24 Bible Verses about distractions

But Martha was worried with all she had to do for them, and she came up and said, "Master, does it make no difference to you that my sister has left me to do all the work alone? Tell her to help me."

It is for your benefit that I say this, not to put a halter on you, but to promote good order, and to secure your undivided devotion to the Lord.

When people say, "What peace and security!" then suddenly destruction will be upon them, like birth-pains upon a woman about to give birth to a child, and there will be no escape.

Besides all these, take faith for your shield, for with it you will be able to put out all the flaming missiles of the evil one,

Fix your thoughts on the things that are above, not on those that are on earth.

The Master answered, "Martha, Martha, you are worried and anxious about many things, but our wants are few,

But you must make his kingdom, and uprightness before him, your greatest care, and you will have all these other things besides.

An unmarried woman or a girl is concerned about the Lord's work, so as to be consecrated in body and spirit, but the woman who marries is concerned with worldly affairs, and how she can please her husband.

You were making such progress! Who has stopped your obeying the truth?

Anyone who is in the army keeps from being involved in business affairs, so as to please the officer who enlisted him.

"Go in at the narrow gate. For the road that leads to destruction is broad and spacious, and there are many who go in by it.

I want you to be free from all anxiety. An unmarried man is concerned about the Lord's work, and how he can please the Lord.

Remind men of these things. Charge them before God to avoid idle arguments which do no one any good and only bring destruction on those who listen to them.

A married man is concerned about worldly affairs, and how he can please his wife, and so his interests are divided.

As to the matters of which you wrote me, it is an excellent thing for a man to remain unmarried.

But if you do marry, there is no sin in that. And if a girl marries, it is no sin. But those who marry will have worldly trouble, which I would like to spare you.

But when they give you up, you must have no anxiety about how to speak or what to say, for you will be told at the very moment what you ought to say,

"Your minds must not be troubled; you must believe in God, and believe in me.

but the worries of the time and the pleasure of being rich and passions for other things creep in and choke the message out and it yields nothing.

Early in the morning, long before daylight, he got up and left the house and went off to a lonely spot, and prayed there.

But she will be happier, in my judgment, if she remains as she is, and I think I have God's spirit as well as other people.

She had a sister named Mary, who seated herself at the Master's feet, and listened to what he was saying.

Therefore, I tell you, do not worry about life, wondering what you will have to eat or drink, or about your body, wondering what you will have to wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body than clothes?

What a wretched man I am! Who can save me from this doomed body?