Matthew 6:28

Geneva Bible (1560)

And why care ye for raiment? Learne howe the lilies of the fielde doe growe: they are not wearied, neither spinne:

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  • Matt 6:25 : 25 Therefore I say vnto you, be not carefull for your life, what ye shall eate, or what ye shall drinke: nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more worth then meate? and the bodie then raiment?
  • Matt 6:31 : 31 Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eate? or what shall we drinke? or where with shall we be clothed?
  • Luke 12:27 : 27 Consider the lilies howe they growe: they labour not, neither spin they: yet I say vnto you, that Solomon himselfe in all his royaltie was not clothed like one of these.
  • Luke 22:35-36 : 35 And he saide vnto them, When I sent you without bagge, and scrip, and shooes, lacked ye any thing? And they said, Nothing. 36 Then he said to them, But nowe he that hath a bagge, let him take it, and likewise a scrip: and hee that hath none, let him sell his coate, and buy a sworde.
  • Phil 4:6 : 6 Be nothing carefull, but in all thinges let your requestes be shewed vnto God in praier, and supplication with giuing of thankes.
  • Matt 10:10 : 10 Nor a scrippe for the iourney, neither two coates, neither shoes, nor a staffe: for the workeman is worthie of his meate.
  • Luke 3:11 : 11 And he answered, and said vnto them, He that hath two coates, let him part with him that hath none: and hee that hath meate, let him doe likewise.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Luke 12:22-31
    10 verses
    91%

    22And he spake vnto his disciples, Therefore I say vnto you, Take no thought for your life, what yee shall eate: neither for your body, what yee shall put on.

    23The life is more then meate: and the body more then the raiment.

    24Consider the rauens: for they neither sowe nor reape: which neither haue storehouse nor barne, & yet God feedeth them: how much more are yee better then foules?

    25And which of you with taking thought, can adde to his stature one cubite?

    26If yee then bee not able to doe the least thing, why take yee thought for the remnant?

    27Consider the lilies howe they growe: they labour not, neither spin they: yet I say vnto you, that Solomon himselfe in all his royaltie was not clothed like one of these.

    28If then God so clothe the grasse which is to day in the field, and to morowe is cast into the ouen, howe much more will he clothe you, O yee of litle faith?

    29Therefore aske not what yee shall eate, or what ye shal drinke, neither hag you in suspense.

    30For all such things the people of the world seeke for: and your Father knoweth that ye haue neede of these things.

    31But rather seeke ye after the kingdome of God, and all these things shalbe cast vpon you.

  • Matt 6:29-34
    6 verses
    84%

    29Yet I say vnto you, that euen Solomon in all his glorie was not arayed like one of these.

    30Wherefore if God so clothe the grasse of the fielde which is to day, and to morowe is cast into the ouen, shall he not doe much more vnto you, O ye of litle faith?

    31Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eate? or what shall we drinke? or where with shall we be clothed?

    32(For after all these things seeke the Gentiles) for your heauenly Father knoweth, that ye haue neede of all these things.

    33But seeke ye first the kingdome of God, and his righteousnesse, and all these things shall be ministred vnto you.

    34Care not then for the morowe: for the morowe shall care for it selfe: the day hath ynough with his owne griefe.

  • Matt 6:25-27
    3 verses
    83%

    25Therefore I say vnto you, be not carefull for your life, what ye shall eate, or what ye shall drinke: nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more worth then meate? and the bodie then raiment?

    26Behold the foules of the heauen: for they sowe not, neither reape, nor carie into the barnes: yet your heauenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better then they?

    27Which of you by taking care is able to adde one cubite vnto his stature?

  • Matt 6:19-20
    2 verses
    70%

    19Lay not vp treasures for your selues vpon the earth, where the mothe & canker corrupt, and where theeues digge through and steale.

    20But lay vp treasures for your selues in heauen, where neither the mothe nor canker corrupteth, & where theeues neither digge through, nor steale.

