Matthew 6:31

Geneva Bible (1560)

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

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  • 1 Pet 5:7 : 7 Cast all your care on him: for he careth for you.
  • Ps 37:3 : 3 Trust thou in the Lord & do good: dwell in the land, and thou shalt be fed assuredly.
  • Ps 55:22 : 22 Cast thy burden vpon the Lorde, and hee shall nourish thee: he wil not suffer the righteous to fall for euer.
  • Matt 15:33 : 33 And his disciples saide vnto him, Whence should we get so much bread in the wildernes, as should suffice so great a multitude!
  • Luke 12:29 : 29 Therefore aske not what yee shall eate, or what ye shal drinke, neither hag you in suspense.
  • Lev 25:20-22 : 20 And if ye shall say, What shall we eate the seuenth yeere, for we shall not sowe, nor gather in our increase? 21 I will sende my blessing vpon you in the sixt yeere, and it shall bring foorth fruite for three yeeres. 22 And ye shall sowe the eight yeere, & eate of the olde fruite vntill the ninth yeere: vntill the fruite thereof come, ye shall eate the olde.
  • 2 Chr 25:9 : 9 And Amaziah sayde to the man of God, What shal we doe then for the hundreth talents, which I haue giuen to the hoste of Israel? Then the man of God answered, The Lorde is able to giue thee more then this.
  • Ps 78:18-31 : 18 And tempted God in their heartes in requiring meate for their lust. 19 They spake against God also, saying, Can God prepare a table in the wildernesse? 20 Behold, he smote the rocke, that the water gushed out, and the streames ouerflowed: can hee giue bread also? or prepare flesh for his people? 21 Therefore the Lord heard and was angrie, and the fire was kindled in Iaakob, & also wrath came vpon Israel, 22 Because they beleeued not in God, and trusted not in his helpe. 23 Yet he had comanded the clouds aboue, and had opened the doores of heauen, 24 And had rained downe MAN vpon them for to eate, and had giuen them of the wheate of heauen. 25 Man did eate the bread of Angels: hee sent them meate ynough. 26 He caused the Eastwinde to passe in the heauen, and through his power he brought in the Southwinde. 27 Hee rained flesh also vpon them as dust, and feathered foule as the sand of the sea. 28 And hee made it fall in the middes of their campe euen round about their habitations. 29 So they did eate and were well filled: for he gaue them their desire. 30 They were not turned from their lust, but the meate was yet in their mouthes, 31 When the wrath of God came euen vpon them, and slew the strongest of them, and smote downe the chosen men in Israel.
  • Matt 4:4 : 4 But he answering said, It is written, Man shall not liue by bread onely, but by euery worde that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.

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  • Matt 6:24-30
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    24 No man can serue two masters: for eyther he shall hate the one, and loue the other, or els he shall leane to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serue God and riches.

    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?

    26 Behold 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?

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

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

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

    30 Wherefore 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?

  • Luke 12:22-33
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    22 And 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.

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

    24 Consider 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?

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

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

    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.

    28 If 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?

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

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

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

    32 Feare not, litle flocke: for it is your Fathers pleasure, to giue you the kingdome.

    33 Sell 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.

  • Matt 6:32-34
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    32 (For after all these things seeke the Gentiles) for your heauenly Father knoweth, that ye haue neede of all these things.

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

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

  • 1 Tim 6:8
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    8 Therefore when wee haue foode and raiment, let vs therewith be content.

  • Matt 6:7-11
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    7 Also when ye pray, vse no vaine repetitions as the Heathen: for they thinke to be heard for their much babbling.

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

    9 After this maner therefore pray ye, Our father which art in heauen, halowed be thy name.

    10 Thy Kingdome come. Thy will be done euen in earth, as it is in heauen.

    11 Giue vs this day our dayly bread.

  • Matt 6:19-21
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    19 Lay not vp treasures for your selues vpon the earth, where the mothe & canker corrupt, and where theeues digge through and steale.

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

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

  • John 6:27
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    27 Labour not for ye meate which perisheth, but for the meate that endureth vnto euerlasting life, which the Sonne of man shal giue vnto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.

  • Mark 6:36-37
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    36 Let them depart, that they may goe into the countrey and townes about, and buy them bread: for they haue nothing to eate.

    37 But he answered, and said vnto them, Giue yee them to eate; they said vnto him, Shall we goe, and buy two hundreth peny worth of bread, and giue them to eate?

  • Luke 11:3
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    3 Our dayly bread giue vs for the day:

  • Luke 12:15
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    15 Wherefore he said vnto them, Take heede, and beware of couetousnesse: for though a man haue abundance, yet his life standeth not in his riches.

  • Mark 6:9
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    9 But that they should be shod with sandals, & that they should not put on two coates.

  • Matt 6:1
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    1 Take heede that ye giue not your almes before men, to be seene of them, or els ye shall haue no reward of your Father which is in heaue.

  • Luke 6:30-31
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    30 Giue to euery man that asketh of thee: and of him that taketh away the things that be thine, aske them not againe.

    31 And as ye would that men should doe to you, so doe ye to them likewise.

  • Phil 4:6
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    6 Be nothing carefull, but in all thinges let your requestes be shewed vnto God in praier, and supplication with giuing of thankes.

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

  • Matt 10:9
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    9 Possesse not golde, nor siluer, nor money in your girdels,

  • Matt 10:19
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    19 But when they deliuer you vp, take no thought howe or what ye shall speake: for it shall be giuen you in that houre, what ye shall say.

  • John 6:5
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    5 Then Iesus lift vp his eyes, and seeing that a great multitude came vnto him, hee sayde vnto Philippe, Whence shall we buy breade, that these might eate?

  • Luke 9:3
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    3 And he sayd to them, Take nothing to your iourney, neither staues, nor scrip, neither bread, nor siluer, neither haue two coates apiece.

  • Luke 22:35
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    35 And he saide vnto them, When I sent you without bagge, and scrip, and shooes, lacked ye any thing? And they said, Nothing.

  • 1 Tim 6:17
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    17 Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not high minded, & that they trust not in vncertaine riches, but in the liuing God, (which giueth vs aboundatly, all things to enioy)

  • Mark 6:31
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    31 And he sayd vnto them, Come ye apart into the wildernes, & rest a while: for there were many commers and goers, that they had not leasure to eate.

  • John 6:31
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    31 Our fathers did eate Manna in the desart, as it is written, Hee gaue them bread from heauen to eate.