21 Bible Verses about Do Not Be Anxious

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

"For this reason I say to you, do not be anxious about your life, inquiring what you shall eat or what you shall drink, nor yet for your body, inquiring what you shall wear. Is not your life more than its food, and your body than its clothing?

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

Then he said to his disciples. "For this is the reason I say to you. Be not anxious for your life, what you shall eat; nor yet your body what shall you wear.

And he said to them. "Why are you disturbed? And why do questions rise in your hearts?

Then Paul went down, threw himself upon him, and embracing him, said: "Do not lament; his life is still in him."

Do not worry about anything; but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God;

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

"But whenever they apprehend you, do not be anxious about how you shall speak or what you shall say; for it will be given you in that very hour what to say.

When, however, they are leading you all to trial, do not worry beforehand about what you are to say, but whatever is given you in that hour, that say, for it is not you who speak, but the Holy Spirit.

"And when they are bringing you before the synagogues and the rulers and authorities, do not worry about how or what you shall answer; or what you shall say;

"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?

"And the seed sown among thorns is he who hears the word, but the anxieties of the age and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.

"And that which fell upon thorns is those who have heard, but as they go on their way of word is choked with the cares and riches and pleasures of life; so they bring no fruit of perfection.

"But take heed to yourselves lest your hearts be surcharged with self-indulgence and drunkenness and worldly cares, and that day catches you suddenly like a trap.

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

"So do not be asking what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, and be not of doubtful mind.

So I want you to be free from all anxieties. An unmarried man is anxious about the Lord's business, how he may please the Lord;

Cast all your care upon him, for he ever cares for you.

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