43 Bible Verses about Worrying

But which of you by carefulness can add to his growth one cubit?

But which of you by being careful can add to his stature one cubit?

But when they bring you before the synagogues and rulers and the authorities, be not careful how or what ye shall answer, or what ye shall say;

But when they deliver you up, be not careful how or what ye shall speak; for it shall be given to you in that hour what ye shall speak.

For this cause I say unto you, Do not be careful about your life, what ye should eat and what ye should drink; nor for your body what ye should put on. Is not the life more than food, and the body than raiment?

Be not therefore careful, saying, What shall we eat? or What shall we drink? or What shall we put on?

Be not careful therefore for the morrow, for the morrow shall be careful about itself. Sufficient to the day is its own evil.

Settle therefore in your hearts not to meditate beforehand your defence,

But take heed to yourselves lest possibly your hearts be laden with surfeiting and drinking and cares of life, and that day come upon you suddenly unawares;

Be careful about nothing; but in everything, by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God;

In the multitude of my anxious thoughts within me thy comforts have delighted my soul.

If therefore ye cannot do even what is least, why are ye careful about the rest?

But Jesus answering said to her, Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things;

and the cares of life, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things, entering in, choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.

And why are ye careful about clothing? Observe with attention the lilies of the field, how they grow: they toil not, neither do they spin;

having cast all your care upon him, for he cares about you.

Then remove discontent from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh; for childhood and youth are vanity.

Cast thy burden upon Jehovah, and he will sustain thee: he will never suffer the righteous to be moved.

Besides those things that are without, the crowd of cares pressing on me daily, the burden of all the assemblies.

but he that has married cares for the things of the world, how he shall please his wife.

But I wish you to be without care. The unmarried cares for the things of the Lord, how he shall please the Lord;

And ye, seek not what ye shall eat or what ye shall drink, and be not in anxiety;

for all these things the nations seek after; for your heavenly Father knows that ye have need of all these things.

Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black.

Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop; but a good word maketh it glad.

for all these things do the nations of the world seek after, and your Father knows that ye have need of these things;

And he said to his disciples, For this cause I say unto you, Be not careful for life, what ye shall eat, nor for the body, what ye shall put on.

But when they shall lead you away to deliver you up, be not careful beforehand as to what ye shall say, nor prepare your discourse: but whatsoever shall be given you in that hour, that speak; for ye are not the speakers, but the Holy Spirit.

Now Martha was distracted with much serving, and coming up she said, Lord, dost thou not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Speak to her therefore that she may help me.

Consider the ravens, that they sow not nor reap; which have neither storehouse nor granary; and God feeds them. How much better are ye than the birds?

Let not your heart be troubled; ye believe on God, believe also on me.

But if God so clothe the herbage of the field, which is to-day, and to-morrow is cast into the oven, will he not much rather you, O ye of little faith?

But why lookest thou on the mote that is in the eye of thy brother, but observest not the beam that is in thine eye?

Fret not thyself because of evil-doers, and be not envious of the wicked:

Look at the birds of the heaven, that they sow not, nor reap, nor gather into granaries, and your heavenly Father nourishes them. Are ye not much more excellent than they?

For he shall be like a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out its roots by the stream, and he shall not see when heat cometh, but his leaf shall be green; and in the year of drought he shall not be careful, neither shall he cease to yield fruit.

when thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid, but thou shalt lie down and thy sleep shall be sweet.

{A Psalm of David.} Fret not thyself because of evil-doers, and be not envious of them that work unrighteousness;

for the Holy Spirit shall teach you in the hour itself what should be said.

The sleep of the labourer is sweet, whether he have eaten little or much; but the fulness of the rich doth not suffer him to sleep.