Luke 12:26

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If then you cannot do even a very little thing, why do you worry about the rest?

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  • Ps 39:6 : 6 Behold, You have made my days a few handbreadths, and my lifetime is as nothing before You. Surely, every man is but a breath. Selah.
  • Eccl 7:13 : 13 Consider the work of God: Who can straighten what he has made crooked?
  • Luke 12:29 : 29 So do not seek what you will eat or what you will drink, and do not worry about it.
  • 1 Pet 5:7 : 7 Cast all your anxieties upon Him, because He cares for you.

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  • Luke 12:21-25
    5 verses
    85%

    21 So it is with one who stores up treasure for himself and is not rich toward God.

    22 Then He said to His disciples, "Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat, or about your body, what you will wear.

    23 For life is more than food, and the body more than clothing.

    24 Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storeroom or barn, yet God feeds them. How much more valuable are you than birds!

    25 Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?

  • Matt 6:24-34
    11 verses
    84%

    24 No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.

    25 Therefore, I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink, or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?

    26 Look at the birds of the sky: they do not sow, they do not reap, and they do not store away in barns. Yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they are?

    27 Who among you, by worrying, can add a single cubit to their lifespan?

    28 Why do you worry about clothing? Observe the lilies of the field and how they grow. They do not toil or spin.

    29 Yet I tell you that not even Solomon, in all his glory, was clothed like one of these.

    30 If God so dresses the grass of the field, which is here today and thrown into the oven tomorrow, will He not much more clothe you—O you of little faith?

    31 So do not worry, saying, 'What will we eat?' or 'What will we drink?' or 'What will we wear?'

    32 For the Gentiles eagerly seek all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them.

    33 But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.

    34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

  • Luke 12:27-33
    7 verses
    81%

    27 Consider how the lilies grow. They do not labor or spin, yet I tell you, not even Solomon in all his glory was dressed like one of these.

    28 If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, how much more will He clothe you—O you of little faith!

    29 So do not seek what you will eat or what you will drink, and do not worry about it.

    30 For all the nations of the world eagerly seek these things, and your Father knows that you need them.

    31 Instead, seek His kingdom, and these things will be given to you as well.

    32 Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father has been pleased to give you the kingdom.

    33 Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Make for yourselves purses that will not wear out, a treasure in heaven that will not fail, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys.

  • Luke 12:6-7
    2 verses
    70%

    6 Are not five sparrows sold for two small coins? Yet not one of them is forgotten before God.

    7 Even the hairs on your head are all numbered. Do not be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.

  • Matt 10:28-31
    4 verses
    69%

    28 Do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul; rather, fear the one who can destroy both soul and body in hell.

    29 Aren’t two sparrows sold for a small coin? Yet not one of them falls to the ground apart from your Father’s care.

    30 But even the hairs of your head are all counted.

    31 So don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.

  • Luke 16:10-12
    3 verses
    69%

    10 Whoever is faithful with very little is also faithful with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much.

    11 So if you have not been trustworthy in handling worldly wealth, who will trust you with true riches?

    12 And if you have not been trustworthy with what belongs to someone else, who will give you what is truly yours?

  • Luke 12:15-18
    4 verses
    68%

    15 Then He said to them, "Watch out, and be on guard against every form of greed, because one’s life is not defined by the abundance of possessions."

    16 And He told them a parable, saying, "The land of a certain rich man produced a bountiful harvest.

    17 And he thought to himself, saying, 'What shall I do, for I have no place to store my crops?'

    18 Then he said, 'This is what I will do: I will tear down my barns and build larger ones, and I will store all my grain and my goods there.

  • Mark 4:31
    67%

    31 It is like a mustard seed, which, when sown on the ground, is the smallest of all the seeds on earth.

  • Luke 14:28
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    28 For which of you, wishing to build a tower, does not first sit down and calculate the cost to see if he has enough to complete it?

  • Matt 13:32
    67%

    32 Though it is the smallest of all seeds, yet when it grows, it is the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds come and perch in its branches.

  • Matt 11:28-29
    2 verses
    67%

    28 Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.

    29 Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

  • Luke 12:11
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    11 When they bring you before synagogues, rulers, and authorities, do not worry about how you will defend yourselves or what you will say.

  • Matt 6:19
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    19 Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.

  • Matt 6:8
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    8 Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.

  • Luke 12:4
    66%

    4 I tell you, my friends, do not fear those who kill the body but can do nothing more afterward.

  • Matt 16:8
    66%

    8 Aware of this, Jesus said, "You of little faith, why are you reasoning among yourselves about not having bread?

  • Luke 10:41
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    41 The Lord answered her, 'Martha, Martha, you are worried and troubled about many things.'

  • Mark 4:25
    66%

    25 For whoever has, more will be given to him; and whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.

  • 1 Pet 5:7
    66%

    7 Cast all your anxieties upon Him, because He cares for you.

  • Matt 25:45
    66%

    45 Then he will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, to the extent that you did not do it for one of the least of these, you did not do it for me.’