# μεριμνάω (merimnaō)

Strong’s G3309. 17 New Testament occurrences.

I am over-anxious; with acc: I am anxious about, distracted; I care for.

Lexicon: Dodson, public domain.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/greek/merimnao-g3309

## Occurrences

- [Matthew 6:25](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/matthew/6/25) — 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 lif…
- [Matthew 6:27](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/matthew/6/27) — Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?
- [Matthew 6:28](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/matthew/6/28) — And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:
- [Matthew 6:31](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/matthew/6/31) — Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?
- [Matthew 6:34](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/matthew/6/34) — 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.
- [Matthew 10:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/matthew/10/19) — But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak.
- [Luke 10:41](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/luke/10/41) — And Jesus answered and said unto her, Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things:
- [Luke 12:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/luke/12/11) — And when they bring you unto the synagogues, and unto magistrates, and powers, take ye no thought how or what thing ye shall answer, or what ye shall say:
- [Luke 12:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/luke/12/22) — And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat; neither for the body, what ye shall put on.
- [Luke 12:25](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/luke/12/25) — And which of you with taking thought can add to his stature one cubit?
- [Luke 12:26](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/luke/12/26) — If ye then be not able to do that thing which is least, why take ye thought for the rest?
- [1 Corinthians 7:32](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-corinthians/7/32) — But I would have you without carefulness. He that is unmarried careth for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord:
- [1 Corinthians 7:33](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-corinthians/7/33) — But he that is married careth for the things that are of the world, how he may please his wife.
- [1 Corinthians 7:34](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-corinthians/7/34) — There is difference also between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: b…
- [1 Corinthians 12:25](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-corinthians/12/25) — That there should be no schism in the body; but that the members should have the same care one for another.
- [Philippians 2:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/philippians/2/20) — For I have no man likeminded, who will naturally care for your state.
- [Philippians 4:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/philippians/4/6) — Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.