Matthew 6:34

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Then have no care for tomorrow: tomorrow will take care of itself. Take the trouble of the day as it comes.

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  • Matt 6:25 : 25 So I say to you, Take no thought for your life, about food or drink, or about clothing for your body. Is not life more than food, and the body more than its clothing?
  • John 14:27 : 27 May peace be with you; my peace I give to you: I give it not as the world gives. Let not your heart be troubled; let it be without fear.
  • John 16:33 : 33 I have said all these things to you so that in me you may have peace. In the world you have trouble: but take heart! I have overcome the world.
  • Heb 13:5-6 : 5 Be free from the love of money and pleased with the things which you have; for he himself has said, I will be with you at all times. 6 So that we say with a good heart, The Lord is my helper; I will have no fear: what is man able to do to me?
  • Lam 3:23 : 23 They are new every morning; great is your good faith.
  • Exod 16:18-20 : 18 And when it was measured, he who had taken up much had nothing over, and he who had little had enough; every man had taken what he was able to make use of. 19 And Moses said to them, Let nothing be kept till the morning. 20 But they gave no attention to Moses, and some of them kept it till the morning and there were worms in it and it had an evil smell: and Moses was angry with them.
  • Deut 33:25 : 25 Your shoes will be iron and brass; and as your days, so may your work be.
  • Matt 6:11 : 11 Give us this day bread for our needs.
  • Luke 11:3 : 3 Give us every day bread for our needs.
  • 2 Kgs 7:1-2 : 1 Then Elisha said, Give ear to the word of the Lord: the Lord says, Tomorrow, about this time, a measure of good meal will be offered for the price of a shekel and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the market-place of Samaria. 2 Then the captain whose arm was supporting the king said to the man of God, Even if the Lord made windows in heaven, would such a thing be possible? And he said, Your eyes will see it, but you will not have a taste of the food.
  • Acts 14:22 : 22 Making strong the souls of the disciples, saying to them that they were to keep the faith, and that we have to go through troubles of all sorts to come into the kingdom of God.
  • 1 Thess 3:3-4 : 3 So that no man might be moved by these troubles; because you see that these things are part of God's purpose for us. 4 And when we were with you, we said to you that trouble was before us; and so it came about, as you see.
  • 1 Kgs 17:4-6 : 4 The water of the stream will be your drink, and by my orders the ravens will give you food there. 5 So he went and did as the Lord said, living by the stream Cherith, east of Jordan. 6 And the ravens took him bread in the morning and meat in the evening; and the water of the stream was his drink.
  • 1 Kgs 17:14-16 : 14 For this is the word of the Lord, the God of Israel: The store of meal will not come to an end, and the bottle will never be without oil, till the day when the Lord sends rain on the earth. 15 So she went and did as Elijah said; and she and he and her family had food for a long time. 16 The store of meal did not come to an end, and the bottle was never without oil, as the Lord had said by the mouth of Elijah.

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  • Matt 6:24-33
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    24 No man is able to be a servant to two masters: for he will have hate for the one and love for the other, or he will keep to one and have no respect for the other. You may not be servants of God and of wealth.

    25 So I say to you, Take no thought for your life, about food or drink, or about clothing for your body. Is not life more than food, and the body more than its clothing?

    26 See the birds of heaven; they do not put seeds in the earth, they do not get in grain, or put it in store-houses; and your Father in heaven gives them food. Are you not of much more value than they?

    27 And which of you by taking thought is able to make himself a cubit taller?

    28 And why are you troubled about clothing? See the flowers of the field, how they come up; they do no work, they make no thread:

    29 But I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not clothed like one of these.

    30 But if God gives such clothing to the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is put into the oven, will he not much more give you clothing, O you of little faith?

    31 Then do not be full of care, saying, What are we to have for food or drink? or, With what may we be clothed?

    32 Because the Gentiles go in search of all these things: for your Father in heaven has knowledge that you have need of all these things:

    33 But let your first care be for his kingdom and his righteousness; and all these other things will be given to you in addition.

  • Luke 12:21-31
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    21 So that is what comes to the man who gets wealth for himself, and has not wealth in the eyes of God.

    22 And he said to his disciples, For this reason I say to you, Take no thought for your life, about what food you will take, or for your body, how it may be clothed.

