Quotes About Distraction

You must not enter a house where there is feasting and sit down with them to eat and drink.

Promiscuity, wine, and new wine take away understanding.

Ephraim mixes with the nations; Ephraim is an unturned cake.

Take away from Me the noise of your songs! I will not listen to the music of your harps.

You expected much, but behold, it amounted to little. And what you brought home, I blew away. Why? declares the LORD of Hosts. Because My house still lies in ruins, while each of you is busy with his own house.

The seed sown among the thorns is the one who hears the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.

But they paid no attention and went away, one to his field, another to his business.

Others are like the seeds sown among the thorns. They hear the word,

but the worries of this life, the deceitfulness of wealth, and the desire for other things come in and choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.

But Martha was distracted by all the preparations to be made. She came to Jesus and said, “Lord, do You not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Tell her to help me!”

“Martha, Martha,” the Lord replied, “you are worried and upset about many things.

But one after another they all began to make excuses. The first one said, ëI have bought a field, and I need to go see it. Please excuse me.í

Another said, ëI have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to try them out. Please excuse me.í

It was the same in the days of Lot: People were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building.

I am afraid, however, that just as Eve was deceived by the serpentís cunning, your minds may be led astray from your simple and pure devotion to Christ.

You were running so well. Who has obstructed you from obeying the truth?

Some have strayed from these ways and turned aside to empty talk.

At the same time they will also learn to be idle, going from house to house and being not only idle, but also gossips and busybodies, discussing things they should not mention.

For some have already turned aside to follow Satan.

because Demas, in his love of this world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia.