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Matthew 6:31 KJV
Matthew · chapter 6 · verse 31
Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?Matthew 6:31 · King James Version
Matthew 6:31 in context
29And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
30Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?
31Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?
32(For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.
33But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
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Key words (Strong's)
- Wherewithaltiswho, which, whatG5101 →
- thoughtmerimnaōto be anxious, to be troubled with cares, to care for, look out for , to seek to promote…G3309 →
- sayinglegōto say, to speak, affirm over, maintain, to teach, to exhort, advise, to command, direct…G3004 →
- drinkpinōto drink, figuratively, to receive into the soul what serves to refresh strengthen…G4095 →
- eatphágōto eat, to eat a thing, to take food, eat a meal, metaph. to devour, consumeG5315 →
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There is scarcely any one sin against which our Lord Jesus more largely and earnestly warns his disciples, or against which he arms them with more variety of arguments, than the sin of disquieting, distracting, distrustful cares about the things of life, which are a bad sign that both the treasure and the heart are on…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 25-34