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BIBLE VERSES · ANXIETY

Bible verses about
anxiety

For the anxious heart, the Bible offers more than reassurance — it offers a place to put the weight. We are invited to cast our care on God, to pray instead of worry, and to receive a peace that guards the mind. These King James verses meet anxiety with the steadying presence of God.

12 verses about anxiety (KJV)

  1. Philippians 4:6

    Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.

  2. Philippians 4:7

    And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

  3. 1 Peter 5:7

    Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.

  4. 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.

  5. Matthew 6:25

    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?

  6. Psalms 55:22

    Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.

  7. John 14:27

    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.

  8. Isaiah 26:3

    Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.

  9. Psalms 94:19

    In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight my soul.

  10. Matthew 11:28

    Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

  11. Proverbs 12:25

    Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad.

  12. Psalms 46:1

    God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

Questions, answered plainly

What does the Bible say about anxiety?

The Bible tells us to bring our anxieties to God in prayer: "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), promising a peace "which passeth all understanding" (Philippians 4:7). It also urges, "Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you" (1 Peter 5:7).

What Bible verse helps with anxiety?

Many find comfort in Philippians 4:6–7, Matthew 6:34 ("Take therefore no thought for the morrow"), and Psalms 55:22 ("Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee").

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