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Bible verses about anxiety and worry

“Be anxious for nothing” (Philippians 4:6–7) and “Cast all your anxiety on Him” (1 Peter 5:7) are the two passages most often read for anxiety. Both are below.

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14 passages

  1. Philippians 4:6–7

    Be anxious for nothing, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
    KJV

    Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

  2. 1 Peter 5:7

    Cast all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you.
    KJV

    Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.

  3. Matthew 6:34

    Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Today has enough trouble of its own.
    KJV

    Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.

  4. Matthew 6:25–27

    Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? Look at the birds of the air: They do not sow or reap or gather into barns—and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?
    KJV

    Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment? Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they? Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?

  5. Psalm 94:19

    When anxiety overwhelms me, Your consolation delights my soul.
    KJV

    In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight my soul.

  6. Psalm 55:22

    Cast your burden upon the LORD and He will sustain you; He will never let the righteous be shaken.
    KJV

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

  7. John 14:27

    Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled; do not be afraid.
    KJV

    Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

  8. Isaiah 26:3

    You will keep in perfect peace the steadfast of mind, because he trusts in You.
    KJV

    Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.

  9. Proverbs 12:25

    Anxiety weighs down the heart of a man, but a good word cheers it up.
    KJV

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

  10. Psalm 56:3

    When I am afraid, I put my trust in You.
    KJV

    What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.

  11. Psalm 34:4

    I sought the LORD, and He answered me; He delivered me from all my fears.
    KJV

    I sought the LORD, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.

  12. 2 Timothy 1:7

    For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.
    KJV

    For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

  13. Luke 12:25–26

    Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life? So if you cannot do such a small thing, why do you worry about the rest?
    KJV

    And which of you with taking thought can add to his stature one cubit? If ye then be not able to do that thing which is least, why take ye thought for the rest?

  14. Psalm 139:23–24

    Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my concerns. See if there is any offensive way in me; lead me in the way everlasting.
    KJV

    Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.

Text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Tap KJV for the King James Version. Make any short verse into a wallpaper.

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