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48 Powerful Bible Verses About Focusing on God

Bible verses about focusing on God.

Have you gotten to a point where you no longer have time to read your Bible or attend church service? Have your prayers become shorter and less frequent, and are you struggling to keep your faith alive? 

In a world full of hectic schedules, unending responsibilities, and lots of distractions, it’s easy to unintentionally drift away from God. 

Bible verses about focusing on God.

Recentering your focus back to God after falling behind can be tough, but the Bible provides the solution. It is filled with words of encouragement that can help you fight the worldly distractions and noises and renew your relationship with God. 

If you’ve been struggling to create time to nourish your faith lately, let these 48 Bible verses about focusing on God serve as your guiding light on your journey to renew your faith.

List of Bible Verses About Focusing on God

Matthew 6:33 

“But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.”

Isaiah 26:3 

 “You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you because he trusts in you.”

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Psalm 62:1 

“For God alone, my soul waits in silence; from him comes my salvation.”

Colossians 3:2

“Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth.”

Philippians 4:8 

“Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.”

Psalm 143:8 

“Let me hear in the morning of your steadfast love, for in you I trust. Make me know the way I should go, for to you I lift up my soul.”

Proverbs 4:25-27  

“Let your eyes look directly forward, and your gaze be straight before you. Ponder the path of your feet; then all your ways will be sure. Do not swerve to the right or to the left; turn your foot away from evil.”

Psalm 25:5 

“Lead me in your truth and teach me, for you are the God of my salvation; for you, I wait all day long.”

Psalm 119:105 

“Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.”

Bible verses about focusing on God.
Bible verse from the book of Psalm 62:1.

Psalm 16:8  

“I have set the Lord always before me; because he is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken.”

Hebrews 3:1

“Therefore, holy brothers and sisters, who share in the heavenly calling, fix your thoughts on Jesus, whom we acknowledge as our apostle and high priest.”

Hebrews 12:2 

“Looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.”

James 4:8 

“Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you.”

Psalm 121:1-2 

“I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come? My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth.”

Psalm 119:15  

“I will meditate on your precepts and fix my eyes on your ways.”

Mathew 6:24

“No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.”

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Romans 12:2  

“Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.”

Psalm 27:4 

“One thing have I asked of the Lord, that will I seek after: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord and to inquire in his temple.”

Jeremiah 24:7

“I will give them a heart to know that I am the Lord, and they shall be my people and I will be their God, for they shall return to me with their whole heart.”

Bible verses about focusing on God.
Bible verse from the book of Isaiah 26:3.

Matthew 11:28  

“Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.”

Psalm 119:18 

“Open my eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of your law.”

1 Chronicles 16:11  

“Seek the Lord and his strength; seek his presence continually.”

Hebrews 10:22  

“Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.”

Psalm 119:37  

“Turn my eyes from looking at worthless things; and give me life in your ways.”

Isaiah 30:15 

“For thus said the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel, ‘In returning and rest you shall be saved; in quietness and in trust shall be your strength.'”

Bible verses about focusing on God
Bible verse from the book of Psalm 119:105.

Psalm 57:7

“My heart is steadfast, O God, my heart is steadfast! I will sing and make melody!”

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Psalm 62:5 

“For God alone, O my soul, wait in silence, for my hope is from him.”

Exodus 33:14  

“And he said, ‘My presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.'”

Psalm 25:1-3  

“To you, O Lord, I lift up my soul. I trust in you; do not let me be put to shame, nor let my enemies triumph over me. No one who hopes in you will ever be put to shame, but shame will come on those who are treacherous without cause”

Proverbs 16:3 

“Commit your work to the Lord, and your plans will be established.”

Psalm 119:97  

“Oh how I love your law! It is my meditation all the day.”

Psalm 19:14  

“Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, O Lord, my rock and my redeemer.”

Bible verses about focusing on God.
Bible verse from the book of Colossians 3:2.

Mark 1:35  

“And rising very early in the morning, while it was still dark, he departed and went out to a desolate place, and there he prayed.”

Psalm 143:5  

“I remember the days of old; I meditate on all that you have done; I ponder the work of your hands.”

Isaiah 40:31 

“But they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.”

Luke 10:41-42 

“But the Lord answered her, ‘Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things, but one thing is necessary. Mary has chosen the good portion, which will not be taken away from her.'”

Psalm 19:1 

“The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork.”

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Psalm 119:9

“How can a young man keep his way pure? By guarding it according to your word.”

2 Corinthians 4:18 

 “As we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal.”

Psalm 119:55 

“I remember your name in the night, O Lord, and keep your law.”

Matthew 14:23 

“And after he had dismissed the crowds, he went up on the mountain by himself to pray. When evening came, he was there alone.”

Psalm 141:2  

“Let my prayer be counted as incense before you, and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.”

Romans 8:5

“For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit.”

Bible verses about focusing on God.
Bible verse from the book of Psalm 25:5.

Isaiah 26:9 

“My soul yearns for you in the night; my spirit within me earnestly seeks you.”

Psalm 19:14

“Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, O Lord, my rock and my redeemer.”

Jonah 2:7

“When my life was ebbing away, I remembered you, Lord, and my prayer rose to you, to your holy temple.”

2 Timothy 2:15

“Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth.”

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Jeremiah 29:13

“You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.”

Psalm 91: 14-15

“Because he holds fast to me in love, I will deliver him; I will protect him because he knows my name. When he calls to me, I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble; I will rescue him and honor him.”

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