24 Bible Verses about distractions

But Martha was getting worried about having to wait on them so much, so she came up suddenly and said, "Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me to do all the housework alone? Then tell her to take hold and help me."

It is for your welfare that I am saying this, not to put restraint on you, but to foster good order and to help you to an undivided devotion to the Lord.

When people say, "Such peace and security!" then suddenly destruction falls upon them, like birth pains upon a woman who is about to become a mother, but they shall not escape, no, not at all.

Besides all these, take on the shield which faith provides, for with it you will be able to put out all the fire-tipped arrows shot by the evil one,

Practice occupying your minds with the things above, not with the things on earth;

The Lord answered her, "Martha, Martha, you are worried and vexed about many things.

But as your first duty keep on looking for His standard of doing right, and for His will, and then all these things will be yours besides.

An unmarried woman or a girl is concerned about the affairs of the Lord, so as to be consecrated in body and spirit, but a married woman is concerned about the affairs of the world, and how she can please her husband.

You were running beautifully! Who was it that cut into your way and kept you from obeying the truth?

No soldier ever allows himself to be involved in the business affairs of life, so that he may please the officer who enlisted him.

"Go in by the narrow gate, for broad and roomy is the road that leads to destruction, and many are going in by it.

I want you to be free from worldly worries. An unmarried man is concerned about the affairs of the Lord.

Keep on reminding men of these things. Solemnly charge them before God to stop petty debating, which does no good at all but brings destruction on those who hear it.

A married man is concerned about the affairs of the world, and how he can please his wife, and so his devotion is divided.

Now I take up the matters about which you wrote me. It may be good thing for a man to remain unmarried;

But if you do get married, you have not sinned in doing so. And if a girl gets married, she has not sinned in doing so. But those who do will have trouble in their earthly life, and I am trying to spare you this.

But when they turn you over to the courts, you must not worry at all about how or what you ought to speak, for it will be given you at that hour what you ought to speak.

"Stop letting your hearts be troubled; keep on believing in God, and also in me.

but the worries of the times, the deceiving pleasures of being rich, and evil desires for other things, creep in and choke the truth out, and it yields nothing.

Early in the morning, long before daybreak, He got up and went out to a lonely spot, and stayed praying there.

But in my opinion she will be happier, if she remains as she is, and I think too that I have God's Spirit.

She had a sister named Mary who took her seat at the Lord's feet, and remained listening to His message.

So I tell you, stop worrying about your life, as to what you will have to eat or drink, or about your body, as to what you will have to wear. Is not life worth more than food and the body worth more than clothes?

Wretched man that I am! Who can save me from this deadly lower nature?