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Luke 12:25

Luke 12:25 is verse 25 of Luke chapter 12, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

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

Or a single cubit to his height; a cubit was approximately 18 inches or 45 centimeters.

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

Which of you by being anxious can add a cubit to his height?

A cubit is the length from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow on a man’s arm, or about 18 inches or 46 centimeters.

Luke 12:23–27 · Berean Standard Bible

23 For life is more than food, and the body more than clothes.

24 Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storehouse or barn; yet God feeds them. How much more valuable you are than the birds!

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

26 So if you cannot do such a small thing, why do you worry about the rest?

27 Consider how the lilies grow: They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you, not even Solomon in all his glory was adorned like one of these.

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Luke 19:3
He was trying to see who Jesus was, but could not see over the crowd because he was small in stature.

Matthew 5:36
Nor should you swear by your head, for you cannot make a single hair white or black.

Matthew 6:27
Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?