Reference: Thought
Hastings
In 1Sa 9:5, in Mt 6:26 (as well as in the foll. Mt 6:27-28,31,34), in Mt 10:19, in Mr 13:11, and in Lu 12:11,22,25-26 the Eng. word 'thought' Is used in AV in the old sense of 'grief or anxiety.' Thus Mr 13:11 'Take no thought beforehand' does not mean do not think or plan. but be not burdened with anxiety beforehand.
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They, had come into the land of Zuph when, Saul, said to his young man who was with him, Come! and let us return; lest my father leave off caring for the asses, and be concerned for us.
Observe intently, the birds of the heaven, - that they neither sow, nor reap, nor gather into barns, and yet, your heavenly Father, feedeth, them: Are no, ye, much better than, they? But who from among you, being anxious, can add to his stature one cubit? read more. And, about clothing, why are ye anxious? Consider well the lilies of the field, how they grow, - they toil not neither do they spin;
Do not then be anxious saying, What shall we eat? or What shall we drink? or Wherewithal shall we be arrayed?
Do not, then, be anxious for the morrow; for the morrow, will be anxious, for itself: Sufficient for the day, is the evil thereof.
And, when they deliver you up, be not anxious how or what ye shall speak, - for it shall be given you in that hour what ye shall speak;
And, when they are leading you, as they are delivering you up, be not beforehand anxious, what ye shall speak; but, whatsoever shall be given you in that hour, the same, speak, - for, ye, are not the speakers, but the Holy Spirit.
And, when they are leading you, as they are delivering you up, be not beforehand anxious, what ye shall speak; but, whatsoever shall be given you in that hour, the same, speak, - for, ye, are not the speakers, but the Holy Spirit.
But, whensoever they shall be bringing you in before the synagogues, and the rulers, and the authorities, do not be anxious how, or whatye shall answer, or what ye shall say;
And he said unto his disciples - For this cause, I say unto you, - Be not anxious for the life, what ye shall eat, nor yet for yourbody, what ye shall put on;
And, who from among you, though anxious, can, unto his stature, add a cubit? If then, not even the least thing, ye can do, why, concerning the rest, are ye anxious?