  • Matt 6:7-8
    2 verses
    68%

    7Also when ye pray, vse no vaine repetitions as the Heathen: for they thinke to be heard for their much babbling.

    8Be ye not like them therefore: for your Father knoweth whereof ye haue neede, before ye aske of him.

  • Luke 12:6-7
    2 verses
    68%

    6Are not fiue sparowes bought for two farthings, and yet not one of them is forgotten before God?

    7Yea, and all the heares of your head are nombred: feare not therefore: yee are more of value then many sparowes.

  • Matt 10:29-31
    3 verses
    68%

    29Are not two sparrowes sold for a farthing, and one of them shal not fal on the ground without your Father?

    30Yea, and all the heares of your head are nombred.

    31Feare ye not therefore, yee are of more value then many sparowes.

  • 1 Tim 6:8
    68%

    8Therefore when wee haue foode and raiment, let vs therewith be content.

  • Mark 6:9
    68%

    9But that they should be shod with sandals, & that they should not put on two coates.

  • Luke 7:25
    68%

    25But what went ye out to see? A man clothed in soft rayment? Beholde, they which are gorgeously apparelled, and liue delicately, are in Kings courtes.

  • Luke 12:15-17
    3 verses
    68%

    15Wherefore he said vnto them, Take heede, and beware of couetousnesse: for though a man haue abundance, yet his life standeth not in his riches.

    16And he put foorth a parable vnto them, saying, The grounde of a certaine riche man brought foorth fruites plenteously.

    17Therefore he thought with himselfe, saying, What shall I doe, because I haue no roume, where I may lay vp my fruites?

  • Matt 11:8
    68%

    8But what went ye out to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? Behold, they that weare soft clothing, are in Kings houses.

  • Ps 129:7
    67%

    7Whereof the mower filleth not his hand, neither the glainer his lap:

  • Luke 12:33
    67%

    33Sell that ye haue, and giue almes: make you bagges, which waxe not old, a treasure that can neuer faile in heauen, where no theefe commeth, neither mothe corrupteth.

  • Luke 8:14
    67%

    14And that which fell among thornes, are they which haue heard, and after their departure are choked with cares and with riches, and voluptuous liuing, and bring forth no fruite.

  • Jas 1:11
    67%

    11For as when the sunne riseth with heate, then the grasse withereth, and his flower falleth away, and the goodly shape of it perisheth: euen so shall the rich man wither away in all his waies.

  • Mark 13:16
    66%

    16And let him that is in the fielde, not turne backe againe to take his garment.

  • Mark 4:26-27
    2 verses
    66%

    26Also he said, So is the kingdome of God, as if a man should cast seede in the ground,

    27And shoulde sleepe, and rise vp night and day, and the seede should spring and growe vp, he not knowing howe.

  • Prov 23:4
    66%

    4Trauaile not too much to be rich: but cease from thy wisdome.

  • Jas 4:14
    66%

    14(And yet ye cannot tell what shalbe to morowe. For what is your life? It is euen a vapour that appeareth for a litle time, and afterward vanisheth away)

  • Prov 27:25
    66%

    25The hey discouereth it selfe, and the grasse appeareth, and the herbes of the mountaines are gathered.

  • Luke 9:3
    66%

    3And he sayd to them, Take nothing to your iourney, neither staues, nor scrip, neither bread, nor siluer, neither haue two coates apiece.

  • Matt 24:18
    66%

    18And he that is in the fielde, let not him returne backe to fetch his clothes.

  • Luke 5:36
    66%

    36Againe he spake also vnto them a parable, No man putteth a piece of a newe garment into an olde vesture: for then the newe renteth it, and the piece taken out of the newe, agreeth not with the olde.

  • Matt 13:6
    66%

    6And when the sunne was vp, they were parched, and for lacke of rooting, withered away.

  • Mark 4:32
    66%

    32But after that it is sowen, it groweth vp, and is greatest of all herbes, and beareth great branches, so that the foules of heauen may builde vnder the shadow of it.