27 Bible Verses about Not Worrying

And who of you by being worried can add a single hour to his life?

“For this reason I say to you, do not be worried about your life, as to what you will eat or what you will drink; nor for your body, as to what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?

Do not worry then, saying, ‘What will we eat?’ or ‘What will we drink?’ or ‘What will we wear for clothing?’

And which of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life’s span?

“So do not worry about tomorrow; for tomorrow will care for itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

But when they hand you over, do not worry about how or what you are to say; for it will be given you in that hour what you are to say.

And do not seek what you will eat and what you will drink, and do not keep worrying.

When they bring you before the synagogues and the rulers and the authorities, do not worry about how or what you are to speak in your defense, or what you are to say;

So make up your minds not to prepare beforehand to defend yourselves;

If then you cannot do even a very little thing, why do you worry about other matters?

Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.

And He said to His disciples, “For this reason I say to you, do not worry about your life, as to what you will eat; nor for your body, as to what you will put on.

casting all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you.

But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, will He not much more clothe you? You of little faith!

And why are you worried about clothing? Observe how the lilies of the field grow; they do not toil nor do they spin,

For life is more than food, and the body more than clothing.

Anxiety in a man’s heart weighs it down,
But a good word makes it glad.

Do not be afraid of sudden fear
Nor of the onslaught of the wicked when it comes;

Cast your burden upon the Lord and He will sustain you;
He will never allow the righteous to be shaken.

When they arrest you and hand you over, do not worry beforehand about what you are to say, but say whatever is given you in that hour; for it is not you who speak, but it is the Holy Spirit.

for the Holy Spirit will teach you in that very hour what you ought to say.”

Look at the birds of the air, that they do not sow, nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not worth much more than they?

but the worries of the world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.

Apart from such external things, there is the daily pressure on me of concern for all the churches.

“I say to you, My friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body and after that have no more that they can do.

But I want you to be free from concern. One who is unmarried is concerned about the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord;