Matthew 6:27

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

{G1161} Which {G1537}{G5101} of you {G5216} by taking thought {G3309} can {G1410} add {G4369} one {G1520} cubit {G4083} unto {G1909} his {G846} stature {G2244}?

Can any of you by worrying add a single hour to his life?

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

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

Commentary

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Cross-References

  • Luke 12:25 (25 votes)

    And which of you with taking thought can add to his stature one cubit?

  • Luke 12:26 (25 votes)

    If ye then be not able to do that thing which is least, why take ye thought for the rest?

  • Ecclesiastes 3:14 (24 votes)

    I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth [it], that [men] should fear before him.

  • Psalms 39:5 (8 votes)

    Behold, thou hast made my days [as] an handbreadth; and mine age [is] as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state [is] altogether vanity. Selah.

  • Psalms 39:6 (8 votes)

    Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up [riches], and knoweth not who shall gather them.

  • Matthew 5:36 (8 votes)

    Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black.

  • 1 Corinthians 12:18 (6 votes)

    But now hath God set the members every one of them in the body, as it hath pleased him.