Matthew 6:27

KJV1611 – Modern English

Which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature?

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  • Eccl 3:14 : 14 I know that whatever God does, it shall be forever: nothing can be added to it, nor anything taken from it: and God does it, that men should fear before him.
  • Luke 12:25-26 : 25 And which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature? 26 If you then are not able to do the least thing, why are you anxious about the rest?
  • Matt 5:36 : 36 Nor shall you swear by your head, because you cannot make one hair white or black.
  • Ps 39:5-6 : 5 Behold, you have made my days as a handbreadth; and my age is as nothing before you: truly every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah. 6 Surely every man walks in a vain show: surely they are troubled in vain: he heaps up riches, and does not know who shall gather them.
  • 1 Cor 12:18 : 18 But now God has set the members, each one of them, in the body as He pleased.

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  • Luke 12:21-31
    11 verses
    96%

    21So is he that lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.

    22And he said to his disciples, Therefore I say to you, Do not be anxious for your life, what you shall eat; nor for the body, what you shall wear.

    23Life is more than food, and the body more than clothes.

    24Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; they have neither storehouse nor barn; and God feeds them: how much more are you better than the birds?

    25And which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature?

    26If you then are not able to do the least thing, why are you anxious about the rest?

    27Consider the lilies how they grow: they do not labor, they do not spin; and yet I say to you, that Solomon in all his glory was not dressed like one of these.

    28If then God so clothes the grass, which today is in the field and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, how much more will he clothe you, O you of little faith?

    29And do not seek what you shall eat, or what you shall drink, nor be of anxious mind.

    30For all these things do the nations of the world seek after: and your Father knows that you need these things.

    31But rather seek the kingdom of God; and all these things shall be added to you.

  • Matt 6:28-34
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    82%

    28And why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they neither toil nor spin,

    29and yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

    30Therefore, if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?

    31Therefore do not worry, saying, What shall we eat? or What shall we drink? or What shall we wear?

    32For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.

    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 its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.

  • Matt 6:24-26
    3 verses
    81%

    24No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.

    25Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing?

    26Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?

  • Matt 10:28-31
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    70%

    28And do not fear those who kill the body, but cannot kill the soul: but rather fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

    29Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? And not one of them falls to the ground apart from your Father.

    30But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.

    31Therefore, do not fear; you are of more value than many sparrows.

  • Luke 12:6-7
    2 verses
    69%

    6Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies, and not one of them is forgotten before God?

    7But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Do not fear therefore: you are of more value than many sparrows.

  • Luke 14:28
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    28For which of you, intending to build a tower, does not sit down first and count the cost, whether he has enough to finish it?

  • Luke 12:15-18
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    15And he said to them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life does not consist in the abundance of the things which he possesses.

    16And he spoke a parable to them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully.

    17And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room to store my crops?

    18And he said, This is what I will do: I will pull down my barns, and build larger ones; and there I will store all my crops and my goods.

  • Matt 6:7-8
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    7But when you pray, do not use vain repetitions, as the heathens do, for they think that they will be heard for their many words.

    8Therefore do not be like them, for your Father knows what things you need before you ask Him.

  • 1 Pet 5:7
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    7Casting all your care upon Him; for He cares for you.

  • Eccl 6:11-12
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    11Since there are many things that increase vanity, what advantage does man have?

    12For who knows what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spends as a shadow? For who can tell a man what will be after him under the sun?

  • Matt 6:19-21
    3 verses
    67%

    19Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal,

    20but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal.

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

  • Jas 4:14
    66%

    14Whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away.

  • John 6:27
    66%

    27Do not labor for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to everlasting life, which the Son of Man shall give to you: for him God the Father has sealed.

  • Ps 39:6
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    6Surely every man walks in a vain show: surely they are troubled in vain: he heaps up riches, and does not know who shall gather them.

  • Matt 5:36
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    36Nor shall you swear by your head, because you cannot make one hair white or black.

  • Phil 4:6
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    6Be anxious for nothing; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.

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

  • Luke 12:33
    64%

    33Sell what you have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags that do not grow old, a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approaches, nor moth destroys.

  • Deut 28:66
    64%

    66And your life shall hang in doubt before you; and you shall fear day and night, and shall have no assurance of your life:

  • Isa 2:22
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    22Cease from man, whose breath is in his nostrils; for how much is he to be accounted of?

  • Matt 16:26
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    26For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?