Bible Verses About Prayers for Anxiety
Scriptures that guide prayer during anxious moments.
Interceding for a troubled mind is one of the most powerful ways to experience the transformative power of God’s presence. When you bring your anxiety specifically before the throne of grace, you are trading your limited perspective for His infinite wisdom. By combining your requests with a heart of gratitude, you open a channel for the peace of God to guard your heart and mind. Trust that the Father hears every whisper of your soul and is already moving to sustain you in His love.
Key Passages
"¶ Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding."
"Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you."
"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?"
"Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved."
"Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God."
"¶ Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:"
"Pray without ceasing."
"Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him."
"Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving;"
"Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;"
"And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;"
"And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;"
"Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were."
"Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be for my comfort, according to thy word unto thy servant."
"Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you."
"And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ."
"Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have free course, and be glorified, even as it is with you:"
"And Hannah prayed, and said, My heart rejoiceth in the LORD, mine horn is exalted in the LORD: my mouth is enlarged over mine enemies; because I rejoice in thy salvation."
"The LORD hath heard my supplication; the LORD will receive my prayer."
"Yet the LORD will command his lovingkindness in the daytime, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life."
"Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;"
"And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him."
"Let my supplication come before thee: deliver me according to thy word."
"Hearken therefore unto the supplications of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, which they shall make toward this place: hear thou from thy dwelling place, even from heaven; and when thou hearest, forgive."
"And Judah gathered themselves together, to ask help of the LORD: even out of all the cities of Judah they came to seek the LORD."
"Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein."
"Then Eli answered and said, Go in peace: and the God of Israel grant thee thy petition that thou hast asked of him."
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