'Concerned' in the Bible

But first be concerned about God's kingdom and his righteousness, and all of these things will be provided for you as well.

But they paid no attention [they disregarded the invitation, treating it with contempt] and went away, one to his farm, another to his business.

"Thus the Lord has done for me in the days in which he has concerned himself with [me], to take away my disgrace among people."

So do not be overly concerned about what you will eat and what you will drink, and do not worry about such things.

because it is the unbelievers who are concerned about all these things. Surely your Father knows that you need them!

Instead, be concerned about his kingdom, and these things will be provided for you as well.

"Be concerned about yourselves! If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him.

Now he who serves for wages flees because he serves for wages, and is not himself concerned about the sheep.

Now he said this, not because he was concerned about the poor, but because he was a thief, and as he had the money box, he used to pilfer what was put into it.

The first book I wrote, Theophilus, concerned all that Jesus began both to do and to teach,

Simeon has related how God first concerned Himself about taking from among the Gentiles a people for His name.

Then they all seized Sosthenes, the leader of the synagogue, and beat him in front of the judge’s bench. But none of these things concerned Gallio.

Of course not! How can we who died as far as sin is concerned go on living in it?

For when he died, he died once and for all as far as sin is concerned. But now that he is alive, he lives for God.

In the same way, you too must continuously consider yourselves dead as far as sin is concerned, but living for God through the Messiah Jesus.

For when you were slaves of sin, you were "free" as far as righteousness was concerned.

In the same way, my brothers, through the Messiah's body you also died as far as the Law is concerned, so that you may belong to another person, the one who was raised from the dead, and may bear fruit for God.

To them belong the patriarchs, and from them, according to His natural descent, came the Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed), He who is exalted and supreme over all, God blessed forever. Amen.

For the Messiah is the culmination of the Law as far as righteousness is concerned for everyone who believes.

As far as the gospel is concerned, they are enemies for your sake, but as far as election is concerned, they are loved for the sake of their ancestors.

For I decided to be concerned about nothing among you except Jesus Christ, and him crucified.

And so far as I myself was concerned, I came to you in conscious feebleness and in fear and in deep anxiety.

I however am very little concerned at undergoing your scrutiny, or that of other men; in fact I do not even scrutinize myself.

I want you to be without concerns. An unmarried man is concerned about the things of the Lord—how he may please the Lord.

But a married man is concerned about the things of the world—how he may please his wife—

and his interests are divided. An unmarried woman or a virgin is concerned about the things of the Lord, so that she may be holy both in body and in spirit. But a married woman is concerned about the things of the world—how she may please her husband.

An unmarried woman or virgin is concerned about the affairs of the Lord, so that she may be holy in body and spirit. But a married woman is concerned about the affairs of this world, that is, about how she can please her husband. I'm saying this for your benefit, not to put a noose around your necks, but to promote good order and unhindered devotion to the Lord.

For it is written in the law of Moses, Do not muzzle an ox while it treads out grain. Is God really concerned with oxen?

But I, for my part, have not used, and do not use, my full rights in any of these things. Nor do I now write with that object so far as I myself am concerned, for I would rather die than have anybody make this boast of mine an empty one.

If, so far as I am concerned, I partake with a grateful heart, why am I to be found fault with in regard to a thing for which I give thanks?"

It is a joy to me that Stephanas, Fortunatus and Achaicus have now arrived, because what was wanting so far as you are concerned they have supplied.

But, so far as I am concerned, I have resolved not to have a painful visit the next time I come to see you.

For [you can look back and] see what an earnestness and authentic concern this godly sorrow has produced in you: what vindication of yourselves [against charges that you tolerate sin], what indignation [at sin], what fear [of offending God], what longing [for righteousness and justice], what passion [to do what is right], what readiness to punish [those who sin and those who tolerate sin]! At every point you have proved yourselves to be innocent in the matter.

For we are concerned about what is right not only before the Lord but also before men.

But there cannot be a mediator where only one individual is concerned.

Do not be concerned about your own interests, but also be concerned about the interests of others.

For I have no one else of kindred spirit who will genuinely be concerned for your welfare.

Therefore I have sent him all the more eagerly so that when you see him again you may rejoice and I may be less concerned about you.

In conclusion, my brethren, be joyful in the Lord. For me to give you the same warnings as before is not irksome to me, while so far as you are concerned it is a safe precaution.

Having been circumcised on the eighth day, I am of the nation of Israel, from the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews. As far as the Law is concerned, I was a Pharisee.

As for my zeal, I was a persecutor of the church. As far as righteousness in the Law is concerned, I was blameless.

I rejoiced in the Lord greatly that once again you renewed your care for me. You were, in fact, concerned about me but lacked the opportunity to show it.

For you died [to this world], and your [new, real] life is hidden with Christ in God.

Just as Jannes and Jambres [the court magicians of Egypt] opposed Moses, so these men also oppose the truth, men of depraved mind, unqualified and worthless [as teachers] in regard to the faith.

But one has testified somewhere, saying,“What is man, that You remember him?Or the son of man, that You are concerned about him?

For surely his concern is not for angels, but he is concerned for Abraham's descendants.

and then have fallen away—it is impossible to bring them back again to repentance, since they again nail the Son of God on the cross [for as far as they are concerned, they are treating the death of Christ as if they were not saved by it], and are holding Him up again to public disgrace.

And let us be concerned about one another in order to promote love and good works,

You are jealous and covet [what others have] and your lust goes unfulfilled; so you murder. You are envious and cannot obtain [the object of your envy]; so you fight and battle. You do not have because you do not ask [it of God].

The burden of our sins He Himself carried in His own body to the Cross and bore it there, so that we, having died so far as our sins are concerned, may live righteous lives. By His wounds yours have been healed.

in that he spends the rest of his time on earth concerned about the will of God and not human desires.

And yet I *am* giving you a new command, for such it really is, so far as both He and you are concerned: because the darkness is now passing away and the light, the true light, is already beginning to shine.

By this the love of God was displayed in us, in that God has sent His [One and] only begotten Son [the One who is truly unique, the only One of His kind] into the world so that we might live through Him.