43 Bible Verses about Worrying

Can you live longer by worrying about it?

Which of you by being anxious can add a cubit to your life?

When you are brought before the synagogues, the rulers, and the authorities, do not worry about what you will say to answer them.

When they hand you over, do not worry about what to say and how to say it. You will be given the words to speak at that time.

I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink. And do not worry about your body, what you will wear. Is life worth more than food? And is the body worth more than clothes?

Do not worry! Do not say: 'What shall we eat?' or, 'What shall we drink?' or, 'What shall we wear?'

Do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will have its own worries. Sufficient for each day is its own badness.

Do not think about what you will say before it happens.

Be awake so your hearts are not weighed down. Do not allow the weight of worldly involvement, drunkenness, and cares of this life be a snare when that day suddenly comes.

Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.

When I worried about many things, your assuring words comforted me.

If you are not able to do even that which is least why worry about the rest?

The Lord answered: Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things.

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

Why are you worried about clothing? Look at how the lilies of the field grow. They do not toil. They do not spin.

Throw all your anxiety upon him, because he cares for you.

Therefore remove sorrow from your heart, and put away evil from your flesh, for childhood and youth are vanity.

Throw your burden upon Jehovah and he will sustain you. He will never allow the righteous to be shaken!

Beside those things that are from the outside, that which comes upon me daily, the care of all the congregations.

But he who is married cares for the things that are of the world, how he may please his wife.

I want you to be free from anxiety. He who is unmarried cares for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord.

Do not seek food and drink and do not worry.

All people go in search of these things. Your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.

And do not promise by your head, for you cannot even control the hair on your head.

Anxiety in the heart of man make it heavy, but a good word makes it glad.

For the people of the nations seek after these things. Your Father knows that you need them.

He told his disciples: Therefore I say to you, do not be anxious for your life, what you eat or what you wear on your body.

When they deliver you up to judgment, do not worry before hand what you shall speak. Holy Spirit will give it to you at that time.

Martha was worried about the housework. She approached Jesus and said: Lord do you not care that my sister does not help me? Tell her to help me.

Consider the ravens for they do not sow or reap. They have no storehouse or barn. Yet God feeds them. How much more valuable are you than the birds!

Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God, believe also in me.

If God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today, and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, won't he care for you even more? You of little faith!

Why do you see the speck in your brother's eye? Do you not consider the beam in your own eye?

Do not worry about evil people. Do not envy the wicked!

Look at the birds of the sky, they do not sow, nor reap, nor gather into barns. Your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you worth more than they?

For he will be like a tree planted by the water. It extends its roots by a stream and will not fear when the heat comes. Its leaves will be green. It will not be anxious in a year of drought nor cease to yield fruit.

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

([Psalm of David]) Do not be bothered by evildoers. Do not envy those who do wicked things.

Holy Spirit will teach you in that very hour what you should say.

The sleep of the workingman is pleasant, whether he eats little or much. However the full stomach of the rich man does not allow him to sleep.