Reference: Thought
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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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Look at the birds of the air; they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns: and yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are not ye preferable to them? And which of you by all his thought can add one cubit to his stature? read more. And why are ye sollicitous about raiment? consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: and yet I tell you,
Be not therefore anxious, saying, What shall we eat, or what shall we drink, or how shall we be clothed?
Be not therefore sollicitous about the morrow; for the morrow will require thought for its own affairs: sufficient to each day is its own trouble.
but when they take you up, be not sollicitous how, or what ye shall say; for ye shall be taught in that very instant what ye shall speak: for it is not you that speak,
But when they shall lead you to deliver you up, be not anxiously careful beforehand what ye shall speak, neither premeditate: but whatever shall be suggested to you at that very time, this speak: for it is not you that speak, but the holy Spirit.
But when they shall lead you to deliver you up, be not anxiously careful beforehand what ye shall speak, neither premeditate: but whatever shall be suggested to you at that very time, this speak: for it is not you that speak, but the holy Spirit.
And when they bring you before the synagogues, and magistrates, and powers, be not solicitous how or what defence to make, or what to say:
And He said to his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, be not anxious for your life, what ye shall eat; nor for the body, what ye shall put on:
And which of you by all his thought can add one moment to his life? If then ye cannot do even the lest, why are ye so anxious about the rest?