μεριμνάω
merimnaō
μεριμνάω, -ῶ
(μέριμνα), [in LXX: Psa.38:18 (דָּאַג), etc. ;]
1. to be anxious: absol., Mat.6:27, 31, Luk.12:25; μηδὲν μ., Php.4:6; with dative of thing(s), Mat.6:25, Luk.12:22; before περί, Mat.6:28, Luk.10:41 12:26; πῶς, Mat.10:19, Luk.12:11; εἰς τὴν αὔριον, Mat.6:34.
2. to care for: with accusative, τὰ τ. κυριου, 1Co.7:32-34; τὰ τ. κόσμου, 1Co.7:34; τὰ περί ὑμῶν, Php.2:20; before ὑπέρ, 1Co.12:25; with genitive (a construction otherwise unknown), ἑαυτῆς (WH; τὰ ἑ. Rec.; see Bl., § 35, 7), Mat.6:34 (cf. προ-μεριμνάω).†
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Concordance 17 verses
- Matthew 6:25 μεριμνᾶτε
Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes?
- Matthew 6:27 μεριμνῶν
Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?
- Matthew 6:28 μεριμνᾶτε
And why do you worry about clothes? Consider how the lilies of the field grow: They do not labor or spin.
- Matthew 6:31 μεριμνήσητε
Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’
- Matthew 6:34 μεριμνήσητεμεριμνήσει
Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Today has enough trouble of its own.
- Matthew 10:19 μεριμνήσητε
But when they hand you over, do not worry about how to respond or what to say. In that hour you will be given what to say.
- Luke 10:41 μεριμνᾷς
“Martha, Martha,” the Lord replied, “you are worried and upset about many things.
- Luke 12:11 μεριμνήσητε
When you are brought before synagogues, rulers, and authorities, do not worry about how to defend yourselves or what to say.
- Luke 12:22 μεριμνᾶτε
Then Jesus said to His disciples, “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat, or about your body, what you will wear.
- Luke 12:25 μεριμνῶν
Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?
- Luke 12:26 μεριμνᾶτε
So if you cannot do such a small thing, why do you worry about the rest?
- 1 Corinthians 7:32 μεριμνᾷ
I want you to be free from concern. The unmarried man is concerned about the work of the Lord, how he can please the Lord.
- 1 Corinthians 7:33 μεριμνᾷ
But the married man is concerned about the affairs of this world, how he can please his wife,
- 1 Corinthians 7:34 μεριμνᾷμεριμνᾷ
and his interests are divided. The unmarried woman or virgin is concerned about the work of the Lord, how she can be holy in both body and spirit. But the married woman is concerned about the affairs of this world, how she can please her husband.
- 1 Corinthians 12:25 μεριμνῶσιν
so that there should be no division in the body, but that its members should have mutual concern for one another.
- Philippians 2:20 μεριμνήσει
I have nobody else like him who will genuinely care for your needs.
- Philippians 4:6 μεριμνᾶτε
Be anxious for nothing, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.