Bible verses about "distraction" | Bishops

²⁰ For ye are dearely bought: therefore glorifie God in your body and in your spirite, which are Gods

⁵ Before I fashioned thee in thy mothers wombe, I dyd knowe thee: and or euer thou wast borne, I sanctified thee, and ordeyned thee to be a prophete vnto the people

¹ Then was Iesus ledde away of the spirite into wyldernesse, to be tempted of the deuyll ² And when he had fasted fourtie dayes, and fourtie nightes, he was afterwarde an hungred ³ And when the tempter came to hym, he sayde: If thou be the sonne of God, commaunde that these stones be made breade ⁴ But he aunswered, and sayde, it is written: Man shall not lyue by breade only, but by euery worde that proceadeth out of the mouth of God ⁵ Then the deuyll taketh hym vp into the holy citie, and setteth hym on a pinacle of the temple ⁶ And saith vnto hym: If thou be the sonne of God, cast thy selfe downe. For it is written: He shall geue his Angels charge ouer thee, & with their handes they shall lyft thee vp, lest at any tyme thou dashe thy foote agaynst a stone ⁷ And Iesus sayde to hym. It is written agayne: Thou shalt not tempt the Lorde thy God ⁸ Agayne, the deuyll taketh hym vp, into an exceadyng hye mountayne, and sheweth hym all the kyngdomes of the worlde, and the glorie of them ⁹ And sayth vnto hym: All these wyll I geue thee, yf thou wylt fall downe, and worshyp me ¹⁰ The sayth Iesus vnto hym: Auoyde Sathan. For it is written: Thou shalt worshyp the Lorde thy God, and hym only shalt thou serue ¹¹ Then the deuyll leaueth him, and beholde, the Angels came, and ministred vnto hym

³⁴ Take heede to your selues, lest at any tyme your heartes be ouercome with surfettyng and dronkennesse, and cares of this lyfe, and so the daye come vpon you vnwares

³⁵ This speake I for your profite, not to tangle you in a snare: but that [ye may folowe] that which is honest and comely, and that ye may cleaue fast vnto the Lorde without separation

³⁸ Nowe it came to passe, that as they went, he entred into a certayne towne: And a certayne woma, named Martha, receaued hym into her house ³⁹ And this woman had a sister called Marie, whiche also sate at Iesus feete, and hearde his worde ⁴⁰ But Martha was cumbred about much seruing, and came to hym, & saide: Lorde, doest thou not care that my sister hath lefte me to serue alone? Byd her therfore that she helpe me ⁴¹ And Iesus aunswered, and sayde vnto her: Martha, Martha, thou art carefull, and troubled about many thynges ⁴² Ueryly one is needefull. Mary hath chosen the good part, which shall not be taken away from her

¹³ There hath no temptation taken you, but such as foloweth the nature of man: But God is faythfull, which shall not suffer you to be tempted aboue your strength: but shall with the temptation make away that ye maye be able to beare it

²⁵ Let thyne eyes beholde that thyng that is right, and let thyne eye liddes loke straight before thee ²⁶ Ponder the path of thy feete, and let all thy wayes be ordred aright ²⁷ Turne not aside, neither to the right hande nor to the left: but wihholde thy foote from euyll