43 Bible Verses about Worrying

And which man of you by being anxious can add one cubit to his life span?

And which of you by being anxious can add one cubit to his age?

And when they bring you to the synagogues, and the principle positions, and the offices of authority, be not anxious how or what ye should answer in defense, or what ye should say,

But when they deliver you up, be not anxious how or what ye should speak, for it will be given you in that hour what ye will speak.

Because of this I say to you, be not anxious about your life, what ye may eat, or what ye may drink, nor yet for your body, what ye may wear. Is not the life more than the food, and the body than the clothing?

Be not therefore anxious, saying, What may we eat? or, What may we drink? or, What may we wear?

Be not therefore anxious for the morrow, for the morrow will be anxious about things of itself. Sufficient for the day is the evil of it.

Settle therefore in your hearts not to premeditate to make defense.

But take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts be weighed down in debauchery and drunkenness and mundane cares, and that day come upon you sudden.

Be anxious about nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thankfulness make your requests known to God.

In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight my soul.

If then ye are not able to do even the least, why are ye anxious about the rest?

But having answered, Jesus said to her, Martha, Martha, thou are anxious and troubled about many things,

and the cares of this age, and the deceitfulness of wealth, and the cravings about other things entering in, choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.

And why are ye anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow. They toil not, nor do they spin,

having cast all your concern upon him, because he cares for you.

Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh, for youth and the dawn of life are vanity.

(Cast thy burden upon LORD, and he will sustain thee. He will never allow the righteous man to be moved.)

Besides the external things, crowding upon me daily is the care of all the congregations.

But he who is married cares for things of the world, how he will please his wife.

But I want you to be without worry. The unmarried man cares for things of the Lord, how he will please the Lord.

And do not seek what ye may eat, and what ye may drink, and do not be unsettled.

For the Gentiles seek after all these things, for your heavenly Father knows that ye need all these things.

Neither shall thou swear by thy head, because thou cannot make one hair white or black.

Heaviness in the heart of a man makes it droop, but a good word makes it glad.

For the nations of the world seek all these things, and your Father knows that ye have need of these things.

And he said to his disciples, Because of this I say to you, be not anxious for your life, what ye may eat, nor for the body, what ye may wear.

But when they lead you, delivering you up, be not anxious before what ye might speak, nor meditate. But whatever may be given you in that hour, speak ye this, for ye are not who speak, but the Holy Spirit.

But Martha was encumbered about much serving. And having stood near, she said, Lord, do thou not care that my sister left me behind to serve alone? Speak to her therefore that she may help me.

Consider the ravens, because they do not sow, nor do they reap, for which there is no storehouse nor barn, and God feeds them. How much ye are worth more than the birds.

Let not your heart be troubled. Ye believe in God, believe also in me.

And if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is cast into an oven, will he not much more you, O ye of little faith?

And why do thou see the speck in thy brother's eye, but do not notice the beam in thine own eye?

Fret not thyself because of evil-doers, nor be thou envious at the wicked.

Look to the birds of the sky, because they sow not, nor do they reap, nor gather into barns, and your heavenly Father feeds them. Are ye not more valuable then they?

For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, that spreads out its roots by the river, and shall not fear when heat comes, but its leaf shall be green, and shall not be worried in the year of drought, nor shall cease from yieldi

When thou lay down, thou shall not be afraid. Yea, thou shall lay down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.

Fret not thyself because of evil-doers, nor be thou envious against those who work unrighteousness.

for the Holy Spirit will teach you in the same hour what ye ought to say.

The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eats little or much, but the fullness of the rich will not allow him to sleep.