Mat 6:27
Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?
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And which of you with taking thought can add to his stature one cubit?
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.
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. {at...: Heb. settled}
Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black.
But now hath God set the members every one of them in the body, as it hath pleased him.
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 life more than meat, and the body than raiment?
And which of you with taking thought can add to his stature one cubit?
Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black.
{That which is} crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered. {that which is wanting: Heb. defect}
Holding faith, and a good conscience; which some having put away concerning faith have made shipwreck: