24 Bible Verses about Not Worrying

And which one of you can worry yourself into living a single day longer?

"So I tell you, do not worry about [the material things of] your life, [such as] what you will eat or what you will drink, or about what you will wear on your body. There are more important things in life than food, and more important things about your body than the clothing you wear.

Therefore, do not worry by asking, 'What are we going to eat?' or 'What are we going to drink?' or 'What are we going to wear?'

And which one of you can worry yourself into living a single day longer?

Therefore, do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will have enough to be worried about in itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own."

But when they turn you over [to them], do not worry about how to speak or what you should say. For you will be told [i.e., by God] what to say at the right time.

So, do not look [anxiously] for what you will eat, and what you will drink, and do not be [continually] worried [i.e., about such things].

And when people bring you in front of synagogue assemblies and rulers and authorities [i.e., for judgment], do not worry about how to speak or what you should say.

Determine in your hearts, therefore, not to plan ahead how you will answer them [when interrogated],

So, if you are not able to do even a little thing like that, why are you worrying about the rest?

Do not worry about anything, but in everything, by prayer and [special] petition, along with thanksgivings, you should make your requests known to God.

Then Jesus said to His disciples, "So, I tell you, do not worry about [the material things of] your life, [such as] what you will eat or what you will wear on your body.

Place all your anxious cares upon God [in prayer], because He genuinely cares about you.

So, if God so [beautifully] dresses the grass in a field, which is [green] today, and [then] tomorrow [dries up and] is thrown in the oven [i.e., as fuel], will He not do even more in providing your clothing, you people with such little faith?

And why are you worrying about clothing? Consider how [wild] lilies grow in a field; they do not work or weave,

For there are more important things in life than food, and [more important things about] your body than the clothing [you wear].

And when they lead you into court, and hand you over [to be judged], do not worry ahead of time about what you will say, but [just] say whatever you are told [i.e., by God] when the time comes.

For the Holy Spirit will teach you what you should say at that very time."

Look at the birds in the sky; they do not plant seeds or harvest [a crop] or store [things] in barns, yet your heavenly Father feeds them [adequately]. Are you not a lot more valuable than they are?

but worry [over things] of the world, and the deceitfulness of material wealth, and the evil desires for other things entered their hearts and choked [the effectiveness of] 'the word,' so that it did not yield a crop [in their lives].

Besides these [kinds of] things [or, "besides these outward things"], there is the daily pressure on me of concern for all the churches.

And I tell you, my friends, do not be afraid of those who can kill your body and after that can do nothing more.

But I want you to be free from worry. The man who is not married is concerned about the affairs of the Lord [and] how to please the Lord.