533 verses about Worrying

She heard the evil words of the people against the governor, because they fainted for lack of water; and Judith heard all the words that Ozias spoke to them, how he swore to them that he would deliver the city to the Assyrians after five days.

Now try the Lord Almighty, and you will never know anything.

But Mordecai used to walk every day by the women’s court, to see what would become of Esther.

For how shall I be able to look upon the affliction of my people, and how shall I be able to survive the destruction of my kindred?

Because by mere chance were we born, And hereafter we will be as though we had never been: Because the breath in our nostrils is smoke, And while our heart beats reason is a spark,

For to think upon her is perfectness of understanding, And he that watches for her sake will quickly be free from care.

For the thoughts of mortals are timorous, And our plans are prone to fail.

For a corruptible body weighs down the soul, And the earthy frame lies heavy on a mind that is full of cares.

For those who promised to drive away terrors and troublings from a sick soul, These were themselves sick with a ludicrous fearfulness:

For even if no troublous thing affrighted them, Yet, scared with the creepings of vermin and hissings of serpents,

For wickedness, condemned by a witness within, is a coward thing, And, being pressed hard by conscience, always forecasts the worst lot:

And from within the heart the expectation of them being less Maketh of greater account the ignorance of the cause that brings the torment.

Set your heart aright, and constantly endure, And make not haste in time of calamity.

Woe to the faint heart! for it believes not; Therefore will it not be defended.

Woe to you that have lost your patience! And what will you⌃ do when the Lord shall visit you?

Be not over busy in your superfluous works: For more things are showed to you than men can understand.

Set not your heart upon your goods; And say not, They are sufficient for me.

Be not surety above your power: And if you be surety, take thought as one that will have to pay.

My son, be not busy about many matters: For if you meddle much, you will not be unpunished; And if you pursue, you will not overtake; And you will not escape by fleeing.

There is one that toileth, and labores, and makes haste, And is so much the more behind.

When he says, I have found rest, And now will I eat of my goods; Yet he knows not what time will pass, And he will leave them to others, and die.

Say not, What use is there of me? And what from henceforth will my good things be?

Say not, I have sufficient, And from henceforth what harm will happen to me?

In the day of good things there is a forgetfulness of evil things; And in the day of evil things a man will not remember things that are good.

Keep them to yourself, and take earnest heed, For you walk in peril of your falling.

A cheerful countenance is a token of a heart that is in prosperity; And the finding out of parables is a weariness of thinking.

Pales set on a high place will not stand against the wind: So a fearful heart in the imagination of a fool will not stand against any fear.

Suretiship has undone many that were prospering, And shaken them as a wave of the sea: Mighty men has it driven from their homes; And they wandered among strange nations.

He that makes too much of his son shall bind up his wounds; And his heart will be troubled at every cry.

Give not over your soul to sorrow; And afflict not yourself in your own counsel.

Love your own soul, and comfort your heart: And remove sorrow far from you; For sorrow has destroyed many, And there is no profit therein.

Envy and wrath shorten a man’s days; And care brings old age before the time.

Wakefulness that comes of riches consumes the flesh, And the anxiety thereof puts away sleep.

Wakeful anxiety will crave slumber; And in a sore disease sleep will be broken.

A rich man toileth in gathering money together; And when he rests, he is filled with his good things.

As one that catches at a shadow, and follows after the wind, So is he that sets his mind on dreams.

For of sorrow comes death, And sorrow of heart will bow down the strength.

Give not your heart to sorrow: Put it away, remembering the last end:

The expectation of things to come, and the day of death, Trouble their thoughts, and cause fear of heart;

There is wrath, and jealousy, and trouble, and disquiet, And fear of death, and anger, and strife; And in the time of rest upon his bed His night sleep does change his knowledge.

A little or nothing is his resting, And afterward in his sleep, as in a day of keeping watch, He is troubled in the vision of his heart, As one that has escaped from the front of battle.

A daughter is a secret cause of wakefulness to a father; And the care for her puts away sleep; In her youth, lest she pass the flower of her age; And when she is married, lest she should be hated:

For when there comes any war or plague upon them, the priests consult with themselves, where they may be hidden with them.

But when they saw the army coming to meet them, they said to Judas, What? shall we be able, being a small company, to fight against so great and strong a multitude? and we for our part are faint, having tasted no food this day.

And he saw that the money failed from his treasures, and that the tributes of the country were small, because of the dissension and plague which he had brought upon the land, to the end that he might take away the laws which had been from the first days;

and he feared that he should not have enough as at other times for the charges and the gifts which he gave aforetime with a liberal hand, and he abounded above the kings that were before him.

