'Care' in the Bible

Then Herod, when he saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, was very angry; and he sent out, and put to death all the male children in Beth-lehem and in all the parts round about it, from two years old and under, acting on the knowledge which he had got with care from the wise men.

If you are the Son of God, let yourself go down; for it is in the Writings, He will give his angels care over you; and, In their hands they will keep you up, so that your foot may not be crushed against a stone.

Then the Evil One went away from him, and angels came and took care of him.

“Be [very] careful not to do your good deeds publicly, to be seen by men; otherwise you will have no reward [prepared and awaiting you] with your Father who is in heaven.

Then do not be full of care, saying, What are we to have for food or drink? or, With what may we be clothed?

But let your first care be for his kingdom and his righteousness; and all these other things will be given to you in addition.

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

And he put his hand on hers and the disease went from her, and she got up and took care of his needs.

Another of the disciples said to Him, “Lord, let me first go and bury my father (collect my inheritance).”

But Jesus said to him, Come after me; and let the dead take care of their dead.

Now when those who had been taking care of the pigs ran away, they came into the city and reported everything, especially what had happened to the demon-possessed men.

And if you are willing to accept it, John himself is Elijah who was to come.

Come to me, all you who are troubled and weighted down with care, and I will give you rest.

He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful.

And Jesus said to them, Take care to have nothing to do with the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

And they sent their disciples to him with the Herodians, saying, "Teacher, we know that you are truthful and teach the way of God in truth, and {you do not care what anyone thinks}, {because you do not regard the opinion of people}.

And Jesus said to them in answer, Take care that you are not tricked.

And they had no care till the waters came and took them all away; so will be the coming of the Son of man.

"Why, it is like a man who, when going on his travels, called his bondservants and entrusted his property to their care.

And he who had the five talents came with his other five talents, saying, Lord, you gave into my care five talents: see, I have got five more.

And he who had the two talents came and said, Lord, you gave into my care two talents: see, I have got two more.

I was naked and you clothed Me;I was sick and you took care of Me;I was in prison and you visited Me.’

I was a strangerand you didn’t take Me in;I was nakedand you didn’t clothe Me,sick and in prisonand you didn’t take care of Me.’

Then they themselves also will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not take care of You?’

saying, "I have sinned by betraying innocent blood!" But they said, "What is that to us? You take care of it yourself!"

But they replied, "What do we care? Attend to that yourself." Then he flung the pieces of silver into the sanctuary, went outside, ran away, and hanged himself.

When Pilate saw that he could do nothing, but that instead a riot was starting, he took some water, washed his hands before the crowd and said, "I am innocent of this man's blood. You take care of it yourselves!"

And if this come to the governor's ears, we will persuade him, and rid you of care.

And he was in the waste land for forty days, being tested by Satan; and he was with the beasts; and the angels took care of him.

And he came and took her by the hand, lifting her up; and she became well, and took care of their needs.

And He was saying to them, “Take care what you listen to. By your standard of measure it will be measured to you; and more will be given you besides.

But He was in the stern, sleeping on the cushion. So they woke Him up and said to Him, “Teacher! Don’t You care that we’re going to die?”

Now when those who had been taking care of the pigs ran away, they reported what had happened in the city and countryside. So the people went to see what had happened.

Although she had endured a great deal under the care of many doctors and had spent all of her money, she had not been helped at all, but rather grew worse.

Now the Pharisees, and all the Jews, do not take food without washing their hands with care, keeping the old rule which has been handed down to them:

And he said to them, Take care to be on the watch against the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.

And he replied to Him, “Teacher, I have [carefully] kept all these [commandments] since my youth.”

And [when they] came, they said to him, "Teacher, we know that you are truthful and {you do not care what anyone thinks}, {because you do not regard the opinion of people} but teach the way of God in truth. Is it permitted to pay taxes to Caesar or not? Should we pay or should we not pay?"

And Jesus said to them, Take care that you are not tricked by anyone.

But take care: for they will give you up to the Sanhedrins; and in Synagogues you will be whipped; and you will be taken before rulers and kings because of me, for a sign to them.

But take care; see, I have made all things clear to you before the time.

Take care, keep watch with prayer: for you are not certain when the time will be.

They used to accompany him and care for him while he was in Galilee. Many other women who had come up to Jerusalem with him were there, too.

It seemed good to me, having made observation, with great care, of the direction of events in their order, to put the facts in writing for you, most noble Theophilus;

"Blessed be the Lord God of Israel! He has taken care of his people and has set them free.

He will give his angels orders to take care of you:

He went near her, and with a sharp word he gave orders to the disease and it went away from her; and straight away she got up and took care of their needs.

Fear and profound awe gripped them all, and they began glorifying and honoring and praising God, saying, “A great prophet has arisen among us!” and, “God has visited His people [to help and care for and provide for them]!”

Therefore take care how you listen. For whoever has, more will be given to him; and whoever does not have, even what he thinks he has will be taken away from him.”

Now when those who had been taking care of the pigs saw what had happened, they ran away and reported it in the city and in the countryside.

But he said to him, Let the dead take care of their dead; it is for you to go and give news of the kingdom of God.

And went to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him.

And on the morrow when he departed, he took out two pence, and gave them to the host, and said unto him, Take care of him; and whatsoever thou spendest more, when I come again, I will repay thee.

