Matthew 6:27

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“Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?”

What this verse means

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BSBPD

“Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And which of you by being anxious can add one cubit unto the measure of his life?”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“`And who of you, being anxious, is able to add to his age one cubit?”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Matthew 6:27 — 5 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Psalms 39:5You, indeed, have made my days as handbreadths, and my lifetime as nothing before You. Truly each man at his best exists as but a breath. Selah
  2. Ecclesiastes 3:14I know that everything God does endures forever; nothing can be added to it or taken from it. God does it so that they should fear Him.
  3. Matthew 5:36Nor should you swear by your head, for you cannot make a single hair white or black.
  4. Luke 12:25Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?
  5. 1 Corinthians 12:18But in fact, God has arranged the members of the body, every one of them, according to His design.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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