Matthew 6:31

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Therefore take no thought, saying: What shall we eate? or, what shall we drynke? or, wherewith shall we be clothed?

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  • 1 Pet 5:7 : 7 Cast all your care vpon hym, for he careth for you.
  • Ps 37:3 : 3 Put thou thy trust in God, and be doing good: dwell in the land, and feede in trueth.
  • Ps 55:22 : 22 O cast thy burthen vpon God, and he wyll vpholde thee: he wyll not suffer at any time the righteous to moue.
  • Matt 15:33 : 33 And his disciples say vnto hym: whence shoulde we get so much bread in the wyldernesse, as to suffise so great a multitude?
  • Luke 12:29 : 29 And aske not ye what ye shall eate, or what ye shall drynke, neither be ye of doubtfull mynde:
  • Lev 25:20-22 : 20 And yf ye shall say, what shall we eate the seuenth yere? for we shall not sowe, nor gather in our increase: 21 I wyll sende my blessyng vpon you in the sixt yere, and it shall bryng foorth fruite for three yeres. 22 And ye shall sowe the eyght yere, and eate yet of olde fruite vntyll the ninth yere: euen vntill her fruites come ye shall eate of olde store.
  • 2 Chr 25:9 : 9 And Amaziahu saide to the man of God: What shal we do then for the hundred talentes which I haue geuen for the hoast of Israel? The man of God aunswered: The Lorde is able to geue thee much more then they be.
  • Ps 78:18-31 : 18 And they temped god in their heartes: in requiring meate for their lust. 19 They spake against God: they said, can God prepare a table in the wildernesse? 20 Beholde, he hath smytten the stonie rocke, and waters haue gushed out, and streames haue flowed out aboundantly: but can he likewise geue bread, can he prouide fleshe for his people? 21 Wherefore God hearde them, he was wroth, a fire was kindled in Iacob: and there arose vp heauy displeasure against Israel. 22 Because they beleued not in the Lord: nor did put their trust in his saluation. 23 And yet he commaunded the cloudes aboue: and opened the doores of heauen. 24 He raigned downe Manna also vpon them, that they shoulde eate: and gaue them corne from heauen. 25 So man dyd eate the bread of angels: he sent them meate inough. 26 He remoued the east winde from vnder the heauen: and through his power he brought in the south winde. 27 He rained fleshe vpon them as thycke as dust: and fethered foules like as the sande of the sea. 28 He let it fall among their tentes: euen rounde about their pauilions. 29 So they dyd eate and were wel filled, for he gaue them their owne desire: neuerthelesse they were not alienated from their lust. 30 But whyle the meate was yet in their mouthes, the heauy wrath of God came vpon them, and slue the welthyest of them: and made the chosen men of Israel to stoupe. 31 For all this they sinned still: and beleued not his wonderous workes.
  • Matt 4:4 : 4 But he aunswered, and sayde, it is written: Man shall not lyue by breade only, but by euery worde that proceadeth out of the mouth of God.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Matt 6:24-30
    7 verses
    91%

    24No man can serue two maisters. For either he shall hate the one, & loue the other: or els leane to the one, and dispise the other. Ye can not serue God, and mammon.

    25Therfore I say vnto you, be not carefull for your lyfe, what ye shall eate, or drynke: nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the lyfe more worth then meate? & the body then rayment?

    26Beholde the fowles of the ayre: For they sowe not, neither do they reape, nor cary into the barnes: yet your heauenly father feedeth them. Are ye not much better then they?

    27Which of you, by takyng of carefull thought, can adde one cubite vnto his stature?

    28And why care ye for rayment? Learne of the Lylies of the fielde, howe they growe. They weery not them selues with labour, neither do they spinne:

    29And yet I say vnto you, that euen Solomon in all his royaltie, was not arayed lyke one of these.

    30Wherfore, yf God so clothe the grasse of the fielde, which though it stande to day, is to morowe cast into the ouen: shall he not much more do the same for you, O ye of litle fayth?

  • Luke 12:22-33
    12 verses
    87%

    22And he spake vnto his disciples: Therfore I say vnto you, take no thought for your lyfe, what ye shall eate, neither for the body what ye shall put on.

    23The lyfe is more then meate, and the body is more then rayment.

    24Consider the Rauens, for they neither sowe nor reape, whiche neither haue storehouse nor barne, and God feedeth them: Howe much more are ye better then fethered fowles?

    25Which of you, with takyng thought, can adde to his stature one cubite?

    26If ye then be not able to do that thing which is least: why take ye thought for the remnaunt?

    27Consider the Lylies how they growe, they labour not, they spinne not: and yet I say vnto you, that Solomon in al his royaltie was not clothed lyke one of these.

    28If God so clothe the grasse, whiche is to daye in the fielde, and to morowe is cast into the furnasse, howe much more wyll he clothe you, O ye of litle fayth?