And he was exceedingly perplexed in his mind, and he determined to go into Persia, and to take the tributes of the countries, and to gather much money.

but when he heard thereof, he was confounded and discouraged, because neither had such things as he would been done to Israel, nor had such things as the king commanded him come to pass.

And he was there many days, because great grief was renewed upon him, and he made account that he should die.

And he called for all his Friends, and said to them, Sleep departs from my eyes, and my heart fails for care.

And I said in my heart, To what tribulation am I come, and how great a flood is it, wherein I now am! for I was gracious and beloved in my power.

And Judas saw that his army slipped away, and that the battle pressed upon him, and he was sore troubled in heart, for that he had no time to gather them together, and he waxed faint.

So having appointed a day, he entered in to direct the inquiry concerning these matters; and there was no small distress throughout the whole city.

And they also that were shut up in the city were in no light distress, being troubled because of the encounter in the open ground.

for I was ashamed to ask of the king footmen, and horsemen, and conduct for safeguard against our adversaries.

then those who had been left behind in the city were scared, and rushed forth, uncertain of the event.

Hermon, being threatened in this unexpected and alarming manner, was troubled in visage, and depressed in countenance.

saying, Why have you brought us into this wilderness to kill us? it had been better for us to have served the Egyptians, than to die in this wilderness.

Be not careful overmuch: for when the day of tribulation and anguish comes, others shall weep and be sorrowful, but you shall be merry and have abundance.

In the thirties year after the ruin of the city, I Salathiel (the same is Esdras) was in Babylon, and lay troubled upon my bed, and my thoughts came up over my heart:

Then I answered and said, How long? and when shall these things come to pass? wherefore are our years few and evil?

For what is gone I know, but what is for to come I know not.

And after seven days, so it was, that the thoughts of my heart were very grievous to me again,

And in the eighth night was my heart vexed within me again, and I began to speak before the Most High.

For my spirit was greatly set on fire, and my soul was in distress.

Now therefore why you disquiet yourself, seeing you are but a corruptible man? and why are you moved, whereas you are but mortal?

and why have you not considered in your mind that which is to come, rather than that which is present?

And when there shall be seen in the world earthquakes, disquietude of peoples, plans of nations, wavering of leaders, disquietude of princes,

And it came to pass after seven days that I lay upon the grass, and my heart was vexed again, like as before:

and said to her, Why do you weep? and why are you grieved in your mind?

What aileth you? and why are you so disquieted? and why is your understanding troubled, and the thoughts of your heart?

But woe to them also that are left, for this cause; for they shall see great perils and many necessities, like as these dreams declare.

Don’t be afraid of their imaginations against you, don’t let the unbelief of them that speak against you trouble you.

Woe is me! woe is me! who will deliver me in those days?

Be you⌃ not afraid, neither doubt; for God is your guide:

You, then, having the same faith towards God, be not troubled.

Agree with your adversary quickly, while you are with him on the way; lest perhaps the prosecutor deliver you to the judge, and the judge deliver you to the officer, and you be cast into prison.

Neither shall you swear by your head, for you can’t make one hair white or black.

Therefore don’t be like them, for your Father knows what things you need, before you ask him.

Therefore I tell you, don’t be anxious for your life: what you will eat, or what you will drink; nor yet for your body, what you will wear. Isn’t life more than food, and the body more than clothing?

See the birds of the sky, that they don’t sow, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns. Your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren’t you of much more value than they?

“Which of you, by being anxious, can add one moment to his lifespan?

Why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow. They don’t toil, neither do they spin,

yet I tell you that even Solomon in all his glory was not dressed like one of these.

But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today exists, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, won’t he much more clothe you, you of little faith?

“Therefore don’t be anxious, saying, ‘What will we eat?’, ‘What will we drink?’ or, ‘With what will we be clothed?’

For the Gentiles seek after all these things; for your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.

But seek first God’s Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.

Therefore don’t be anxious for tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Each day’s own evil is sufficient.

Behold, a violent storm came up on the sea, so much that the boat was covered with the waves, but he was asleep.

They came to him, and woke him up, saying, “Save us, Lord! We are dying!”

But when they deliver you up, don’t be anxious how or what you will say, for it will be given you in that hour what you will say.

“Aren’t two sparrows sold for an assarion coin? Not one of them falls on the ground apart from your Father’s will,

but the very hairs of your head are all numbered.

Therefore don’t be afraid. You are of more value than many sparrows.

Others fell among thorns. The thorns grew up and choked them.

What was sown among the thorns, this is he who hears the word, but the cares of this age and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.

But the boat was now in the middle of the sea, distressed by the waves, for the wind was contrary.

But when he saw that the wind was strong, he was afraid, and beginning to sink, he cried out, saying, “Lord, save me!”

Immediately Jesus stretched out his hand, took hold of him, and said to him, “You of little faith, why did you doubt?”