But Martha was cumbered about much serving, and came to him, and said, Lord, dost thou not care that my sister hath left me to serve alone? bid her therefore that she help me.

But the Lord, answering, said to her, Martha, Martha, you are full of care and troubled about such a number of things:

Take care then, that the light in you is not darkness.

And he said to them, Take care to keep yourselves free from the desire for property; for a man's life is not made up of the number of things which he has.

Then turning to His disciples He said, "For this reason I say to you, 'Dismiss all anxious care for your lives, inquiring what you are to eat, and for your bodies, what you are to put on.'

But let your chief care be for his kingdom, and these other things will be given to you in addition.

But he who, without knowledge, did things for which punishment is given, will get only a small number of blows. The man to whom much is given, will have to give much; if much is given into his care, of him more will be requested.

Or what woman, having ten bits of silver, if one bit has gone from her hands, will not get a light, and go through her house, searching with care till she sees it?

If, then, you have not been true in your use of the wealth of this life, who will give into your care the true wealth?

And if you have not been true in your care of the property of other people, who will give you that which is yours?

And he said, You take care to seem right in the eyes of men, but God sees your hearts: and those things which are important in the opinion of men, are evil in the eyes of God.

And he said, Take care that you are not tricked: for a number of people will come in my name, saying, I am he; and, The time is near: do not go after them.

So take care not to be troubled before the time comes, about what answers you will give:

"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

This happens because he is a hired man and doesn’t care about the sheep.

He who is in love with life will have it taken from him; and he who has no care for his life in this world will keep it for ever and ever.

While I was with them I kept them safe in your name which you have given to me: I took care of them and not one of them has come to destruction, but only the son of destruction, so that the Writings might come true.

Again, a second time, he said to him, Simon, son of John, have you any love for me? Yes, Lord, he said, you are certain of my love for you. Then take care of my sheep, said Jesus.

Jesus told him, "Take care of my sheep." He asked him a third time, "Simon, son of John, do you love me?" Peter was deeply hurt that he had asked him a third time, "Do you love me?" So he told him, "Lord, you know everything. You know that I love you!"

And he said to them, “Men of Israel, take care what you propose to do with these men.

Now in those days, when the number of the disciples was increasing, protests were made by the Greek Jews against the Hebrews, because their widows were not taken care of in the distribution of food every day.

But when he reached the age of forty, it came into his heart to visit his brothers, the sons of Israel.

dragged him out of the city, and stoned him, the witnesses throwing off their outer garments and giving them into the care of a young man called Saul.

He had him arrested and lodged in jail, handing him over to the care of sixteen soldiers; and intended after the Passover to bring him out again to the people.

Therefore be careful, so that the thing spoken of in the [writings of the] Prophets does not come upon you:

And when they had made selection of some to be rulers in every church, and had given themselves to prayer and kept themselves from food, they put them into the care of the Lord in whom they had faith.

But since it is a question about words, names, and your own Law, you will have to take care of that yourselves. I refuse to be a judge in these matters."

Then all the Greeks laid hold on Sosthenes, the ruler of the synagogue, and beat him before the judgment seat. Gallio didn't care about any of these things.

Take care and be on guard for yourselves and for the whole flock over which the Holy Spirit has appointed you as overseers, to shepherd (tend, feed, guide) the church of God which He bought with His own blood.

And now I commend you to God [placing you in His protective, loving care] and [I commend you] to the word of His grace [the counsel and promises of His unmerited favor]. His grace is able to build you up and to give you the [rightful] inheritance among all those who are sanctified [that is, among those who are set apart for God’s purpose—all believers].

“I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city, educated at the feet of Gamaliel according to the strictness of the law of our fathers, being ardent and passionate for God just as all of you are today.

I was at a loss how to investigate such questions, and asked Paul whether he would care to go to Jerusalem and there stand his trial on these matters.

And when the decision had been made that we were to go by sea to Italy, they gave Paul and certain other prisoners into the care of a captain named Julius, of the Augustan band.

The next day we put in at Sidon, and Julius treated Paul kindly and allowed him to go to his friends to receive their care.

For the same reason, make payment of taxes; because the authority is God's servant, to take care of such things at all times.

If your brother is pained by the food you are eating, your conduct is no longer controlled by love. Take care lest, by the food you eat, you lead to ruin a man for whom Christ died.

Give my love to Mary, who gave much care to you.

In the measure of the grace given to me, I, as a wise master-builder, have put the base in position, and another goes on building on it. But let every man take care what he puts on it.

Art thou called being a servant? care not for it: but if thou mayest be made free, use it rather.

But I wish you to be without care. The unmarried cares for the things of the Lord, how he shall please the Lord;

But take care that this liberty of yours does not somehow become a stumbling block to the weak.

Who ever goes to war at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat any of its grapes? Or who takes care of a flock and does not drink any of its milk?

For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care for oxen?

But those parts of the body which are beautiful have no need of such care: and so the body has been joined together by God in such a way as to give more honour to those parts which had need of it;

That there should be no schism in the body; but that the members should have the same care one for another.

For all can see that you are a letter of Christ entrusted to our care, and written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the ever-living God--and not on tablets of stone, but on human hearts as tablets.

For truly, we who are in this tent do give out cries of weariness, for the weight of care which is on us; not because we are desiring to be free from the body, but so that we may have our new body, and death may be overcome by life.