Bible Verses About Distractions
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for distractions, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 7,444 votes, led by 1 Corinthians 10:13. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Distractions
1 Corinthians 10:13606 votes
There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.
Luke 10:38-42481 votes
Now it came to pass, as they went, that he entered into a certain village: and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house.
Psalms 119:15422 votes
I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy ways.
1 Corinthians 7:35337 votes
And this I speak for your own profit; not that I may cast a snare upon you, but for that which is comely, and that ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction.
Matthew 6:24-34297 votes
No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
Philippians 4:8284 votes
Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.
Psalms 19:14173 votes
Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my strength, and my redeemer.
Matthew 6:34173 votes
Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.
Joshua 1:8169 votes
This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.
Galatians 5:16-17154 votes
This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.
Matthew 4:1-11152 votes
Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.
Genesis 4:7144 votes
If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.
Isaiah 54:17125 votes
No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their righteousness is of me, saith the Lord.
Matthew 6:33119 votes
But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
Philippians 4:13111 votes
I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
Matthew 21:22101 votes
And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.
Luke 10:38-40101 votes
Now it came to pass, as they went, that he entered into a certain village: and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house.
Proverbs 4:2596 votes
Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.
1 Peter 4:1289 votes
Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you:
1 Peter 5:882 votes
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
John 14:2780 votes
Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
2 Chronicles 20:15-1878 votes
And he said, Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and thou king Jehoshaphat, Thus saith the Lord unto you, Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God’s.
1 Corinthians 6:2069 votes
For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.
Proverbs 5:167 votes
My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding:
2 Timothy 2:1562 votes
Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
What does the Bible say about distractions?
Readers most often cite 1 Corinthians 10:13 on the subject of distractions. Across 7,444 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Luke 10:38-42, Psalms 119:15, 1 Corinthians 7:35. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.