Bible verses about Sports
Verses about training, competing and giving your best with a clear purpose.
Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way as to take the prize.
1 Corinthians 9:24Everyone who competes in the games trains with strict discipline. They do it for a crown that is perishable, but we do it for a crown that is imperishable.
1 Corinthians 9:25Therefore I do not run aimlessly; I do not fight like I am beating the air.
1 Corinthians 9:26No, I discipline my body and make it my slave, so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified.
1 Corinthians 9:27So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all to the glory of God.
1 Corinthians 10:31I press on toward the goal to win the prize of God’s heavenly calling in Christ Jesus.
Philippians 3:14I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.
Philippians 4:13For physical exercise is of limited value, but godliness is valuable in every way, holding promise for the present life and for the one to come.
1 Timothy 4:8Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off every encumbrance and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with endurance the race set out for us.
Hebrews 12:1Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
Hebrews 12:2I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.
2 Timothy 4:7Whatever you do, work at it with your whole being, for the Lord and not for men,
Colossians 3:23As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.
Proverbs 27:17Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, for in Sheol, where you are going, there is no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom.
Ecclesiastes 9:10Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.
Romans 12:1Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.
Romans 12:2Let us not grow weary in well-doing, for in due time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.
Galatians 6:9Consider it pure joy, my brothers, when you encounter trials of many kinds,
James 1:2because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance.
James 1:3Allow perseverance to finish its work, so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.
James 1:4But those who wait upon the LORD will renew their strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not faint.
Isaiah 40:31