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Bible Verses About Anxiety

When worry weighs on you, these verses invite you to bring your cares to God and receive his peace.

  1. Philippians 4:6-7

    6Don't worry about anything. Instead, pray about everything. Ask God for what you need, and thank him. Tell God what you want. 7Then God's peace will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus. His peace is greater than anything we can understand.

  2. 1 Peter 5:7

    Give all your worries to him, because he cares for you.

  3. Matthew 6:34

    So don't worry about tomorrow, because tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

  4. Matthew 6:25-27

    25So I tell you, don't worry about your life. Don't worry about what you will eat or drink. Don't worry about your body and what you will wear. Isn't life more than food? Isn't the body more than clothes? 26Look at the birds in the sky. They don't plant or harvest or store food in barns. Yet your Father in heaven feeds them. Aren't you worth much more than they are? 27Can any of you add a single hour to your life by worrying?

  5. Psalm 94:19

    When worry is too much for me, your comfort brings joy to my soul.

  6. Matthew 11:28-30

    28Come to me, all of you who are tired and carry heavy loads. I will give you rest. 29Take my yoke on you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart. And you will find rest for your souls. 30For my yoke is easy, and my load is light."

  7. Psalm 55:22

    Throw your heavy load on the LORD, and he will hold you up. He will never let those who do right be shaken.

  8. Proverbs 12:25

    Worry weighs down a person's heart. But a kind word cheers it up.

  9. John 14:1

    "Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God. Believe in me too.

  10. Isaiah 26:3

    You will keep in perfect peace the one whose mind stays steady, because he trusts in you.

  11. Psalm 139:23-24

    23Search me, God, and know my heart. Test me and know my worries. 24See if there is any way in me that offends you. Lead me in the way that lasts forever.

All verses from the Readable English Bible (READ), a free, open-source Bible in clear, simple English.

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