35 Bible Verses about Sports

so is the man who deceives his neighbor
and says, “I was only joking!”

When Isaac had been there for some time, Abimelech king of the Philistines looked down from the window and was surprised to see Isaac caressing his wife Rebekah.

Also, if anyone competes as an athlete, he is not crowned unless he competes according to the rules.

He did this to present the church to Himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or anything like that, but holy and blameless.

As shameful conduct is pleasure for a fool,
so wisdom is for a man of understanding.

I wore sackcloth as my clothing,
and I was a joke to them.

Now everyone who competes exercises self-control in everything. However, they do it to receive a crown that will fade away, but we a crown that will never fade away.

The temple was full of men and women; all the leaders of the Philistines were there, and about 3,000 men and women were on the roof watching Samson entertain them.

When they were drunk, they said, “Bring Samson here to entertain us.” So they brought Samson from prison, and he entertained them. They had him stand between the pillars.

from those who enjoy doing evil
and celebrate perversion,

Who is it you are mocking?
Who is it you are opening your mouth
and sticking out your tongue at?
Isn’t it you, you rebellious children,
you race of liars,

There the ships move about,
and Leviathan, which You formed to play there.

But Sarah saw the son mocking—the one Hagar the Egyptian had borne to Abraham.

First, be aware of this: Scoffers will come in the last days to scoff, living according to their own desires,

The one who mocks the poor insults his Maker,
and one who rejoices over calamity
will not go unpunished.

Abraham said about his wife Sarah, “She is my sister.” So Abimelech king of Gerar had Sarah brought to him.

May I never enter their council;
may I never join their assembly.
For in their anger they kill men,
and on a whim they hamstring oxen.

“You must not spread a false report. Do not join the wicked to be a malicious witness.

Can the Cushite change his skin,
or a leopard his spots?
If so, you might be able to do what is good,
you who are instructed in evil.

But let justice flow like water,
and righteousness, like an unfailing stream.

This is how you know the Spirit of God: Every spirit who confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God.

Let us walk with decency, as in the daylight: not in carousing and drunkenness; not in sexual impurity and promiscuity; not in quarreling and jealousy.

Don’t become idolaters as some of them were; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and got up to play.

But He turned and rebuked them,

All the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was 16 years old, and made him king in place of his father Amaziah.

W I came down to the walnut grove
to see the blossoms of the valley,
to see if the vines were budding
and the pomegranates blooming.

He sought God throughout the lifetime of Zechariah, the teacher of the fear of God. During the time that he sought the Lord, God gave him success.

He rebuilt Eloth and restored it to Judah after Amaziah the king rested with his fathers.

Uzziah provided the entire army with shields, spears, helmets, armor, bows and slingstones.

He made skillfully designed devices in Jerusalem to shoot arrows and catapult large stones for use on the towers and on the corners. So his fame spread even to distant places, for he was marvelously helped until he became strong.

God provides homes for those who are deserted.
He leads out the prisoners to prosperity,
but the rebellious live in a scorched land.

God helped him against the Philistines, the Arabs that live in Gur-baal, and the Meunites.

Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the Corner Gate, the Valley Gate, and the corner buttress, and he fortified them.

He did what was right in the Lord’s sight as his father Amaziah had done.

About three in the afternoon Jesus cried out with a loud voice, “Elí, Elí, lemá sabachtháni?” that is, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”