34 Bible Verses about Worrying

Which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his span of life?

And which of you by worrying can add a single cubit to his span of life?

Now when they bring you before the synagogues and rulers and authorities, do not worry about how or what you should answer, or what you are to say;

But when they deliver you up, do not worry about how you are to speak or what you are to say; for what you are to say will be given to you in that hour;

"Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?

Therefore do not worry, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?'

Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.

Therefore settle it in your minds not to meditate beforehand how you will answer;

"But take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts be weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and cares of this life, and that Day come on you unexpectedly like a trap.

Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.

If you then are not able to do this very little thing, why are you anxious about the rest?

But the Lord answered her, "Martha, Martha, you are worried and troubled about many things;

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

And why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they neither toil nor spin,

Cast all your anxiety on him, because he cares for you.

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

but a married man is concerned about the affairs of the world, how he may please his wife,

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

And do not seek what you will eat or what you will drink, nor have an anxious mind.

For the Gentiles seek after all these things; and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all.

And do not swear by your head, for you cannot make even one hair white or black.

For all the nations of the world seek after these things, and your Father knows that you need them.

Then he said to his disciples, "Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat; nor about your body, what you will put on.

And when they bring you to trial and deliver you up, do not worry beforehand what you are to say. But say whatever is given you in that hour; for it is not you who speak, but the Holy Spirit.

But Martha was distracted with much serving; and she went to him and said, "Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Tell her then to help me."

Consider the ravens: they neither sow nor reap, they have neither storehouse nor barn, and yet God feeds them. Of how much more value are you than the birds!

"Let not your hearts be troubled; believe in God, believe also in me.

Now if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?

And why do you look at the speck in your brother's eye, but do not consider the plank in your own eye?

Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?

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