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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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Jeremiah 20:3
“On the next day, Pashhur released Jeremiah out of the stocks. Then Jeremiah said to him, “Yahweh has not called your name Pashhur, but Magormissabib.”
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Jeremiah 20:10
“For I have heard the defaming of many, “Terror on every side! Denounce, and we will denounce him!” say all my familiar friends, those who watch for my fall. “Perhaps he will be persuaded, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him.””
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Jeremiah 22:25
“and I would give you into the hand of those who seek your life, and into the hand of them of whom you are afraid, even into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of the Chaldeans.”
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Jeremiah 23:4
“I will set up shepherds over them, who shall feed them; and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, neither shall any be lacking,” says Yahweh.”
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Jeremiah 26:19
“Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him to death? Didn’t he fear Yahweh, and entreat the favor of Yahweh, and Yahweh relented of the disaster which he had pronounced against them? We would commit great evil against our own souls that way!””
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Jeremiah 30:5
“For Yahweh says: “We have heard a voice of trembling, of fear, and not of peace.”
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Jeremiah 30:10
“Therefore don’t you be afraid, O Jacob my servant, says Yahweh; neither be dismayed, Israel: for, behold, I will save you from afar, and your offspring from the land of their captivity. Jacob shall return, and shall be quiet and at ease, and no one shall make him afraid.”
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Jeremiah 32:39
“and I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear me forever, for their good, and of their children after them:”
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Jeremiah 32:40
“and I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from following them, to do them good; and I will put my fear in their hearts, that they may not depart from me.”
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Jeremiah 33:9
“This city shall be to me for a name of joy, for a praise and for a glory, before all the nations of the earth, which shall hear all the good that I do to them, and shall fear and tremble for all the good and for all the peace that I procure to it.’””
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Jeremiah 35:11
“But when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up into the land, we said, ‘Come, and let us go to Jerusalem for fear of the army of the Chaldeans, and for fear of the army of the Syrians; so we will dwell at Jerusalem.’””
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Jeremiah 36:16
“Now when they had heard all the words, they turned in fear one toward another, and said to Baruch, “We will surely tell the king of all these words.””
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Jeremiah 37:11
“When the army of the Chaldeans had broken up from Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh’s army,”
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Jeremiah 40:9
“Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan swore to them and to their men, saying, “Don’t be afraid to serve the Chaldeans. Dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be well with you.”
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Jeremiah 41:9
“Now the pit in which Ishmael cast all the dead bodies of the men whom he had killed, by the side of Gedaliah (the same was who which Asa the king had made for fear of Baasha king of Israel), Ishmael the son of Nethaniah filled it with those who were killed.”
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Jeremiah 42:16
“then it shall happen, that the sword, which you fear, shall overtake you there in the land of Egypt; and the famine, about which you are afraid, shall follow close behind you there in Egypt; and you shall die there.”
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Jeremiah 44:10
“They are not humbled even to this day, neither have they feared, nor walked in my law, nor in my statutes, that I set before you and before your fathers.’”
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Jeremiah 46:5
“Why have I seen it? They are dismayed and are turned backward. Their mighty ones are beaten down, have fled in haste, and don’t look back. Terror is on every side,” says Yahweh.”
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Jeremiah 46:27
““But don’t you be afraid, Jacob my servant, neither be dismayed, Israel; for, behold, I will save you from afar, and your offspring from the land of their captivity. Jacob will return, and will be quiet and at ease. No one will make him afraid.”
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Jeremiah 46:28
“Don’t be afraid, O Jacob my servant,” says Yahweh; “for I am with you; for I will make a full end of all the nations where I have driven you; but I will not make a full end of you, but I will correct you in measure, and will in no way leave you unpunished.””
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