26 Bible Verses about anxious

Do not be anxious or worried about anything, but in everything [every circumstance and situation] by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, continue to make your [specific] requests known to God.

And who of you by worrying can add one hour to [the length of] his life?

“So do not worry about tomorrow; for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

casting all your cares [all your anxieties, all your worries, and all your concerns, once and for all] on Him, for He cares about you [with deepest affection, and watches over you very carefully].

Anxiety in a man’s heart weighs it down,
But a good (encouraging) word makes it glad.

But when they hand you over, do not worry about how or what you are to say; for what you are to say will be given you within that [very] hour;

Therefore do not worry or be anxious (perpetually uneasy, distracted), saying, ‘What are we going to eat?’ or ‘What are we going to drink?’ or ‘What are we going to wear?’

“Therefore I tell you, stop being worried or anxious (perpetually uneasy, distracted) about your life, as to what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, as to what you will wear. Is life not more than food, and the body more than clothing?

When they bring you before the synagogues and the magistrates and the authorities, do not be worried about how you are to defend yourselves or what you are to say;

‘Do not fear [anything], for I am with you;
Do not be afraid, for I am your God.
I will strengthen you, be assured I will help you;
I will certainly take hold of you with My righteous right hand [a hand of justice, of power, of victory, of salvation].’

When my anxious thoughts multiply within me,
Your comforts delight me.

So I have sent him all the more eagerly so that when you see him again you may rejoice and I may be less concerned about you.

And which of you by worrying can add one hour to his life’s span?

Therefore, remove sorrow and anger from your heart and put away pain from your body, for childhood and the prime of life are fleeting.

So if you are not even able to do a very little thing [such as that], why are you worried about the rest?

Search me [thoroughly], O God, and know my heart;
Test me and know my anxious thoughts;

Say to those with an anxious and panic-stricken heart,
“Be strong, fear not!
Indeed, your God will come with vengeance [for the ungodly];
The retribution of God will come,
But He will save you.”

But the Lord replied to her, “Martha, Martha, you are worried and bothered and anxious about so many things;

But I want you to be free from concern. The unmarried man is concerned about the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord;

When they take you and turn you over [to the court], do not worry beforehand about what to say, but say whatever is given to you [by God] in that hour; for it is not you who speak, but it is the Holy Spirit [who will speak through you].

It is vain for you to rise early,
To retire late,
To eat the bread of anxious labors—
For He gives [blessings] to His beloved even in his sleep.

Among those nations you will find no peace (rest), and there will be no resting place for the sole of your foot; but there the Lord will give you a trembling heart, failing eyes, and a despairing soul.

So as for you, do not seek what you will eat and what you will drink; nor have an anxious and unsettled mind.

Jesus said to His disciples, “For this reason I tell you, do not worry about your life, as to what you will eat; or about your body, as to what you will wear.

The king said to them, “I had a dream, and my spirit is troubled and anxious to know the [content and meaning of the] dream.”