'Anxiety' in the Bible

In the morning you will say, ‘I wish it were evening!’ and in the evening you will say, ‘I wish it were morning!’—because of the dread in your heart with which you tremble, and because of the sight of your eyes which you will see.

Anxiety in a man’s heart weighs it down,But a good (encouraging) word makes it glad.

In little more than a yearYou will tremble [with anxiety], you unsuspecting and complacent women;For the vintage has ended,And the harvest will not come.

Concerning Damascus [in Syria].“Hamath and Arpad are perplexed and shamed,For they have heard bad news;They are disheartened;Troubled and anxious like a [storm-tossed] seaWhich cannot be calmed.

But I want you to be free from concern. The unmarried man is concerned about the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord;

For I wrote to you out of great distress and with an anguished heart, and with many tears, not to cause you sorrow but to make you realize the [overflowing] love which I have especially for you.

His affection is greater than ever as he remembers the obedience [to his guidance] that all of you exhibited, and how you received him with the greatest respect.

Besides those external things, there is the daily [inescapable] pressure of my concern for all the churches.

Do not be anxious or worried about anything, but in everything [every circumstance and situation] by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, continue to make your [specific] requests known to God.