disciples: "That is why I say to you, Do not be anxious about the life here--what you can get to eat; nor yet about your body--what you can get to wear.

Whenever they betray you and hand you over for trial, do not be anxious beforehand as to what you shall say, but say whatever is given you at the moment; for it will not be you who speak, but the Holy Spirit.

But Martha was distracted by the many preparations that she was making. So she went up to Jesus and said: "Master, do you approve of my sister's leaving me to make preparations alone? Tell her to help me."

Think of the ravens--they neither sow nor reap; they have neither storehouse nor barn; and yet God feeds them! And how much more precious are you than birds!

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

If God so clothes even the grass of the field, which is living to-day and to-morrow will be thrown into the oven, will not he much more clothe you, O men of little faith?

And why do you look at the straw in your brother's eye, while you pay no attention at all to the beam in yours?

Look at the wild birds--they neither sow, nor reap, nor gather into barns; and yet your heavenly Father feeds them! And are not you more precious than they?

For the Holy Spirit will show you at the moment what you ought to say."