38 Bible Verses about distractions
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But Martha was distracted with all her preparations; and she came up to Him and said, “Lord, do You not care that my sister has left me to do all the serving alone? Then tell her to help me.”
This I say for your own benefit; not to put a restraint upon you, but to promote what is appropriate and to secure undistracted devotion to the Lord.
While they are saying, “Peace and safety!” then destruction will come upon them suddenly like labor pains upon a woman with child, and they will not escape.
Give heed to me and answer me;
I am restless in my complaint and am surely distracted,
in addition to all, taking up the shield of faith with which you will be able to extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one.
Set your mind on the things above, not on the things that are on earth.
But the Lord answered and said to her, “Martha, Martha, you are worried and bothered about so many things;
I was afflicted and about to die from my youth on;
I suffer Your terrors; I am overcome.
But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
and his interests are divided. The woman who is unmarried, and the virgin, is concerned about the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and spirit; but one who is married is concerned about the things of the world, how she may please her husband.
No soldier in active service entangles himself in the affairs of everyday life, so that he may please the one who enlisted him as a soldier.
“Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it.
But when you present the blind for sacrifice, is it not evil? And when you present the lame and sick, is it not evil? Why not offer it to your governor? Would he be pleased with you? Or would he receive you kindly?” says the Lord of hosts.
There is a way which seems right to a man,
But its end is the way of death.
But I want you to be free from concern. One who is unmarried is concerned about the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord;
Remind them of these things, and solemnly charge them in the presence of God not to wrangle about words, which is useless and leads to the ruin of the hearers.
but one who is married is concerned about the things of the world, how he may please his wife,
Now concerning the things about which you wrote, it is good for a man not to touch a woman.
“People will stagger from sea to sea
And from the north even to the east;
They will go to and fro to seek the word of the Lord,
But they will not find it.
But if you marry, you have not sinned; and if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. Yet such will have trouble in this life, and I am trying to spare you.
But when they hand you over, do not worry about how or what you are to say; for it will be given you in that hour what you are to say.
but the worries of the world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.
It came about at noon, that Elijah mocked them and said, “Call out with a loud voice, for he is a god; either he is occupied or gone aside, or is on a journey, or perhaps he is asleep and needs to be awakened.”
In the early morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house, and went away to a secluded place, and was praying there.
But in my opinion she is happier if she remains as she is; and I think that I also have the Spirit of God.
But the king of Egypt said to them, “Moses and Aaron, why do you draw the people away from their work? Get back to your labors!”
She had a sister called Mary, who was seated at the Lord’s feet, listening to His word.
“I will also make it a possession for the hedgehog and swamps of water, and I will sweep it with the broom of destruction,” declares the Lord of hosts.
“For this reason I say to you, do not be worried about your life, as to what you will eat or what you will drink; nor for your body, as to what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?
Wretched man that I am! Who will set me free from the body of this death?
Your sons have fainted,
They lie helpless at the head of every street,
Like an antelope in a net,
Full of the wrath of the Lord,
The rebuke of your God.
The days of punishment have come,
The days of retribution have come;
Let Israel know this!
The prophet is a fool,
The inspired man is demented,
Because of the grossness of your iniquity,
And because your hostility is so great.
The birds of prey came down upon the carcasses, and Abram drove them away.
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