The best Bible verses for worry (NIV) include passages about God's love, strength, and guidance. This page features 15+ carefully curated Scripture passages for worry (NIV), each selected for its relevance and depth. Read, save, and share the perfect verse for your situation.
"But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well."Matthew 6:33
"But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well."Matthew 6:33
"Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will."Romans 12:2
"Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud."1 Corinthians 13:4
"And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love."1 Corinthians 13:13
"For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline."2 Timothy 1:7
"“Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.”"Psalms 46:10
"But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,"Galatians 5:22
"Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us."Hebrews 12:1
"For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—"Ephesians 2:8
"but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint."Isaiah 40:31
Translations differ in what they optimise for. Some follow the original wording closely at the cost of a natural English sentence; others read smoothly and make interpretive choices to get there. Neither is wrong, but they produce noticeably different verses.
Each of the 15 verses below is shown in the translation you asked for, and every verse links to a page comparing all six side by side — which is usually the fastest way to see where the translators disagreed.
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The most-cited Bible verses for worry (NIV) are Matthew 6:33, Romans 12:2, 1 Corinthians 13:4. This page collects 15 of them, each with its full passage, context and the text in six translations.
Read the verse in its surrounding passage before you use it — a verse that fits in isolation sometimes says something different in context. Compare two translations where the wording is unclear, and pick for the person who will read it rather than for the theme.
Scripture returns to worry (NIV) across both testaments rather than settling it in one passage, which is why the verses on this page do not all say the same thing. Read together they give a fuller answer than any single verse does.
There is no single best translation. The NIV and NLT read most naturally and communicate well to someone outside the church; the ESV and NASB stay closer to the original wording; the KJV carries the phrasing most people recognise. Every verse here links to a page showing all six side by side.
More than any page can list. This one carries the 15 that are most often turned to for worry (NIV), chosen so each stands on its own and links through to the full chapter it belongs to.