20 Bible Verses About Anxiety (KJV)
The Bible's counsel for the anxious heart is remarkably concrete: pray about everything, cast the burden onto God, live one day at a time. These twenty verses include Scripture's best-loved words for anxious minds — and the peace "which passeth all understanding" promised on the other side.
“Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.”Philippians 4:6 (KJV)
“And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.”Philippians 4:7 (KJV)
“Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.”1 Peter 5:7 (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?”Matthew 6:25 (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.”Matthew 6:34 (KJV)
“Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.”Psalms 55:22 (KJV)
“Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.”John 14:1 (KJV)
“Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad.”Proverbs 12:25 (KJV)
“In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight my soul.”Psalms 94:19 (KJV)
“Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.”Isaiah 26:3 (KJV)
“Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.”Matthew 11:28 (KJV)
“Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.”Matthew 11:29 (KJV)
“Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.”Psalms 46:10 (KJV)
“And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful.”Colossians 3:15 (KJV)
“I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, LORD, only makest me dwell in safety.”Psalms 4:8 (KJV)
“Now the Lord of peace himself give you peace always by all means. The Lord be with you all.”2 Thessalonians 3:16 (KJV)
“And which of you with taking thought can add to his stature one cubit?”Luke 12:25 (KJV)
“[A Song of degrees.] I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.”Psalms 121:1 (KJV)
“My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth.”Psalms 121:2 (KJV)
“[To the chief Musician, to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David.] Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh my salvation.”Psalms 62:1 (KJV)
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