    29And aske not ye what ye shall eate, or what ye shall drynke, neither be ye of doubtfull mynde:

    30For all suche thynges do the Heathen people of the worlde seke for: and your father knoweth that ye haue neede of these thynges.

    31But rather seke ye after ye kyngdome of God, and all these thinges shalbe ministred vnto you.

    32Feare not litle flocke, for it is your fathers pleasure to geue you a kyngdome.

    33Sell that ye haue, and geue almes: and prepare you bagges whiche waxe not olde, euen a treasure that fayleth not in heauen, where no thiefe cometh, neither moth corrupteth.

  • Matt 6:32-34
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    86%

    32(For after all these thynges, do the Gentiles seke:) for your heauenly father knoweth, that ye haue nede of all these thynges.

    33But rather, seke ye first the kyngdome of God, and his ryghteousnesse, and all these thynges shalbe ministred vnto you.

    34Care not then for the morowe: for the morowe shall care for it selfe. Sufficient vnto the day, is the euyll therof.

  • 1 Tim 6:8
    78%

    8But hauyng foode and rayment, we must therwith be content.

  • Matt 6:7-11
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    78%

    7But when ye pray, babble not much, as the heathen do. For they thynke it wyl come to passe, that they shalbe heard, for theyr much bablinges sake.

    8Be not ye therfore lyke vnto them. For your father knoweth, what thynges ye haue nede of, before ye aske of hym.

    9After this maner therfore pray ye. O our father, which art in heauen, halowed be thy name.

    10Let thy kyngdome come. Thy wyll be done, as well in earth, as it is in heauen.

    11Geue vs this day our dayly breade.

  • Matt 6:19-21
    3 verses
    75%

    19Hoorde not vp for your selues, treasures vpon earth, where the moth and rust doth corrupt, and where theeues breake through, and steale.

    20But laye vp for you, treasures in heauen, where neyther moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where theeues do not breake through, nor steale.

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

  • John 6:27
    74%

    27Labour not for the meate whiche perisheth, but for that whiche endureth vnto euerlastyng lyfe, which meate the sonne of man shall geue vnto you: For hym hath God the father sealed.

  • Mark 6:36-37
    2 verses
    73%

    36Let them departe, that they may go into the countrey rounde about, and into the townes, and bye them bread: for they haue nothyng to eate.

    37He aunswered and sayde vnto them: geue ye them to eate. And they saide vnto him: Shall we go and bye two hundred penyworth of bread, & geue them to eate?

  • Luke 11:3
    72%

    3Our dayly breade geue vs this day.

  • Luke 12:15
    72%

    15And he sayde vnto them, Take heede & beware of couetousnes: For no mans lyfe standeth in the aboundaunce of the thynges which he possesseth.

  • Mark 6:9
    72%

    9But shoulde be shoed with sandales: And that they shoulde not put on two coates.

  • Matt 6:1
    72%

    1Take heede to your almes, that ye geue it not in the sight of men, to the intente that ye woulde be sene of the, or els ye haue no rewarde of your father, which is in heauen.

  • Luke 6:30-31
    2 verses
    71%

    30Geue to euery man that asketh of thee: And of hym that taketh away thy goodes, aske them not agayne.

    31And as ye woulde that men shoulde do to you, do ye also to them lykewyse.

  • Phil 4:6
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    6Be carefull for nothyng: but in all thynges, let your petition be manifest vnto God, in prayer and supplication with geuyng of thankes.

  • Matt 10:31
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    31Feare ye not therefore, ye are of more value then many sparowes.

  • Matt 10:9
    71%

    9Possesse not golde, nor syluer, nor brasse in your purses,

  • Matt 10:19
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    19But whe they delyuer you vp, take ye no thought, how or what ye shal speake. For it shalbe geuen you, euen in that same houre, what ye shall speake.

  • John 6:5
    71%

    5When Iesus then lyft vp his eyes, and sawe a great company come vnto him, he saith vnto Philip: Whence shal we bye bread, that these may eate?

  • Luke 9:3
    70%

    3And he saide vnto the: Take nothing to your iourney, neither staues, nor scrippe, neither bread, neither money, neither haue two coates.

  • Luke 22:35
    70%

    35And he said vnto them: When I sent you without wallet, and scrippe, and shoes, lacked ye any thyng? And they sayde, no.

  • 1 Tim 6:17
    70%

    17Charge them which are riche in this world, that they be not hie minded, nor trust in vncertayne riches: but in ye lyuyng God, which geueth vs aboundauntly all thinges to enioy:

  • Mark 6:31
    70%

    31And he sayde vnto them: Come ye alone out of the way, into ye wyldernesse, and rest awhyle: For there were many commers and goers, and they had no leysure, so much as to eate.

  • John 6:31
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    31Our fathers dyd eate Manna in the desert, as it is written: He gaue them bread from heauen to eate.