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Bible Verses About Anxiety
Scripture for worry, fear, and an unsettled mind.
26 verses · curated by hand
Joshua 1:9
"Haven’t I commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid. Don’t be dismayed, for Yahweh your God is with you wherever you go.”"
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In chapterIsaiah 41:10
"Don’t you be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness."
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In chapterPhilippians 4:7
"And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus."
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In chapterJohn 14:27
"Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you; not as the world gives, give I to you. Don't let your heart be troubled, neither let it be fearful."
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In chapterPhilippians 4:6-7
"In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus."
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In chapterDeuteronomy 31:6
"Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid or scared of them; for Yahweh your God himself is who goes with you. He will not fail you nor forsake you.”"
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In chapterPsalms 27:1
"By David. Yahweh is my light and my salvation. Whom shall I fear? Yahweh is the strength of my life. Of whom shall I be afraid?"
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In chapterPsalm 42:11
"Why are you in despair, my soul? Why are you disturbed within me? Hope in God! For I shall still praise him, the saving help of my countenance, and my God."
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In chapterMatthew 6:34
"Therefore don't be anxious for tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Each day's own evil is sufficient."
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In chapterIsaiah 26:3
"You will keep whoever's mind is steadfast in perfect peace, because he trusts in you."
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In chapterMatthew 6:25
"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?"
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In chapterJohn 14:1
"“Don’t let your heart be troubled. Believe in God. Believe also in me."
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In chapter2 Timothy 1:7
"For God didn’t give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control."
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In chapterPsalm 94:19
"In the multitude of my thoughts within me, your comforts delight my soul."
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In chapterPsalms 34:4
"I sought Yahweh, and he answered me, and delivered me from all my fears."
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In chapterPsalms 42:11
"Why are you in despair, my soul? Why are you disturbed within me? Hope in God! For I shall still praise him, the saving help of my countenance, and my God."
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In chapterIsaiah 41:13
"For I, Yahweh your God, will hold your right hand, saying to you, ‘Don’t be afraid. I will help you.’"
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In chapterMatthew 6:26
"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?"
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In chapter1 John 4:18
"There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear has punishment. He who fears is not made perfect in love."
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In chapter2 Kings 6:16
"He answered, “Don’t be afraid; for those who are with us are more than those who are with them.”"
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In chapterPsalms 34:17
"The righteous cry, and Yahweh hears, and delivers them out of all their troubles."
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In chapterPsalms 55:22
"Cast your burden on Yahweh, and he will sustain you. He will never allow the righteous to be moved."
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In chapterFrom the wider Bible
More verses about anxiety in Scripture
526 passages mentioning “fear” across WEB & KJV — beyond the curated set above.
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Proverbs 24:21
“My son, fear Yahweh and the king. Don’t join those who are rebellious:”
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Proverbs 28:14
“Blessed is the man who always fears; but one who hardens his heart falls into trouble.”
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Proverbs 29:25
“The fear of man proves to be a snare, but whoever puts his trust in Yahweh is kept safe.”
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Proverbs 31:30
“Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain; but a woman who fears Yahweh, she shall be praised.”
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Ecclesiastes 3:14
“I know that whatever God does, it shall be forever. Nothing can be added to it, nor anything taken from it; and God has done it, that men should fear before him.”
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Ecclesiastes 5:7
“For in the multitude of dreams there are vanities, as well as in many words: but you must fear God.”
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Ecclesiastes 7:18
“It is good that you should take hold of this. Yes, also from that don’t withdraw your hand; for he who fears God will come out of them all.”
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Ecclesiastes 8:12
“Though a sinner commits crimes a hundred times, and lives long, yet surely I know that it will be better with those who fear God, who are reverent before him.”
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Ecclesiastes 8:13
“But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he lengthen days like a shadow; because he doesn’t fear God.”
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Ecclesiastes 9:2
“All things come alike to all. There is one event to the righteous and to the wicked; to the good, to the clean, to the unclean, to him who sacrifices, and to him who doesn’t sacrifice. As is the good, so is the sinner; he who takes an oath, as he who fears an oath.”
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Ecclesiastes 12:5
“yes, they shall be afraid of heights, and terrors will be on the way; and the almond tree shall blossom, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail; because man goes to his everlasting home, and the mourners go about the streets:”
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Ecclesiastes 12:13
“This is the end of the matter. All has been heard. Fear God, and keep his commandments; for this is the whole duty of man.”
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Song of Solomon 3:8
“They all handle the sword, and are expert in war. Every man has his sword on his thigh, because of fear in the night.”
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Isaiah 2:10
“Enter into the rock, and hide in the dust, from before the terror of Yahweh, and from the glory of his majesty.”
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Isaiah 2:19
“Men shall go into the caves of the rocks, and into the holes of the earth, from before the terror of Yahweh, and from the glory of his majesty, when he arises to shake the earth mightily.”
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Isaiah 2:21
“To go into the caverns of the rocks, and into the clefts of the ragged rocks, from before the terror of Yahweh, and from the glory of his majesty, when he arises to shake the earth mightily.”
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Isaiah 7:4
“Tell him, ‘Be careful, and keep calm. Don’t be afraid, neither let your heart be faint because of these two tails of smoking torches, for the fierce anger of Rezin and Syria, and of the son of Remaliah.”
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Isaiah 7:25
“All the hills that were cultivated with the hoe, you shall not come there for fear of briers and thorns; but it shall be for the sending out of oxen, and for the treading of sheep.””
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Isaiah 8:12
““Don’t say, ‘A conspiracy!’ concerning all about which this people say, ‘A conspiracy!’ neither fear their threats, nor be terrorized.”
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Isaiah 8:13
“Yahweh of Armies is who you must respect as holy. He is the one you must fear. He is the one you must dread.”
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