Anxiety — Page 2
Verses 11–20 of 43
Romans 8:38-39 KJV
“For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
Context & Meaning
Paul's catalog of potential terrors, death, life, angels, powers, past, future, is deployed to demonstrate that none of them can sever us from God's love.
Proverbs 12:25 KJV
“Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad.”
Context & Meaning
Solomon observes the physical weight anxiety places on the heart, and the equally real power of a timely word to lift it, pointing to the therapeutic role of Scripture.
Luke 12:25-26 KJV
“And which of you with taking thought can add to his stature one cubit? If ye then be not able to do that thing which is least, why take ye thought for the rest?”
Context & Meaning
Jesus uses logic to puncture anxiety, if worry cannot accomplish even a tiny change in something like height, its ability to solve larger problems is equally zero.
2 Timothy 1:7 KJV
“For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.”
Context & Meaning
Fear and anxiety do not originate in God, He gives power, love, and a sound, disciplined mind. Recognizing the spirit of fear's source helps resist its influence.
Psalm 46:10 KJV
“Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.”
Context & Meaning
The command to be still is a call to cease anxious striving and recognize that God is sovereign, the one who will ultimately be exalted regardless of current circumstances.
Philippians 4:6 KJV
“Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.”
Philippians 4:7 KJV
“And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.”
Matthew 6:25 KJV
““Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?””
Matthew 6:26 KJV
““Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?””
Matthew 6:27 KJV
““ Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?””