    23 Is not life more than food, and the body than its clothing?

    24 Give thought to the ravens; they do not put seeds into the earth, or get together grain; they have no store-houses or buildings; and God gives them their food: of how much greater value are you than the birds!

    25 And which of you by taking thought is able to make himself any taller?

    26 If, then, you are not able to do even that which is least, why are you troubled about the rest?

    27 Give thought to the flowers: they do no work, they make no thread; and still I say to you, Even Solomon, in all his glory, was not clothed like one of these.

    28 But if God gives such clothing to the grass in the field, which today is living, and tomorrow will be burned in the oven, how much more will he give clothing to you, O men of little faith?

    29 And do not give overmuch thought to your food and drink, and let not your mind be full of doubts.

    30 For the nations of the world go in search of all these things: but your Father has knowledge that you have need of them.

    31 But let your chief care be for his kingdom, and these other things will be given to you in addition.

  • Prov 27:1
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    1 Do not make a noise about tomorrow, for you are not certain what a day's outcome may be.

  • Matt 6:19-21
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    19 Make no store of wealth for yourselves on earth, where it may be turned to dust by worms and weather, and where thieves may come in by force and take it away.

    20 But make a store for yourselves in heaven, where it will not be turned to dust and where thieves do not come in to take it away:

    21 For where your wealth is, there will your heart be.

  • Luke 21:34
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    34 But give attention to yourselves, for fear that your hearts become over-full of the pleasures of food and wine, and the cares of this life, and that day may come on you suddenly, and take you as in a net:

  • Luke 12:15-16
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    15 And he said to them, Take care to keep yourselves free from the desire for property; for a man's life is not made up of the number of things which he has.

    16 And he said to them, in a story, The land of a certain man of great wealth was very fertile:

  • Matt 6:11
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    11 Give us this day bread for our needs.

  • Jas 4:13-14
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    13 How foolish it is to say, Today or tomorrow we will go into this town, and be there for a year and do business there and get wealth:

    14 When you are not certain what will take place tomorrow. What is your life? It is a mist, which is seen for a little time and then is gone.

  • 1 Tim 6:8
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    8 But if we have food and a roof over us, let that be enough.

  • Matt 6:8
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    8 So be not like them; because your Father has knowledge of your needs even before you make your requests to him.

  • 1 Pet 5:7
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    7 Putting all your troubles on him, for he takes care of you.

  • Luke 11:3
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    3 Give us every day bread for our needs.

  • Luke 12:33-34
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    33 Give what property you have in exchange for money, and give the money to the poor; make for yourselves money-bags which will not get old, wealth stored up in heaven which will be yours for ever, where thieves will not come nor worms put it to destruction.

    34 For where your wealth is, there will your heart be.

  • Luke 17:31
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    31 On that day, if anyone is on the roof of the house, and his goods are in the house, let him not go down to take them away; and let him who is in the field not go back to his house.

  • Matt 10:19
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    19 But when you are given up into their hands, do not be troubled about what to say or how to say it: for in that hour what you are to say will be given to you;

  • Mark 13:33
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    33 Take care, keep watch with prayer: for you are not certain when the time will be.

  • Prov 24:19
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    19 Do not be troubled because of evil-doers, or have envy of sinners:

  • John 6:27
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    27 Let your work not be for the food which comes to an end, but for the food which goes on for eternal life, which the Son of man will give to you, for on him has God the Father put his mark.

  • Ps 37:8
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    8 Put an end to your wrath and be no longer bitter; do not give way to angry feeling which is a cause of sin.

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    19 And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have a great amount of goods in store, enough for a number of years; be at rest, take food and wine and be happy.

  • 1 Tim 6:17
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    17 Give orders to those who have money and goods in this life, not to be lifted up in their minds, or to put their hope in the uncertain chances of wealth, but in God who gives us in full measure all things for our use;

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    4 Take no care to get wealth; let there be an end to your desire for money.

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    6 Have no cares; but in everything with prayer and praise put your requests before God.

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    24 Let a man give attention not only to what is good for himself, but equally to his neighbour's good.

  • Mark 13:11
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    11 And when you are taken and given up to be judged, do not be troubled about what to say: but whatever is given to you in that hour, say: because it is not you who say it, but the Holy Spirit.