Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding.
Proverbs 3:5
“Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.”
— Proverbs 3:5
Jesus asked a question about worry that has never been improved on: "Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?" These verses gather his answer and the rest of Scripture's — not a command to stop caring, but a redirect of caring toward someone who can carry it. The fifteen verses below are the Bible's direct address to that situation, shown in full KJV text from Proverbs 3:5 to Philippians 4:6.
Quick answer: The best-known verse about worry here is Proverbs 3:5: "Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding." Proverbs 3:6 follows close behind: "In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths." Both are public-domain translations, shown in full on the cards below with a modern-English toggle.
Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding.
Proverbs 3:5
In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.
Proverbs 3:6
Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad.
Anxiety in a man’s heart weighs it down, but a kind word makes it glad.
Proverbs 12:25
Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.
Rest in Yahweh, and wait patiently for him. Don’t fret because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who makes wicked plots happen.
Psalms 37:7
Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.
Cast your burden on Yahweh and he will sustain you. He will never allow the righteous to be moved.
Psalms 55:22
In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight my soul.
In the multitude of my thoughts within me, your comforts delight my soul.
Psalms 94:19
Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is.
“Blessed is the man who trusts in Yahweh, and whose confidence is in Yahweh.
Jeremiah 17:7
For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.
For he will be as a tree planted by the waters, who spreads out its roots by the river, and will not fear when heat comes, but its leaf will be green, and will not be concerned in the year of drought. It won’t cease from yielding fruit.
Jeremiah 17:8
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?
Therefore I tell you, don’t be anxious for your life: what you will eat, or what you will drink; nor yet for your body, what you will wear. Isn’t life more than food, and the body more than clothing?
Matthew 6:25
Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?
See the birds of the sky, that they don’t sow, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns. Your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren’t you of much more value than they?
Matthew 6:26
But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
But seek first God’s Kingdom and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.
Matthew 6:33
Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.
Therefore don’t be anxious for tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Each day’s own evil is sufficient.
Matthew 6:34
And Jesus answered and said unto her, Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things:
Jesus answered her, “Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things,
Luke 10:41
And which of you with taking thought can add to his stature one cubit?
Which of you by being anxious can add a cubit to his height?
Luke 12:25
Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.
Philippians 4:6
These verses are read in the middle of the feeling — not after it has been explained away. That is their design: worry is named honestly in Scripture before it is redirected, and reading the name is usually the relief. Many readers keep one verse visible during the day and return to the list at night; others read all fifteen slowly, once, and then sit with the one that moved.
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