Matthew 6:31

μὴ οὖν μεριμνήσητε λέγοντες Τί φάγωμεν; ἤ τί πίωμεν; ἤ τί περιβαλώμεθα;
Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?
Word Reference
Original Word Definitions
μὴ
G3361
mē
(adverb) not, (conjunction) lest; also (as an interrogative implying a negative answer (whereas G3756 expects an affirmative one)) whether
  • no, not lest
οὖν
G3767 CONJ
oun
(adverbially) certainly, or (conjunctionally) accordingly
  • then, therefore, accordingly, consequently, these things being so
μεριμνήσητε
G3309 V-AAS-2P
merimnaō
to be anxious about
  • to be anxious
    • to be troubled with cares
    to care for, look out for (a thing)
    • to seek to promote one's interests
      • "caring or providing for
λέγοντες
G3004 V-PAP-NPM
legō
properly, to ___%___lay___%___ forth, i.e., (figuratively) relate (in words (usually of systematic or set discourse; whereas G2036 and G5346 generally refer to an individual expression or speech respectively; while G4483 is properly to break silence merely, and G2980 means an extended or random harangue)); by implication, to mean
  • to say, to speak
    • affirm over, maintain
      • "to teach"to exhort, advise, to command, direct"to point out with words, intend, mean, mean to say"to call by name, to call, name"to speak out, speak of, mention
Τί
G5101
tis
an interrogative pronoun, who, which or what (in direct or indirect questions)
  • who, which, what
φάγωμεν;
G5315
phagō
to eat (literally or figuratively)
  • to eat
    • "to eat (consume) a thing
    • to take food, eat a meal
      • "metaphorically to devour, consume
ἤ
G2228 CONJ
ē
disjunctive, or; comparative, than
  • either, or, than
τί
G5101 I-ASN
tis
an interrogative pronoun, who, which or what (in direct or indirect questions)
  • who, which, what
πίωμεν;
G4095
pinō
to imbibe (literally or figuratively)
  • to drink
    • "figuratively, to receive into the soul what serves to refresh strengthen, nourish it unto life eternal
ἤ
G2228 CONJ
ē
disjunctive, or; comparative, than
  • either, or, than
τί
G5101 I-ASN
tis
an interrogative pronoun, who, which or what (in direct or indirect questions)
  • who, which, what
περιβαλώμεθα;
G4016
periballō
to throw all around, i.e., invest (with a palisade or with clothing)
  • to throw around, to put around
    • to surround a city with a bank (palisade)
      • "of garments, to clothe one
      • to put a thing on one
        • "to clothe one with a thing
      to put on or clothe one's self

μὴ οὖν μεριμνήσητε λέγοντες Τί φάγωμεν; ἤ τί πίωμεν; ἤ τί περιβαλώμεθα;
31
Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?
Cross References

1 Peter 5:7

πᾶσαν τὴν μέριμναν ὑμῶν ἐπιῤῥίψαντες ἐπ' αὐτόν ὅτι αὐτῷ μέλει περὶ ὑμῶν
7
Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.

Luke 12:29

καὶ ὑμεῖς μὴ ζητεῖτε τί φάγητε ἢ τί πίητε καὶ μὴ μετεωρίζεσθε·
29
And seek not ye what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, neither be ye of doubtful mind.

Matthew 4:4

Ὁ δὲ ἀποκριθεὶς εἶπεν Γέγραπται Οὐκ ἐπ' ἄρτῳ μόνῳ ζήσεται ἄνθρωπος ἀλλ' ἐπὶ παντὶ ῥήματι ἐκπορευομένῳ διὰ στόματος Θεοῦ
4
But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.

Psalms 55:22

הַשְׁלֵךְ עַל-יְהוָה׀ יְהָבְךָ וְהוּא יְכַלְכְּלֶךָ לֹא-יִתֵּן לְעוֹלָם מוֹט לַצַּדִּֽיק׃
22
Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.

Matthew 15:33

καὶ λέγουσιν αὐτῷ οἱ μαθηταί αὐτοῦ Πόθεν ἡμῖν ἐν ἐρημίᾳ ἄρτοι τοσοῦτοι ὥστε χορτάσαι ὄχλον τοσοῦτον
33
And his disciples say unto him, Whence should we have so much bread in the wilderness, as to fill so great a multitude?

Psalms 37:3

בְּטַח בַּֽיהוָה וַעֲשֵׂה-טוֹב שְׁכָן-אֶרֶץ וּרְעֵה אֱמוּנָֽה׃
3
Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.

2 Chronicles 25:9

וַיֹּאמֶר אֲמַצְיָהוּ לְאִישׁ הָֽאֱלֹהִים וּמַֽה-לַּעֲשׂוֹת לִמְאַת הַכִּכָּר אֲשֶׁר נָתַתִּי לִגְדוּד יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיֹּאמֶר אִישׁ הָֽאֱלֹהִים יֵשׁ לַֽיהוָה לָתֶת לְךָ הַרְבֵּה מִזֶּֽה׃
9
And Amaziah said to the man of God, But what shall we do for the hundred talents which I have given to the army of Israel? And the man of God answered, The LORD is able to give thee much more than this.

Psalms 78:18

וַיְנַסּוּ-אֵל בִּלְבָבָם לִֽשְׁאָל-אֹכֶל לְנַפְשָֽׁם׃
18
And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust.

Leviticus 25:20

וְכִי תֹֽאמְרוּ מַה-נֹּאכַל בַּשָּׁנָה הַשְּׁבִיעִת הֵן לֹא נִזְרָע וְלֹא נֶֽאֱסֹף אֶת-תְּבֽוּאָתֵֽנוּ׃
20
And if ye shall say, What shall we eat the seventh year? behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase:
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