sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof
English
Etymology
From the King James Version of the Christian bible's original Greek "ἀρκετὸν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἡ κακία αὐτῆς" as it appears in Matthew, Chapter VI, 34.
- 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.
Parallel rabbinical expression in the Babylonian Talmud דיה לצרה בשעתה 'sufficient is the trouble of the hour'.
Proverb
Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.
- No need to worry about the future; the present provides enough to worry about.
Translations
today has provided enough to worry about
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