38 Bible Verses about distractions

But Martha was encumbered about much serving. And having stood near, she said, Lord, do thou not care that my sister left me behind to serve alone? Speak to her therefore that she may help me.

And I say this for your own benefit, not that I may cast restraint upon you, but for what is respectable and assiduous toward the Lord, undistracted.

For when they say, Peace and safety, then sudden destruction approaches them, as the woman having birth pangs in her womb, and they will, no, not escape.

Attend to me, and answer me. I am restless in my complaint, and moan,

Above all having taken up the shield of faith, by which ye will be able to quench all the fiery darts of evil.

Think on the things above, not the things on the earth.

But having answered, Jesus said to her, Martha, Martha, thou are anxious and troubled about many things,

I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up. While I suffer thy terrors I am confounded.

But seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.

And the wife and the virgin are differentiated. The unmarried woman is concerned for the things of the Lord, so that she may be holy both in body and in spirit. But she who is married is concerned for the things of the world, how s

Ye were running well. Who hindered you, not to obey the truth?

Turn away my eyes from beholding vanity, and enliven me in thy ways.

No man who serves in the military entangles himself in the affairs of life, so that he may please the man who enlisted the army.

Enter ye in by the narrow gate, because wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leads to destruction, and many are they who enter through it.

And when ye offer the blind for sacrifice, [ye say,] It is no evil! and when ye offer the lame and sick, It is no evil! Present it now to thy governor. Will he be pleased with thee, or will he accept thy person? says LORD of hosts.

There is a way which seems right to a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.

But I want you to be without worry. The unmarried man cares for things of the Lord, how he will please the Lord.

Remind them of these things, solemnly testifying in the sight of the Lord, not to brawl verbally, to nothing useful, to the ruin of those who hear.

But he who is married cares for things of the world, how he will please his wife.

Now concerning the things of which ye wrote to me. It is good for a man not to touch a woman.

And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east. They shall run to and fro to seek the word of LORD, and shall not find it.

But also if thou did marry thou have not sinned, and if the virgin married she has not sinned. Yet such kind will have stress in the flesh, but I spare you.

But when they deliver you up, be not anxious how or what ye should speak, for it will be given you in that hour what ye will speak.

Let not your heart be troubled. Ye believe in God, believe also in me.

and the cares of this age, and the deceitfulness of wealth, and the cravings about other things entering in, choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.

And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud, for he is a god. Either he is meditating, or he is gone aside, or he is on a journey, or perhaps he sleeps and must be awakened.

for I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.

And having risen early, very much in the night, he came out and departed into a desolate place, and prayed there.

But she is more blessed if she remains this way according to my opinion. And I also seem to have Spirit of God.

And the king of Egypt said to them, Therefore do ye, Moses and Aaron, loose the people from their works? Get you to your burdens.

And she was sister to this woman called Mary, who also, having sat at Jesus' feet, was listening to his word.

I will also make it a possession for the porcupine, and pools of water. And I will sweep it with the broom of destruction, says LORD of hosts.

Because of this I say to you, be not anxious about your life, what ye may eat, or what ye may drink, nor yet for your body, what ye may wear. Is not the life more than the food, and the body than the clothing?

I am a wretched man. Who will rescue me out of the body of this death?

For length of days, and years of life, and peace, they will add to thee.

Thy sons have fainted. They lie at the head of all the streets, as an antelope in a net. They are full of the wrath of LORD, the rebuke of thy God.

The days of visitation have come. The days of recompense have come. Israel shall know it. The prophet is a fool, the spiritual man is mad, for the abundance of thine iniquity, and because the enmity is great.

And the birds of prey came down upon the carcasses, and Abram drove them away.