43 Bible Verses about Worrying

And who of you by worrying can add one hour to [the length of] his life?

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

When they bring you before the synagogues and the magistrates and the authorities, do not be worried about how you are to defend yourselves or what you are to say;

But when they hand you over, do not worry about how or what you are to say; for what you are to say will be given you within that [very] hour;

“Therefore I tell you, stop being worried or anxious (perpetually uneasy, distracted) about your life, as to what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, as to what you will wear. Is life not more than food, and the body more than clothing?

Therefore do not worry or be anxious (perpetually uneasy, distracted), saying, ‘What are we going to eat?’ or ‘What are we going to drink?’ or ‘What are we going to wear?’

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

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

“But be on guard, so that your hearts are not weighed down and depressed with the giddiness of debauchery and the nausea of self-indulgence and the worldly worries of life, and then that day [when the Messiah returns] will not come on you suddenly like a trap;

Do not be anxious or worried about anything, but in everything [every circumstance and situation] by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, continue to make your [specific] requests known to God.

When my anxious thoughts multiply within me,
Your comforts delight me.

So if you are not even able to do a very little thing [such as that], why are you worried about the rest?

But the Lord replied to her, “Martha, Martha, you are worried and bothered and anxious about so many things;

but the worries and cares of the world [the distractions of this age with its worldly pleasures], and the deceitfulness [and the false security or glamour] of wealth [or fame], and the passionate desires for all the other things creep in and choke out the word, and it becomes unfruitful.

And why are you worried about clothes? See how the lilies and wildflowers of the field grow; they do not labor nor do they spin [wool to make clothing],

casting all your cares [all your anxieties, all your worries, and all your concerns, once and for all] on Him, for He cares about you [with deepest affection, and watches over you very carefully].

Therefore, remove sorrow and anger from your heart and put away pain from your body, for childhood and the prime of life are fleeting.

Cast your burden on the Lord [release it] and He will sustain and uphold you;
He will never allow the righteous to be shaken (slip, fall, fail).

Besides those external things, there is the daily [inescapable] pressure of my concern for all the churches.

but the married man is concerned about worldly things, how he may please his wife,

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

So as for you, do not seek what you will eat and what you will drink; nor have an anxious and unsettled mind.

For the [pagan] Gentiles eagerly seek all these things; [but do not worry,] for your heavenly Father knows that you need them.

Nor shall you make an oath by your head, for you are not able to make a single hair white or black.

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

For all the [pagan] nations of the world greedily seek these things; and your [heavenly] Father [already] knows that you need them.

Jesus said to His disciples, “For this reason I tell you, do not worry about your life, as to what you will eat; or about your body, as to what you will wear.

When they take you and turn you over [to the court], do not worry beforehand about what to say, but say whatever is given to you [by God] in that hour; for it is not you who speak, but it is the Holy Spirit [who will speak through you].

But Martha was very busy and distracted with all of her serving responsibilities; and she approached Him and said, “Lord, is it of no concern to You that my sister has left me to do the serving alone? Tell her to help me and do her part.”

Consider the ravens, for they neither sow [seed] nor reap [the crop]; they have no storehouse or barn, and yet God feeds them. How much more valuable are you than the birds!

“Do not let your heart be troubled (afraid, cowardly). Believe [confidently] in God and trust in Him, [have faith, hold on to it, rely on it, keep going and] believe also in Me.

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

Why do you look at the [insignificant] speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice and acknowledge the [egregious] log that is in your own eye?

Do not get upset because of evildoers,
Or be envious of the wicked,

Look at the birds of the air; they neither sow [seed] nor reap [the harvest] nor gather [the crops] into barns, and yet your heavenly Father keeps feeding them. Are you not worth much more than they?

“For he will be [nourished] like a tree planted by the waters,
That spreads out its roots by the river;
And will not fear the heat when it comes;
But its leaves will be green and moist.
And it will not be anxious and concerned in a year of drought
Nor stop bearing fruit.

When you lie down, you will not be afraid;
When you lie down, your sleep will be sweet.

Do not worry because of evildoers,
Nor be envious toward wrongdoers;

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

The sleep of a working man is sweet, whether he eats little or much; but the full stomach (greed) of the rich [who hungers for even more] will not let him sleep.