"You relied on the LORD," they say. "Why doesn't he save you? If the LORD likes you, why doesn't he help you?"

Leave your troubles with the LORD, and he will defend you; he never lets honest people be defeated.

Ask the LORD to bless your plans, and you will be successful in carrying them out.

"This is why I tell you: do not be worried about the food and drink you need in order to stay alive, or about clothes for your body. After all, isn't life worth more than food? And isn't the body worth more than clothes?

Then Jesus said to the disciples, "And so I tell you not to worry about the food you need to stay alive or about the clothes you need for your body.

"So don't be all upset, always concerned about what you will eat and drink.

(For the pagans of this world are always concerned about all these things.) Your Father knows that you need these things.

Don't worry about anything, but in all your prayers ask God for what you need, always asking him with a thankful heart.

And God's peace, which is far beyond human understanding, will keep your hearts and minds safe in union with Christ Jesus.

Leave all your worries with him, because he cares for you.

You will succeed in all you do, and light will shine on your path.

I thought long and hard about all this and saw that God controls the actions of wise and righteous people, even their love and their hate. No one knows anything about what lies ahead.

The will of the Lord alone is always carried out.

What you should say is this: "If the Lord is willing, we will live and do this or that."