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Bible Verses About Worry to Memorize
Worry is the art of suffering tomorrow’s troubles today. Jesus dismantled it gently but thoroughly in the Sermon on the Mount: look at the birds, consider the lilies, and ask yourself what a single hour of worrying has ever added to your life. His point was never that food and clothing don’t matter — it was that your heavenly Father already knows you need them.
These ten verses center on Jesus’ own teaching in Matthew 6 and Luke 12, surrounded by the psalms and proverbs that say the same thing from the other side: commit your way to the LORD, cast your burden on Him, keep your mind stayed on Him and He keeps you in perfect peace.
Worried thoughts run on repeat — which is exactly why memorized Scripture is the right tool. When you know Matthew 6:34 by heart, you can answer the spiral mid-thought instead of letting it run all night.
KJV verse list
10 Bible verses about worry
Each verse below is shown in the King James Version. Read it slowly, then use the note beneath it to see why it is worth carrying with you.
Matthew 6:25-26
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? Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?
Jesus’ core teaching on worry: your Father feeds the birds, and you are worth far more than they.
Matthew 6:34
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.
The verse that fences worry into today: tomorrow will take thought for the things of itself.
Philippians 4:6-7
Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
Replaces worry with a habit — prayer with thanksgiving — and a promise: peace that passes understanding.
Luke 12:25-26
And which of you with taking thought can add to his stature one cubit? If ye then be not able to do that thing which is least, why take ye thought for the rest?
Jesus’ unanswerable question: if worrying cannot add one cubit to your stature, why trust it with anything else?
1 Peter 5:7
Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.
One short sentence to cast every care on God — memorizable in a minute, usable for a lifetime.
Psalm 55:22
Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.
The Old Testament twin of 1 Peter 5:7: cast your burden on the LORD and He shall sustain you.
Matthew 6:31-33
Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
Worry’s replacement is not emptiness but a pursuit: seek first the kingdom, and these things shall be added.
Proverbs 3:5-6
Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
Worry leans on your own understanding; this beloved proverb teaches the heart to lean on the LORD instead.
Psalm 37:5
Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.
Commit your way to the LORD and trust Him — and He, not your worrying, will bring it to pass.
Isaiah 26:3
Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.
The promise of perfect peace comes with a condition worth memorizing: a mind stayed on God.
Memorization help
How to memorize these verses
Memorize the Matthew 6 verses as a unit — verses 25-26, 31-33, and 34 form one connected argument from Jesus, and learning them together lets you walk through His whole logic when worry starts. A practical rhythm: review your worry verses at the moment you usually start to spiral (for many people that’s in bed, or during a commute). The Bible Memory App lets you review anywhere in under five minutes a day, free, so the verses are strongest exactly where your worry is.
The Bible Memory App turns that practice into a daily habit: type each verse from memory, get instant feedback on every word, and review on a schedule so the verses stay with you for years, not days. It is free to start, and you can add any of the verses above in seconds.
FAQ
Questions about Bible verses on worry
What did Jesus say about worry?
In Matthew 6:25-34, Jesus says “take no thought” — do not be anxious — about food, drink, or clothing, because your heavenly Father knows you need them. He points to the birds and the lilies as evidence of God’s care, asks what worry has ever accomplished, and redirects us: seek first the kingdom of God, and live one day at a time.
What Bible verse says do not worry about tomorrow?
Matthew 6:34 (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.” It is the closing line of Jesus’ teaching on worry in the Sermon on the Mount.
What is the difference between worry and concern in the Bible?
Scripture commends diligent, prayerful care — Paul speaks of his daily “care of all the churches” — but condemns the fretting that distrusts God. The practical test is where the thought goes: concern turns into prayer and action (Philippians 4:6), while worry just circles. The Bible’s remedy is to convert every worry into a request brought to God.
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