Anxiety*
Matthew 6:25-34; Mark 4:19; 1 Peter 5:7| New World Translation© |
| Matthew 6 |
| (25-34) “On this account I say to YOU: Stop being anxious about YOUR souls as to what YOU will eat or what YOU will drink, or about YOUR bodies as to what YOU will wear. Does not the soul mean more than food and the body than clothing? 26Observe intently the birds of heaven, because they do not sow seed or reap or gather into storehouses; still YOUR heavenly Father feeds them. Are YOU not worth more than they are? 27Who of YOU by being anxious can add one cubit to his life span? 28Also, on the matter of clothing, why are YOU anxious? Take a lesson from the lilies of the field, how they are growing; they do not toil, nor do they spin; 29but I say to YOU that not even Sol´o·mon in all his glory was arrayed as one of these. 30If, now, God thus clothes the vegetation of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much rather clothe YOU, YOU with little faith? 31So never be anxious and say, ‘What are we to eat?’ or, ‘What are we to drink?’ or, ‘What are we to put on?’ 32For all these are the things the nations are eagerly pursuing. For YOUR heavenly Father knows YOU need all these things. 33“Keep on, then, seeking first the kingdom and his righteousness, and all these [other] things will be added to YOU. 34So, never be anxious about the next day, for the next day will have its own anxieties. Sufficient for each day is its own badness. |
| Mark 4 |
| (19) but the anxieties of this system of things and the deceptive power of riches and the desires for the rest of the things make inroads and choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful. |
| 1 Peter 5 |
| (7) while YOU throw all YOUR anxiety upon him, because he cares for YOU. |
| New World Translation© |
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Citations consist of 12 unique verses from 3 Books.