Matthew 6:31

World English Bible (2000)

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

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  • 1 Pet 5:7 : 7 casting all your worries on him, because he cares for you.
  • Ps 37:3 : 3 Trust in Yahweh, and do good. Dwell in the land, and enjoy safe pasture.
  • Ps 55:22 : 22 Cast your burden on Yahweh, and he will sustain you. He will never allow the righteous to be moved.
  • Matt 15:33 : 33 The disciples said to him, "Where should we get so many loaves in a deserted place as to satisfy so great a multitude?"
  • Luke 12:29 : 29 Don't seek what you will eat or what you will drink; neither be anxious.
  • Lev 25:20-22 : 20 If you said, "What shall we eat the seventh year? Behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase;" 21 then I will command my blessing on you in the sixth year, and it shall bring forth fruit for the three years. 22 You shall sow the eighth year, and eat of the fruits, the old store; until the ninth year, until its fruits come in, you shall eat the old store.
  • 2 Chr 25:9 : 9 Amaziah said to the man of God, "But what shall we do for the hundred talents which I have given to the army of Israel?" The man of God answered, "Yahweh is able to give you much more than this."
  • Ps 78:18-31 : 18 They tempted God in their heart by asking food according to their desire. 19 Yes, they spoke against God. They said, "Can God prepare a table in the wilderness? 20 Behold, he struck the rock, so that waters gushed out, and streams overflowed. Can he give bread also? Will he provide flesh for his people?" 21 Therefore Yahweh heard, and was angry. A fire was kindled against Jacob, anger also went up against Israel, 22 because they didn't believe in God, and didn't trust in his salvation. 23 Yet he commanded the skies above, and opened the doors of heaven. 24 He rained down manna on them to eat, and gave them food from the sky. 25 Man ate the bread of angels. He sent them food to the full. 26 He caused the east wind to blow in the sky. By his power he guided the south wind. 27 He rained also flesh on them as the dust; winged birds as the sand of the seas. 28 He let them fall in the midst of their camp, around their habitations. 29 So they ate, and were well filled. He gave them their own desire. 30 They didn't turn from their cravings. Their food was yet in their mouths, 31 when the anger of God went up against them, killed some of the fattest of them, and struck down the young men of Israel.
  • Matt 4:4 : 4 But he answered, "It is written, 'Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.'"

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  • Matt 6:24-30
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    24 "No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other; or else he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You can't serve both God and Mammon.

    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?

  • Luke 12:22-33
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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.

    33 Sell that which you have, and give gifts to the needy. Make for yourselves purses which don't grow old, a treasure in the heavens that doesn't fail, where no thief approaches, neither moth destroys.

  • Matt 6:32-34
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    86%

    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.

    34 Therefore don't be anxious for tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Each day's own evil is sufficient.

  • 1 Tim 6:8
    78%

    8 But having food and clothing, we will be content with that.

  • Matt 6:7-11
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    78%

    7 In praying, don't use vain repetitions, as the Gentiles do; for they think that they will be heard for their much speaking.

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

    9 Pray like this: 'Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy.

    10 Let your Kingdom come. Let your will be done, as in heaven, so on earth.

    11 Give us today our daily bread.

  • Matt 6:19-21
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    75%

    19 "Don't lay up treasures for yourselves on the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal;

    20 but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consume, and where thieves don't break through and steal;

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

  • John 6:27
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    27 Don't work for the food which perishes, but for the food which remains to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For God the Father has sealed him."

  • Mark 6:36-37
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    73%

    36 Send them away, that they may go into the surrounding country and villages, and buy themselves bread, for they have nothing to eat."

    37 But he answered them, "You give them something to eat." They asked him, "Shall we go and buy two hundred denarii worth of bread, and give them something to eat?"

  • Luke 11:3
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    3 Give us day by day our daily bread.

  • Luke 12:15
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    15 He said to them, "Beware! Keep yourselves from covetousness, for a man's life doesn't consist of the abundance of the things which he possesses."

  • Mark 6:9
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    9 but to wear sandals, and not put on two tunics.

  • Matt 6:1
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    1 "Be careful that you don't do your charitable giving before men, to be seen by them, or else you have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.

  • Luke 6:30-31
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    71%

    30 Give to everyone who asks you, and don't ask him who takes away your goods to give them back again.

    31 "As you would like people to do to you, do exactly so to them.

  • Phil 4:6
    71%

    6 In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.

  • Matt 10:31
    71%

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

  • Matt 10:9
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    9 Don't take any gold, nor silver, nor brass in your money belts.

  • Matt 10:19
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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.

  • John 6:5
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    5 Jesus therefore lifting up his eyes, and seeing that a great multitude was coming to him, said to Philip, "Where are we to buy bread, that these may eat?"

  • Luke 9:3
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    3 He said to them, "Take nothing for your journey--neither staffs, nor wallet, nor bread, nor money; neither have two coats apiece.

  • Luke 22:35
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    35 He said to them, "When I sent you out without purse, and wallet, and shoes, did you lack anything?" They said, "Nothing."

  • 1 Tim 6:17
    70%

    17 Charge those who are rich in this present world that they not be haughty, nor have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on the living God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy;

  • Mark 6:31
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    31 He said to them, "You come apart into a deserted place, and rest awhile." For there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat.

  • John 6:31
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    31 Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness. As it is written, 'He gave them bread out of heaven to eat.'"