24 Bible Verses about distractions

who also sitting at the feet of Jesus, heard his discourse. But Martha was incumbered with much serving; and coming to him she said, Lord, dost thou not care, that my sister hath left me to serve alone?

And this I say for your own profit, not that I may cast a snare upon you, but that ye may decently wait upon the Lord without distraction.

When they say, peace and safety, then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child, and they shall not escape.

Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one.

Set your affections on the things above, not the things on the earth.

Bid her therefore help me. But Jesus answering said to her, Martha, Martha! Thou art careful and hurried about many things:

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

There is a difference also between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and spirit: but the married careth for the things of the world, how she may please her husband.

Ye did run well: who hath hindered you, that ye should not obey the truth?

No man that warreth intangleth himself in the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath inlisted him.

Enter ye in thro' the straight gate: for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leadeth to destruction, and many there are that go in thro' it:

The unmarried man careth for the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord.

Remind them of these things, charging them before the Lord, not to strive about words, to no profit, but to the subverting of the hearers.

But the married careth for the things of the world, how he may please his wife.

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

Yet if thou dost marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned. Nevertheless such will have trouble in the flesh; but I spare you.

But when they deliver you, take no thought, how or what ye shall speak; for it shall be given you in that very hour what ye shall speak.

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

who hear the word, And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the desires of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.

And in the morning, rising a great while before day, he went out and departed into a desert place and prayed there.

But she is happier, if she continue as she is, in my judgment; and I think that I also have the Spirit of God.

And she had a sister called Mary,

Ye cannot serve God and Mammon. Therefore I say unto you, Take not thought for your life, what ye shall eat, nor for the body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?

Wretched man that I am!