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Matthew 6:27

Which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature?

God's provision and care

Key words: merimnaō dynamai hēlikia pēchys prostithēmi

Original words

EnglishOriginal wordRoot#
Whichtis τίςtis14
ofex ἐξek5
youhymōn ὑμῶνhymōn29
by taking thoughtmerimnōn μεριμνῶνmerimnaō7
candynatai δύναταιdynamai6
addprostheinai προσθεῖναιprostithēmi2
onehena ἕναheis11
cubitpēchyn πῆχυνpēchys1
untoepi ἐπὶepi12
hisautou αὐτοῦautos70
stature?hēlikian ἡλικίανhēlikia1

Memory passages these point to

J-73 Ecclesiastes 3:9-17P-96 Luke 12:24-31S-96 Luke 12:22-32

Cross-references 5

Passages are shown in the NKJV.

by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature 5
  • Matthew 5:36 Matthew 5:36

    36Nor shall you swear by your head, because you cannot make one hair white or black.

  • Psalms 39:6

    6Surely every man walks about like a shadow; Surely they busy themselves in vain; He heaps up riches, And does not know who will gather them.

  • Ecclesiastes 3:14 J-73 Ecclesiastes 3:9-17

    14I know that whatever God does, It shall be forever. Nothing can be added to it, And nothing taken from it. God does it, that men should fear before Him.

  • Luke 12:25-26 P-96 Luke 12:24-31S-96 Luke 12:22-32

    25And which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature? 26If you then are not able to do the least, why are you anxious for the rest?

  • 1 Corinthians 12:18

    18But now God has set the members, each one of them, in the body just as He pleased.

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