Matthew 6:27

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

`And who of you, being anxious, is able to add to his age one cubit?

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Referenced Verses

  • Eccl 3:14 : 14 I have known that all that God doth is to the age, to it nothing is to be added, and from it nothing is to be withdrawn; and God hath wrought that they do fear before Him.
  • Luke 12:25-26 : 25 and who of you, being anxious, is able to add to his age one cubit? 26 If, then, ye are not able for the least -- why for the rest are ye anxious?
  • Matt 5:36 : 36 nor by thy head mayest thou swear, because thou art not able one hair to make white or black;
  • Ps 39:5-6 : 5 Lo, handbreadths Thou hast made my days, And mine age `is' as nothing before Thee, Only, all vanity `is' every man set up. Selah. 6 Only, in an image doth each walk habitually, Only, `in' vain, they are disquieted, He heapeth up and knoweth not who gathereth them.
  • 1 Cor 12:18 : 18 and now, God did set the members each one of them in the body, according as He willed,

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Luke 12:21-31
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    96%

    21so `is' he who is treasuring up to himself, and is not rich toward God.'

    22And he said unto his disciples, `Because of this, to you I say, Be not anxious for your life, what ye may eat; nor for the body, what ye may put on;

    23the life is more than the nourishment, and the body than the clothing.

    24`Consider the ravens, that they sow not, nor reap, to which there is no barn nor storehouse, and God doth nourish them; how much better are ye than the fowls?

    25and who of you, being anxious, is able to add to his age one cubit?

    26If, then, ye are not able for the least -- why for the rest are ye anxious?

    27`Consider the lilies, how do they grow? they labour not, nor do they spin, and I say to you, not even Solomon in all his glory was arrayed as one of these;

    28and if the herbage in the field, that to-day is, and to-morrow into an oven is cast, God doth so clothe, how much more you -- ye of little faith?

    29`And ye -- seek not what ye may eat, or what ye may drink, and be not in suspense,

    30for all these things do the nations of the world seek after, and your Father hath known that ye have need of these things;

    31but, seek ye the reign of God, and all these things shall be added to you.

  • Matt 6:28-34
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    82%

    28and about clothing why are ye anxious? consider well the lilies of the field; how do they grow? they do not labour, nor do they spin;

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

    30`And if the herb of the field, that to-day is, and to-morrow is cast to the furnace, God doth so clothe -- not much more you, O ye of little faith?

    31therefore ye may not be anxious, saying, What may we eat? or, What may we drink? or, What may we put round?

    32for all these do the nations seek for, for your heavenly Father doth know that ye have need of all these;

    33but seek ye first the reign of God and His righteousness, and all these shall be added to you.

    34Be not therefore anxious for the morrow, for the morrow shall be anxious for its own things; sufficient for the day `is' the evil of it.

  • Matt 6:24-26
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    24`None is able to serve two lords, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will hold to the one, and despise the other; ye are not able to serve God and Mammon.

    25`Because of this I say to you, be not anxious for your life, what ye may eat, and what ye may drink, nor for your body, what ye may put on. Is not the life more than the nourishment, and the body than the clothing?

    26look to the fowls of the heaven, for they do not sow, nor reap, nor gather into storehouses, and your heavenly Father doth nourish them; are not ye much better than they?

  • Matt 10:28-31
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    28`And be not afraid of those killing the body, and are not able to kill the soul, but fear rather Him who is able both soul and body to destroy in gehenna.

    29`Are not two sparrows sold for an assar? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father;

    30and of you -- even the hairs of the head are all numbered;

    31be not therefore afraid, than many sparrows ye are better.

  • Luke 12:6-7
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    6`Are not five sparrows sold for two assars? and one of them is not forgotten before God,

    7but even the hairs of your head have been all numbered; therefore fear ye not, than many sparrows ye are of more value.

  • Luke 14:28
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    28`For who of you, willing to build a tower, doth not first, having sat down, count the expense, whether he have the things for completing?

  • Luke 12:15-18
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    15And he said unto them, `Observe, and beware of the covetousness, because not in the abundance of one's goods is his life.'

    16And he spake a simile unto them, saying, `Of a certain rich man the field brought forth well;

    17and he was reasoning within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have not where I shall gather together my fruits?

    18and he said, This I will do, I will take down my storehouses, and greater ones I will build, and I will gather together there all my products and my good things,

  • Matt 6:7-8
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    68%

    7`And -- praying -- ye may not use vain repetitions like the nations, for they think that in their much speaking they shall be heard,

    8be ye not therefore like to them, for your Father doth know those things that ye have need of before your asking him;

  • 1 Pet 5:7
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    7all your care having cast upon Him, because He careth for you.

  • Eccl 6:11-12
    2 verses
    67%

    11For there are many things multiplying vanity; what advantage `is' to man?

    12For who knoweth what `is' good for a man in life, the number of the days of the life of his vanity, and he maketh them as a shadow? for who declareth to man what is after him under the sun?

  • Matt 6:19-21
    3 verses
    67%

    19`Treasure not up to yourselves treasures on the earth, where moth and rust disfigure, and where thieves break through and steal,

    20but treasure up to yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth disfigure, and where thieves do not break through nor steal,

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

  • Jas 4:14
    66%

    14who do not know the thing of the morrow; for what is your life? for it is a vapour that is appearing for a little, and then is vanishing;

  • John 6:27
    66%

    27work not for the food that is perishing, but for the food that is remaining to life age-during, which the Son of Man will give to you, for him did the Father seal -- `even' God.'

  • Ps 39:6
    66%

    6Only, in an image doth each walk habitually, Only, `in' vain, they are disquieted, He heapeth up and knoweth not who gathereth them.

  • Matt 5:36
    65%

    36nor by thy head mayest thou swear, because thou art not able one hair to make white or black;

  • Phil 4:6
    65%

    6for nothing be anxious, but in everything by prayer, and by supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God;

  • Luke 24:38
    65%

    38And he said to them, `Why are ye troubled? and wherefore do reasonings come up in your hearts?

  • Luke 12:33
    64%

    33sell your goods, and give alms, make to yourselves bags that become not old, a treasure unfailing in the heavens, where thief doth not come near, nor moth destroy;

  • Deut 28:66
    64%

    66and thy life hath been hanging in suspense before thee, and thou hast been afraid by night and by day, and dost not believe in thy life;

  • Isa 2:22
    64%

    22Cease for you from man, Whose breath `is' in his nostrils, For -- in what is he esteemed?

  • Matt 16:26
    64%

    26for what is a man profited if he may gain the whole world, but of his life suffer loss? or what shall a man give as an exchange for his life?