What Does the Bible Say About Anxiety and Worry — Meaning Explained

Anxiety is addressed directly and compassionately in Scripture. In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus devoted an entire section to worry: 'Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink… Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap… yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?' (Matthew 6:25-26). He concluded, 'Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself' (Matthew 6:34). Paul wrote the classic remedy: 'Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus' (Philippians 4:6-7). Peter added, 'Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you' (1 Peter 5:7). The Bible doesn't shame anxious people — it redirects them to a faithful God who is in control and who cares deeply.