'Anxiety' in the Bible
“I will put anxiety in the hearts of those of you who survive in the lands of their enemies. The sound of a wind-driven leaf will put them to flight, and they will flee as one flees from a sword, and fall though no one is pursuing them.
In the morning you will say, ‘I wish it were evening!’ and in the evening you will say, ‘I wish it were morning!’—because of the dread in your heart with which you tremble, and because of the sight of your eyes which you will see.
But in fact, we have done this because of anxiety, because of a reason, saying, 'In the future your children may say to our children, '{What is the relationship between you and Yahweh the God of Israel}?
David answered Gad, “I have great anxiety. Please, let us fall into the Lord’s hands because His mercies are great, but don’t let me fall into human hands.”
David answered Gad, “I’m in anguish. Please, let me fall into the Lord’s hands because His mercies are very great, but don’t let me fall into human hands.”
I am numb with pain and severely battered; I groan loudly because of the anxiety I feel.
For I confess my iniquity;I am full of anxiety because of my sin.
my anxiety intensified. As I thought about it, I became impatient. Finally I spoke these words:
Because of the anxiety that makes me groan, my bones protrude from my skin.
Anxiety in a man’s heart weighs it down,but a good word cheers it up.
What does a man acquire from all his labor and from the anxiety that accompanies his toil on earth?
Banish anxiety from your heart, and put away pain from your body, for youth and vigor [are] vanity.
When one looks out over the land, he sees distress and darkness, gloom and anxiety, darkness and people forced from the land.
When the Lord gives you relief from your suffering and anxiety, and from the hard labor which you were made to perform,
In little more than a yearYou will tremble [with anxiety], you unsuspecting and complacent women;For the vintage has ended,And the harvest will not come.
For I heard a voice like an ill woman, anxiety like [a woman who] bears her first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion. She is gasping for breath, she is spreading out her hands: "Woe is me, for I am becoming tired before killers."
We have heard news of it, our hands grow slack, anxiety has grasped us, pain as a [woman who] gives birth.
About Damascus:Hamath and Arpad are put to shame,for they have heard a bad report and are agitated;in the sea there is anxiety that cannot be calmed.
Damascus has grown slack. She has turned away to flee and panic. Anxiety has seized [her], and labor pains have grasped her, like a woman in labor.
The king of Babylon heard their report and his hands grew slack. Anxiety has seized him, fear and pain like the [woman who] gives birth.
And he said unto me, Son of man, behold, I break the staff of bread in Jerusalem; and they shall eat bread by weight, and with anxiety; and they shall drink water by measure, and with astonishment:
“Son of man, eat your bread with trembling and drink your water with shaking and anxiety.
Then say to the people of the land: This is what the Lord God says about the residents of Jerusalem in the land of Israel: They will eat their bread with anxiety and drink their water in dread, for their land will be stripped of everything in it because of the violence of all who live there.
Then one who appeared to be a human being was touching my lips. I opened my mouth and started to speak, saying to the one who was standing before me, "Sir, due to the vision, anxiety has gripped me and I have no strength.
The residents of Samaria will have anxietyover the calf of Beth-aven.Indeed, its idolatrous priests rejoiced over it;the people will mourn over it,over its glory.It will certainly depart from them.
But when they have delivered you up, have no anxiety as to how you shall speak or what you shall say; for at that very time it shall be given you what to say;
'And that sown toward the thorns, this is he who is hearing the word, and the anxiety of this age, and the deceitfulness of the riches, do choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.
and if this be heard by the governor, we will persuade him, and you keep free from anxiety.'
And ye, seek not what ye shall eat or what ye shall drink, and be not in anxiety;
There will be signs in the sun, moon, and stars; and on the earth anxiety of nations, in perplexity for the roaring of the sea and the waves;
And so far as I myself was concerned, I came to you in conscious feebleness and in fear and in deep anxiety.
And I wish you to be without anxiety; the unmarried is anxious for the things of the Lord, how he shall please the Lord;
that there may be no division in the body, but that the members may have the same anxiety for one another,
For I wrote to you out of great distress and with an anguished heart, and with many tears, not to cause you sorrow but to make you realize the [overflowing] love which I have especially for you.
His affection is greater than ever as he remembers the obedience [to his guidance] that all of you exhibited, and how you received him with the greatest respect.
Besides everything else, I have a daily burden because of my anxiety about all the churches.
Slaves, be obedient to your earthly masters, with respect and eager anxiety to please and with simplicity of motive as if you were obeying Christ.
Therefore I am all the more eager to send him, so that when you see him again you can rejoice and I can be free from anxiety.
Do not be anxious or worried about anything, but in everything [every circumstance and situation] by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, continue to make your [specific] requests known to God.
casting all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you.