Matthew 10:31

World English Bible (2000)

Therefore don't be afraid. You are of more value than many sparrows.

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Referenced Verses

  • Matt 6:26 : 26 See the birds of the sky, that they don't sow, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns. Your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren't you of much more value than they?
  • Matt 12:11-12 : 11 He said to them, "What man is there among you, who has one sheep, and if this one falls into a pit on the Sabbath day, won't he grab on to it, and lift it out? 12 Of how much more value then is a man than a sheep! Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath day."
  • Luke 12:24 : 24 Consider the ravens: they don't sow, they don't reap, they have no warehouse or barn, and God feeds them. How much more valuable are you than birds!
  • 1 Cor 9:9-9 : 9 For it is written in the law of Moses, "You shall not muzzle an ox while it treads out the grain." Is it for the oxen that God cares, 10 or does he say it assuredly for our sake? Yes, it was written for our sake, because he who plows ought to plow in hope, and he who threshes in hope should partake of his hope.
  • Ps 8:5 : 5 For you have made him a little lower than God, and crowned him with glory and honor.

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  • Luke 12:4-8
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    4 "I tell you, my friends, don't be afraid of those who kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.

    5 But I will warn you whom you should fear. Fear him, who after he has killed, has power to cast into Gehenna. Yes, I tell you, fear him.

    6 "Aren't five sparrows sold for two assaria coins? Not one of them is forgotten by God.

    7 But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Therefore don't be afraid. You are of more value than many sparrows.

    8 "I tell you, everyone who confesses me before men, him will the Son of Man also confess before the angels of God;

  • Matt 10:26-30
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    26 Therefore don't be afraid of them, for there is nothing covered that will not be revealed; and hidden that will not be known.

    27 What I tell you in the darkness, speak in the light; and what you hear whispered in the ear, proclaim on the housetops.

    28 Don't be afraid of those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul. Rather, fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.

    29 "Aren't two sparrows sold for an assarion coin? Not one of them falls on the ground apart from your Father's will,

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

  • Matt 6:25-33
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    25 Therefore, I tell you, don't be anxious for your life: what you will eat, or what you will drink; nor yet for your body, what you will wear. Isn't life more than food, and the body more than clothing?

    26 See the birds of the sky, that they don't sow, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns. Your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren't you of much more value than they?

    27 "Which of you, by being anxious, can add one moment to his lifespan?

    28 Why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow. They don't toil, neither do they spin,

    29 yet I tell you that even Solomon in all his glory was not dressed like one of these.

    30 But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today exists, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, won't he much more clothe you, you of little faith?

    31 "Therefore don't be anxious, saying, 'What will we eat?', 'What will we drink?' or, 'With what will we be clothed?'

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

    33 But seek first God's Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.

  • Luke 12:22-32
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    22 He said to his disciples, "Therefore I tell you, don't be anxious for your life, what you will eat, nor yet for your body, what you will wear.

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

    24 Consider the ravens: they don't sow, they don't reap, they have no warehouse or barn, and God feeds them. How much more valuable are you than birds!

    25 Which of you by being anxious can add a cubit to his height?

    26 If then you aren't able to do even the least things, why are you anxious about the rest?

    27 Consider the lilies, how they grow. They don't toil, neither do they spin; yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

    28 But if this is how God clothes the grass in the field, which today exists, and tomorrow is cast into the oven, how much more will he clothe you, O you of little faith?

    29 Don't seek what you will eat or what you will drink; neither be anxious.

    30 For the nations of the world seek after all of these things, but your Father knows that you need these things.

    31 But seek God's Kingdom, and all these things will be added to you.

    32 Don't be afraid, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the Kingdom.

  • Matt 10:32
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    32 Everyone therefore who confesses me before men, him I will also confess before my Father who is in heaven.

  • Luke 21:18
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    18 And not a hair of your head will perish.

  • Matt 18:10
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    10 See that you don't despise one of these little ones, for I tell you that in heaven their angels always see the face of my Father who is in heaven.

  • Matt 6:8
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    8 Therefore don't be like them, for your Father knows what things you need, before you ask him.

  • Matt 18:14
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    14 Even so it is not the will of your Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish.

  • Matt 10:19-20
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    19 But when they deliver you up, don't be anxious how or what you will say, for it will be given you in that hour what you will say.

    20 For it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father who speaks in you.

  • Luke 4:10
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    10 for it is written, 'He will put his angels in charge of you, to guard you;'

  • Rom 8:37
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    37 No, in all these things, we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.

  • John 10:27
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    27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.

  • John 10:29
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    29 My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all. No one is able to snatch them out of my Father's hand.

  • Matt 10:37
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    37 He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he who loves son or daughter more than me isn't worthy of me.

  • Ps 139:17
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    17 How precious to me are your thoughts, God! How vast is the sum of them!

  • Ps 34:9
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    9 Oh fear Yahweh, you his saints, for there is no lack with those who fear him.

  • Heb 13:6
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    6 So that with good courage we say, "The Lord is my helper. I will not fear. What can man do to me?"

  • 1 Pet 3:14
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    14 But even if you should suffer for righteousness' sake, you are blessed. "Don't fear what they fear, neither be troubled."

  • Matt 10:16
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    16 "Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.

  • Deut 28:26
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    26 Your dead body shall be food to all birds of the sky, and to the animals of the earth; and there shall be none to frighten them away.

  • Ps 84:3
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    3 Yes, the sparrow has found a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may have her young, near your altars, Yahweh of Armies, my King, and my God.

  • Deut 1:29
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    29 Then I said to you, "Don't dread, neither be afraid of them.