Matthew 6:27

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

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  • Eccl 3:14 : 14 I know that everything God does will endure forever; nothing can be added to it nor taken from it. God does this so that people will fear Him.
  • Luke 12:25-26 : 25 Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life? 26 If then you cannot do even a very little thing, why do you worry about the rest?
  • Matt 5:36 : 36 And do not swear by your head, because you cannot make even one hair white or black.
  • Ps 39:5-6 : 5 LORD, let me know my end and the number of my days, so I may understand how fleeting my life is. 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.
  • 1 Cor 12:18 : 18 But now God has arranged the members, each one of them, in the body just as He desired.

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  • Luke 12:21-31
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    96%

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

    22Then 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.

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

    24Consider 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!

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

    26If then you cannot do even a very little thing, why do you worry about the rest?

    27Consider 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.

    28If 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!

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

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

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

  • Matt 6:28-34
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    28Why do you worry about clothing? Observe the lilies of the field and how they grow. They do not toil or spin.

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

    30If 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?

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

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

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

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

  • Matt 6:24-26
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    81%

    24No 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.

    25Therefore, 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?

    26Look 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?

  • Matt 10:28-31
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    28Do 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.

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

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

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

  • Luke 12:6-7
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    6Are not five sparrows sold for two small coins? Yet not one of them is forgotten before God.

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

  • Luke 14:28
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    28For 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?

  • Luke 12:15-18
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    15Then 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."

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

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

    18Then 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.

  • Matt 6:7-8
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    7And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like the pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words.

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

  • 1 Pet 5:7
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    7Cast all your anxieties upon Him, because He cares for you.

  • Eccl 6:11-12
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    11The more words, the more meaningless—and what advantage does that bring to anyone?

    12For who knows what is good for a person in life, during the few days of their fleeting life? They pass like a shadow. Who can tell them what will happen under the sun after they are gone?

  • Matt 6:19-21
    3 verses
    67%

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

    20But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moths nor rust destroy, and where thieves do not break in or steal.

    21For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

  • Jas 4:14
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    14Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.

  • John 6:27
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    27'Do not work for food that perishes, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on him, God the Father has set his seal of approval.'

  • Ps 39:6
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    6Behold, You have made my days a few handbreadths, and my lifetime is as nothing before You. Surely, every man is but a breath. Selah.

  • Matt 5:36
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    36And do not swear by your head, because you cannot make even one hair white or black.

  • Phil 4:6
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    6Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.

  • Luke 24:38
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    38He said to them, "Why are you troubled, and why do doubts arise in your hearts?"

  • Luke 12:33
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    33Sell 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.

  • Deut 28:66
    64%

    66Your life will hang in doubt before you. You will be filled with fear night and day, and you will not be sure of your life.

  • Isa 2:22
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    22Stop trusting in man, who has but a breath in his nostrils. Of what account is he?

  • Matt 16:26
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    26For what will it profit a person to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul? Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul?