9 Bible Verses about Sports

And if a man contends as an athlete, he is not crowned unless he contends lawfully.

that he might present the church to himself glorious, not having a spot or wrinkle or any thing of the kind, but that it should be holy and blameless.

And every one that contends in the games is temperate in all things, they indeed to obtain a perishable crown, we an imperishable.

knowing this first, that in the last days scoffers shall come with scoffing walking after their inordinate desires,

By this you know the Spirit of God; every spirit which confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God,

Let us walk becomingly, as in the day; not in revelries and drinking, not in lewdness and excesses, not in strife and envy;

Neither be idolaters, as some of them were, as it is written; The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.

And he turned around and rebuked them; and they went to another village.

and at about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?