38 Bible Verses about distractions

But Martha was cumbered about much serving; and she came up to him, and said, Lord, dost thou not care that my sister did leave me to serve alone? bid her therefore that she help me.

And this I say for your own profit; not that I may cast a snare upon you, but for that which is seemly, and that ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction.

When they are saying, Peace and safety, then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall in no wise escape.

Attend unto me, and answer me: I am restless in my complaint, and moan,

withal taking up the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the evil one .

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

But the Lord answered and said unto her, Martha, Martha, thou art anxious and troubled about many things:

I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: While I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.

But seek ye first his kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

and is divided.'so also the woman that is unmarried and the virgin is careful for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she that is married is careful for the things of the world, how she may please her husband.

Ye were running well; who hindered you that ye should not obey the truth?

Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity, And quicken me in thy ways.

No soldier on service entangleth himself in the affairs of this life; that he may please him who enrolled him as a soldier.

Enter ye in by the narrow gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many are they that enter in thereby.

And when ye offer the blind for sacrifice, it is no evil! and when ye offer the lame and sick, it is no evil! Present it now unto thy governor; will he be pleased with thee? or will he accept thy person? saith Jehovah of hosts.

There is a way which seemeth right unto a man; But the end thereof are the ways of death.

But I would have you to be free from cares. He that is unmarried is careful for the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord:

Of these things put them in remembrance, charging them in the sight of the Lord, that they strive not about words, to no profit, to the subverting of them that hear.

but he that is married is careful for the things of the world, how he may please his wife,

Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.

And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east; they shall run to and fro to seek the word of Jehovah, and shall not find it.

But shouldest thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned. Yet such shall have tribulation in the flesh: and I would spare you.

But when they deliver you up, be not anxious how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that hour what ye shall speak.

Let not your heart be troubled: believe in God, believe also in me.

and the cares of the world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.

And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud; for he is a god: either he is musing, or he is gone aside, or he is on a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth and must be awaked.

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

And in the morning, a great while before day, he rose up and went out, and departed into a desert place, and there prayed.

But she is happier if she abide as she is, after my judgment: and I think that I also have the Spirit of God.

And the king of Egypt said unto them, Wherefore do ye, Moses and Aaron, loose the people from their works? get you unto your burdens.

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

I will also make it a possession for the porcupine, and pools of water: and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith Jehovah of hosts.

Therefore I say unto you, be not anxious for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than the food, and the body than the raiment?

Wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me out of the body of this death?

For length of days, and years of life, And peace, will they add to thee.

Thy sons have fainted, they lie at the head of all the streets, as an antelope in a net; they are full of the wrath of Jehovah, the rebuke of thy God.

The days of visitation are come, the days of recompense are come; Israel shall know it: the prophet is a fool, the man that hath the spirit is mad, for the abundance of thine iniquity, and because the enmity is great.

And the birds of prey came down upon the carcasses, and Abram drove them away.