43 Bible Verses about Worrying

And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life?

And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life?

And when they bring you before the synagogues and the rulers and the authorities, do not be anxious about how you should defend yourself or what you should say,

When they deliver you over, do not be anxious 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 be anxious 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 be anxious, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?'

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

Settle it therefore in your minds not to meditate beforehand how to answer,

"But watch yourselves lest your hearts be weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and cares of this life, and that day come upon you suddenly 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.

When the cares of my heart are many, your consolations cheer my soul.

If then you are not able to do as small a thing as that, why are you anxious about the rest?

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

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

And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin,

casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.

Remove vexation from your heart, and put away pain from your body, for youth and the dawn of life are vanity.

Cast your burden on the LORD, and he will sustain you; he will never permit the righteous to be moved.

And, apart from other things, there is the daily pressure on me of my anxiety for all the churches.

But the married man is anxious about worldly things, how to please his wife,

I want you to be free from anxieties. The unmarried man is anxious about the things of the Lord, how to please the Lord.

And do not seek what you are to eat and what you are to drink, nor be worried.

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

And do not take an oath by your head, for you cannot make one hair white or black.

Anxiety in a man's heart weighs him down, but a good word makes him glad.

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

And he said to his disciples, "Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious 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 over, do not be anxious 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 up 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.

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

Why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye?

Fret not yourself because of evildoers, and be not envious of the wicked,

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?

He is like a tree planted by water, that sends out its roots by the stream, and does not fear when heat comes, for its leaves remain green, and is not anxious in the year of drought, for it does not cease to bear fruit."

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

Fret not yourself because of evildoers; be not envious of wrongdoers!

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

Sweet is the sleep of a laborer, whether he eats little or much, but the full stomach of the rich will not let him sleep.