How many times is the word worry used in the NIV?

Answer 1

In the King James version

the phrase - thou shalt not worry - does not appear at all.

Indeed, the word - worry - does not appear at all.

Another answer:Jesus enjoins His disciples not to worry several times. The King James translation uses phrases such as "take no thought" which modern translations render "do not worry."

Matthew 6:25 - Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing?

Matthew 6:31 - Therefore do not worry, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?'

Matthew 6:34 - Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.

Matthew 10:19 - But when they deliver you up, do not worry about how or what you should speak. For it will be given to you in that hour what you should speak;

Mark 13:11 - But when they arrest you and deliver you up, do not worry beforehand, or premeditate what you will speak. But whatever is given you in that hour, speak that; for it is not you who speak, but the Holy Spirit.

Luke 12:11 - Now when they bring you to the synagogues and magistrates and authorities, do not worry about how or what you should answer, or what you should say.

Luke 12:22 - Then He said to His disciples, "Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat; nor about the body, what you will put on."

[Quotes from NKJV]

Answer 2

In the King James version

the word - worry - does not appear at all

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Note: The word may appear in other versions/translations

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Answer 3

In the King James version

the word - anxiety - does not appear at all.

Answer 4

It appears 13 times in the New International Version (NIV).

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