13 Bible Verses about Concentration

Until I arrive, give your full concentration to the public reading of Scripture, to exhorting, and to teaching.

This set of instructions is not to cease being a part of your conversations. Meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to carry out everything that's written in it, for then you'll prosper and succeed.

Do your best to present yourself to God as an approved worker who has nothing to be ashamed of, handling the word of truth with precision.

But he delights in the LORD's instruction, and meditates in his instruction day and night.

For God did not give us a spirit of timidity but one of power, love, and self-discipline.

Everyone who enters an athletic contest practices self-control in everything. They do it to win a wreath that withers away, but we run to win a prize that never fades. That is the way I run, with a clear goal in mind. That is the way I fight, not like someone shadow boxing. No, I keep on disciplining my body, making it serve me so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not somehow be disqualified.

Keep your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on the earth.

Also, as I continued to work on the wall, we purchased no land, and all of my young men were employed in the work.

My eyes look to the LORD continuously, because he's the one who releases my feet from the trap.

Nevertheless, my eyes are on you, Lord GOD, as I seek protection in you. Don't leave me defenseless!

I'll give them one heart and one lifestyle so they'll fear me always for their own good and for the good of their descendants after them.

Even the prophets, who prophesied about the grace that was to be yours, carefully researched and investigated this salvation. They tried to find out what era or specific time the Spirit of the Messiah in them kept referring to when he predicted the sufferings of the Messiah and the glories that would follow.

These people were more receptive than those in Thessalonica. They were very willing to receive the message, and every day they carefully examined the Scriptures to see if those things were so.