English Explanatory Dictionary

sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof

English dictionary entry

Meanings

proverb
  1. There is no need to worry about the future; the present provides enough to worry about.

Pronunciation

/səˈfɪʃ(ə)nt ˌʌntʊ ðə ˈdeɪ ɪz ðiː ˈiːvɪl ðɛəˌɹɒv/ /-ˌʌntə-/ /-ˈiːvəl-/ /səˈfɪʃənt ˌʌntə ðə ˈdeɪ ɪz ði ˈivəl ðɛˌɹʌv/ En-us-sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.oga

Word forms

sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof

Etymology

From Matthew 6:34 in the King James Version of the Bible (spelling modernized): “Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself: sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.” The phrase is a translation of Ancient Greek ἀρκετὸν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἡ κακία αὐτῆς (arketòn tēî hēmérāi hē kakía autês), and there is a parallel rabbinical expression in the Babylonian Talmud, דיה לצרה בשעתה (“the suffering of the (present) hour is enough for it”).

Synonyms

never cross a bridge before you come to it never trouble trouble till trouble troubles you
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