24 Bible Verses about distractions

But Martha was distracted with much serving; and she went to him and said, "Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Tell her then to help me."

This I say for your own benefit, not to put a restraint upon you, but to promote what is good and to secure undivided devotion to the Lord.

While people are saying, "Peace and safety," then destruction will come upon them suddenly as labor pains upon a woman with child, and they will not escape.

in addition to all this, taking up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one.

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

But the Lord answered her, "Martha, Martha, you are worried and troubled about many things;

But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things shall be given to you as well.

and his interests are divided. The unmarried woman, and the virgin, is concerned about the affairs of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and spirit; but the married woman is concerned about the affairs of the world, how she may please her husband.

You were running well; who hindered you from obeying the truth?

No soldier in active service gets entangled in civilian affairs, since his aim is to please the one who enlisted him as a soldier.

"Enter by the narrow gate; for the gate is wide, and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and many are those who enter by it.

But I want you to be free from concern. One who is unmarried is concerned about the affairs of the Lord, how he may please the Lord;

Remind them of these things, and charge them in the presence of God to avoid disputing about words, which does no good, but only ruins the hearers.

but a married man is concerned about the affairs of the world, how he may please his wife,

Now concerning the matters about which you wrote, it is good for a man not to touch a woman.

But if you marry, you have not sinned; and if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. Yet those who marry will have troubles in this flesh, and I am trying to spare you.

But when they deliver you up, do not worry about how you are to speak or what you are to say; for what you are to say will be given to you in that hour;

"Let not your hearts be troubled; believe in God, believe also in me.

but the cares of this world, the deceitfulness of riches, and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.

Now in the morning, a long while before daylight, he rose and went out to a solitary place, and there he prayed.

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

And she had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord's feet and listened to his word.

"Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?

Wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death?