34 Bible Verses about Worrying

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

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

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.

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 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?'

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."

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

"But pay attention to yourselves so that your hearts do not become overburdened by carousing, and drunkenness, and the worries of life. [If you do], that 'day' [i.e., Jesus' second coming and judgment] will arrive suddenly, like a trap [i.e., which catches an animal by surprise].

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

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

But the Lord answered her, "Martha, Martha, you are worried and bothered about [so] many things.

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].

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

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

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

But the person who is married is [also] concerned about the affairs of the world [and] how to please his wife,

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.

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].

For these are the things that the [unconverted] Gentiles keep trying to get. But your heavenly Father [already] knows you need these things.

You should not take an oath, [saying] 'by my head,' for you cannot make a single hair white or black.

For all these things are what the [unconverted] nations of the world keep trying to get. But your Father [already] knows you need these things.

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.

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.

But Martha was preoccupied with all the preparations [i.e., for entertaining her beloved guest] and came up to Jesus and said, "Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me to do all the work by myself? Ask her to help me."

Look at the ravens; they do not plant seeds or harvest [a crop]; they do not have a storage locker or a barn, and [yet] God feeds them [adequately]. Are you not a lot more valuable than those birds?

[Jesus continued], "Do not allow your hearts to be upset. You should believe in God, and believe in me also.

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 do you look for the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye but ignore the board in your own eye?

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?

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