Therefore I say to you, Do not be anxious for your life, what you shall eat, or what you shall drink; nor for your body, what you shall put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?

But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what you shall speak; for it shall be given you in that same hour what you shall speak.

And that sown into the thorns is this: he who hears the Word; and the anxiety of this world, and the deceit of riches, choke the Word, and he becomes unfruitful.

And Jesus answered and said to her, Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things.

And do not seek what you shall eat, nor what you shall drink, and stop being in anxiety.

Were you called as a slave? It does not matter to you, but if you are able to become free, use it rather.

casting all your anxiety onto Him, for He cares for you.

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Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed, and he divided the people with him, and the flocks and herds, and the camels, into two bands.

And Hannah answered, No, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit. I have neither drunk wine nor strong drink, but have poured out my soul before Jehovah.

And it greatly distressed David, for the people spoke of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, each one for his sons and for his daughters. But David encouraged himself in Jehovah his God.

And for this reason Hezekiah the king, and the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz, prayed and cried to Heaven.

And when he was in affliction, he sought Jehovah his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers.

They looked to Him, and were filled with light; and their faces were not ashamed.

O Jehovah, open my lips, and my mouth shall show forth Your praise.

Evening and morning, and at noon, I will pray and cry aloud; and He shall hear my voice.

Trust in Him at all times; you people, pour out your heart before Him; God is a hiding-place for us. Selah.

Trust in Jehovah with all your heart, and lean not to your own understanding.

Roll your works upon Jehovah, and your thoughts shall be established.

Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and inscrutable things which you do not know.

Ask and it shall be given to you; seek and you shall find; knock and it shall be opened to you.

And He also spoke a parable to them to teach it is always right to pray, and not to faint,

And He said to His disciples, Therefore I say to you, Be not anxious as to your life, what you shall eat; nor for the body, what you shall put on.

praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching to this very thing with all perseverance and supplication for all saints.

Continue in prayer and watch in it with thanksgiving,

Pray without ceasing.

But the end of all things has drawn near. Therefore be of sound mind, and be sensible to prayers.

But you, beloved, building yourselves up in your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit,

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The sacrifice of the wicked is a hateful thing to Jehovah, but the prayer of the upright is His delight.

O My dove, in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the stairs, let Me see your face, let Me hear your voice; for your voice is sweet, and your face is beautiful.

Therefore do not be like them, for your Father knows what things you have need of, before you ask Him.

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And Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech and his wife and his slave women, and they gave birth.

And if you shall say, What shall we eat the seventh year? Behold, we shall not sow nor gather in our increase!

And Hezekiah prayed to the Lord, saying,