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Bible Verses for Anxiety

Anxiety is one of the most-searched feelings in Scripture — and Scripture answers it with specificity. 'Do not be anxious about anything' is a command, but it comes paired with a practice: prayer, thanksgiving, and the peace of God guarding your heart. These verses name the feeling honestly and offer a path through it.

Verses about anxiety

  1. 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
  2. Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.
    1 Peter 5:7·KJV
  3. 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
  4. In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight my soul.
    Psalm 94:19·KJV
  5. Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
    John 14:27·KJV
  6. Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
    Isaiah 41:10·KJV
  7. Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
    Matthew 11:28·KJV
  8. What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.
    Psalm 56:3·KJV

Questions

Is anxiety a sin according to the Bible?
No. The Bible distinguishes between the feeling of anxiety (a human response to real stress) and the practice of being consumed by worry. Philippians 4:6 commands us not to be anxious, but the following verse prescribes prayer — not shame.

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