Bible Verses about Worry - Scriptures for Anxiety and Stress
Be comforted and encouraged with the Word of God in this collection of Bible verses about worry. Often we feel the most amount of worry and anxiety when we have forgotten God. Take time to pray and read scripture when you are worried about anything in your life!
We will all face worry, especially today. Pandemics, job loss, economic troubles, political division, our children's future...and the true source of comfort can be found in the promises of God. When worry and fear come, turn to these Bible verses and renew your mind with the truth.
Take a moment to pray before reading these Bible verses and ask God to help you overcome worry.
A Prayer Against Worry: Dear Father, I often forget that you are with me. I often forget what you're like. Would you please forgive me for that? I need to get to know you better. I need to get to know your Word and your promises better. Help me to put you first in every area of my life. Help me to live one day at a time. Help me not to worry about tomorrow but instead focus on what you're doing in my life right now. I want to trust in your promise to take care of my needs financial, relational, physical, social, spiritual, and emotional. Help me to trust you more and worry less. I pray in Jesus' Name. Amen. (Rick Warren)
Philippians 4:6-7 - Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
1 Peter 5:7 - Casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.
Proverbs 12:25 - Anxiety in a man's heart weighs him down, but a good word makes him glad.
John 14:27 - Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.
Matthew 6:33-34 - But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.
Discover some of the best Bible verses for worry in this collection of scripture quotes!
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28 "Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy and my burden is light."
27 Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.
15 Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful.
16 Now may the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times and in every way. The Lord be with all of you.
25 "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? 26 Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? 27 Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life? 28 "And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. 29 Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. 30 If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you-you of little faith? 31 So do not worry, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?' 32 For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. 33 But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. 34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
22 Cast your cares on the Lord and he will sustain you; he will never let the righteous be shaken.
6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 7 And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
4 Even though I walk through the darkest valley,I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.
5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; 6 in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.
31 What, then, shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
7 "But blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in him. 8 They will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream. It does not fear when heat comes; its leaves are always green. It has no worries in a year of drought and never fails to bear fruit."
19 When anxiety was great within me, your consolation brought me joy. 20 Can a corrupt throne be allied with you- a throne that brings on misery by its decrees?
41 "Martha, Martha," the Lord answered, "you are worried and upset about many things, 42 but few things are needed-or indeed only one.Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her."
9 Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.
6 So we say with confidence, "The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can mere mortals do to me?"
1 Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.
