38 Bible Verses about distractions

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

I say this for your own benefit, not to lay any restraint upon you, but to promote good order and to secure your undivided devotion to the Lord.

While people are saying, "There is peace and security," then sudden destruction will come upon them as labor pains come upon a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.

Attend to me, and answer me; I am restless in my complaint and I moan,

In all circumstances take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming darts of the evil one;

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

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

Afflicted and close to death from my youth up, I suffer your terrors; I am helpless.

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

and his interests are divided. And the unmarried or betrothed woman is anxious about the things of the Lord, how to be holy in body and spirit. But the married woman is anxious about worldly things, how to please her husband.

You were running well. Who hindered you from obeying the truth?

Turn my eyes from looking at worthless things; and give me life in your ways.

No soldier gets entangled in civilian pursuits, since his aim is to please the one who enlisted him.

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

When you offer blind animals in sacrifice, is that not evil? And when you offer those that are lame or sick, is that not evil? Present that to your governor; will he accept you or show you favor? says the LORD of hosts.

There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way to death.

I want you to be free from anxieties. The unmarried man is anxious about the things of the Lord, how to please the Lord.

Remind them of these things, and charge them before Godnot to quarrel about words, which does no good, but only ruins the hearers.

But the married man is anxious about worldly things, how to please his wife,

Now concerning the matters about which you wrote: "It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman."

They shall wander from sea to sea, and from north to east; they shall run to and fro, to seek the word of the LORD, but they shall not find it.

But if you do marry, you have not sinned, and if a betrothed woman marries, she has not sinned. Yet those who marry will have worldly troubles, and I would spare you that.

When they deliver you over, do not be anxious 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 the world and the deceitfulness of riches and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word, and it proves unfruitful.

And at noon Elijah mocked them, saying, "Cry aloud, for he is a god. Either he is musing, or he is relieving himself, or he is on a journey, or perhaps he is asleep and must be awakened."

For I am poor and needy, and my heart is stricken within me.

And rising very early in the morning, while it was still dark, he departed and went out to a desolate place, and there he prayed.

Yet in my judgment she is happier if she remains as she is. And I think that I too have the Spirit of God.

But the king of Egypt said to them, "Moses and Aaron, why do you take the people away from their work? Get back to your burdens."

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

"And I will make it a possession of the hedgehog, and pools of water, and I will sweep it with the broom of destruction," declares the LORD of hosts.

"Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious 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?

for length of days and years of life and peace they will add to you.

Your sons have fainted; they lie at the head of every street like an antelope in a net; they are full of the wrath of the LORD, the rebuke of your God.

The days of punishment have come; the days of recompense have come; Israel shall know it. The prophet is a fool; the man of the spirit is mad, because of your great iniquity and great hatred.

And when birds of prey came down on the carcasses, Abram drove them away.