23 Bible Verses about distractions

Now Martha was so busy attending to them that she grew worried; she came up and said, "Lord, is it all one to you that my sister has left me to do all the work alone? Come, tell her to lend me a hand."

I am saying this in your own interests. Not that I want to restrict your freedom. It is only to secure decorum and concentration upon a life of devotion to the Lord.

when 'all's well' and 'all is safe' are on the lips of men, then all of a sudden Destruction is upon them, like pangs on a pregnant woman ??escape there is none.

above all, take faith as your shield, to enable you to quench all the fire-tipped darts flung by the evil one,

mind what is above, not what is on earth,

The Lord answered her, "Martha, Martha,

Seek God's Realm and his goodness, and all that will be yours over and above.

You were doing splendidly. Who was it that prevented you from obeying the Truth?

No soldier gets entangled in civil pursuits; his aim is to satisfy his commander.

Enter by the narrow gate: for [the gate] is broad and the road is wide that leads to destruction, and many enter that way.

I want you to be free from all anxieties. The unmarried man is anxious about the Lord's affairs, how best to satisfy the Lord;

Remind men of this: adjure them before the Lord not to bandy arguments ??no good comes out of that, it only means the undoing of your audience.

the married man is anxious about worldly affairs, how best to satisfy his wife ??34 so he is torn in two directions. The unmarried woman or the maid is also anxious about the Lord's affairs, how to be consecrated, body and spirit; once married, she is anxious about worldly affairs, how best to satisfy her husband.

Now about the questions in your letter. It is an excellent thing for a man to have no intercourse with a woman;

Of course, if you are actually married, there is no sin in that; and if a maid marries, there is no sin in that. (At the same time those who marry will have outward trouble ??and I would spare you that.)

Now, when they bring you up for trial, do not trouble yourselves about how to speak or what to say; what you are to say will come to you at the moment,

Let not your hearts be disquieted; you believe ??believe in God and also in me.

but the worries of the world and the delight of being rich and all the other passions come in to choke the word; so it proves unfruitful.

Then in the early morning, long before daylight, he got up and went away out to a lonely spot.

However, she is happier if she remains as she is; that is my opinion ??and I suppose I have the Spirit of God as well as other people!

She had a sister called Mary, who seated herself at the feet of the Lord to listen to his talk.

Therefore I tell you, do not trouble about what you are to eat or drink in life, nor about what you are to put on your body; surely life means more than food, surely the body means more than clothes!

Miserable wretch that I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death?