7 Bible Verses about Concentration

Until I come, devote yourself to the public reading of the Scriptures, and to preaching and teaching.

Do your best to present yourself to God an approved workman who has nothing to be ashamed of, who properly presents the message of truth.

For the Spirit that God has given us does not impart timidity but power and love and self-control.

Any man who enters an athletic contest practices rigid self-control in training, only to win a wreath that withers, but we are in to win a wreath that never withers. So that is the way I run, with no uncertainty as to winning. That is the way I box, not like one that punches the air. But I keep on beating and bruising my body and making it my slave, so that I, after I have summoned others to the race, may not myself become unfit to run.

Practice occupying your minds with the things above, not with the things on earth;

Even the prophets, who prophesied about the spiritual blessing meant for you, made careful investigations and persistent research about this salvation, earnestly trying to find out the time, and the nature of the times, which the Spirit of the Christ within them pointed to, in foretelling the sufferings of the Christ and the glory that should follow them.

The Jews there were better disposed than those in Thessalonica, for they welcomed the message with all eagerness and carried on a daily study of the Scriptures to see if Paul's message was true.