45 Bible Verses about Race

Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.

I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:

I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air:

I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.

But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:

If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with horses? and if in the land of peace, wherein thou trustedst, they wearied thee, then how wilt thou do in the swelling of Jordan?

Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race.

And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;

Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus.

And if a man also strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully.

But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.

Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither laboured in vain.

Ye did run well; who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth?

And I went up by revelation, and communicated unto them that gospel which I preach among the Gentiles, but privately to them which were of reputation, lest by any means I should run, or had run, in vain.

When the most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel.

I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.

But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.

After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;

Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.

And a bastard shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.

But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him.

For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh:

God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, that did seek God.

Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit;

Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.

And a certain Jew named Apollos, born at Alexandria, an eloquent man, and mighty in the scriptures, came to Ephesus.

Men and brethren, children of the stock of Abraham, and whosoever among you feareth God, to you is the word of this salvation sent.

For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.

Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,

So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.

Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they please not God, and are contrary to all men:

Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my delights were with the sons of men.

And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.

And at the second time Joseph was made known to his brethren; and Joseph's kindred was made known unto Pharaoh.

There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.

Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward.

Whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen.

And the hand of the LORD was on Elijah; and he girded up his loins, and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.

I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it.

Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?

Neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son.