31 Bible Verses about Anxiety And Stress

"Which one of you by being anxious is able to add even one cubit to his stature?

"And which of you by taking anxious thought can add a cubit to his height?

But of this be sure. In the last days grievous times will come.

"Then do not be anxious, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?'"

"Do not then be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring its own anxieties. Enough for each day are its own troubles."

Not to mention other things, there is the crowding pressure of each day upon me, the care of all the churches.

"Why be anxious then about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow. They toil not, neither do they spin.

"Martha, Martha," said Jesus, "you are anxious and worried about many things,

"men lifeless through fear, and foreboding of that which is about to come upon the habitable earth. For the powers of the heavens shall be shaken,

"Cease to be afraid! You are of greater value than many sparrows.

"And there will be signs in the sun and the moon and the stars; and on the earth distress of nations in perplexity at the roar of the sea and the billows;

"If God then so clothes the grass of the field, which blooms today, and tomorrow is cast into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, you of little faith?

"If then you cannot do even that which is least, why are you anxious concerning the rest?

When they have heard the Word, the anxieties of life and the snares of wealth, and all sorts of other ambitions, come in to choke the Word, so that it proves unfruitful.

"But I say to you that not even Solomon in all his glory was robed like one of these.

"Let not your hearts be troubled. You trust in God, trust in me also.

"For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light."

"And you will be taken before governors and kings for my sake, as a testimony to them and to the Gentiles.

And in this confidence I intended to visit you, before going elsewhere, that you might have a pleasure twice over.

but he who does what is true, comes to the light, in order that his actions may be shown to have been wrought in God."

"You then must be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect."

Now, brothers, I want you to know about the troubles which befell me in Asia; how I was burdened altogether beyond my strength, so that I renounced all hope even of life itself.

This saying is trustworthy. On this I want you to firmly insist; that those who have faith in God must be careful to maintain honest occupations. Such counsels are good and profitable for men.

from whom every fatherhood in heaven and earth is named,

Jesus answered him. "I am the Way, the Truth and the Life. No man ever comes to the Father but by me.

For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is God's gift.

"What I am telling you is in the darkness, do you speak in the light; and what is whispered in your ear, proclaim upon the housetops.

"A pupil is not above his teacher, nor a slave above his masters.

Brothers, I beseech you, become as I am, because I also have become as you are. You never did me any wrong;

God forbid that I should glory in anything except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, upon which the world has been crucified to me and I have been crucified to the world.

But consecrate Christ in your hearts, as Lord. Be always in readiness to make and answer to any one who asks you a reason for the hope that is within you, yet with gentleness and reverence.