10 Bible Verses That Help When You Have Worries, Anxieties, or Fearful Thoughts

I would like to share here 10 Bible verses posted on CrossWalk.com that are helpful when we have worries, anxieties, or fearful thoughts. Besides the verses below, the Bible repeatedly exhorts us through many passages not to have worries, anxieties, or fearful thoughts in our hearts. Therefore, apart from the fear of God, that is, reverence toward God (Matthew 10:28, Exodus 1:15-21), we must cast away, in the name of Jesus, every fear, worry, and anxiety concerning all other things.

Isaiah 43:1 "But now, this is what the LORD says— he who created you, Jacob, he who formed you, Israel: 'Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have summoned you by name; you are mine.'"

Matthew 6:25-27 "25Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? 26Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? 27Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life?"

Psalm 27:1 "The Lord is my light and my salvation—whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life—of whom shall I be afraid?"

Psalm 56:3 "When I am afraid, I put my trust in You."

John 14:27 "Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid."

Joshua 1:9 "Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go."

I Peter 5:7 "Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you."

Romans 8:31 "What, then, shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?"