17 Bible Verses about games
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You know that in a race all the runners run but only one wins the prize, don't you? You must run in such a way that you may be victorious. Everyone who enters an athletic contest practices self-control in everything. They do it to win a wreath that withers away, but we run to win a prize that never fades. That is the way I run, with a clear goal in mind. That is the way I fight, not like someone shadow boxing.
Moreover, no one who is an athlete wins a prize unless he competes according to the rules.
so go find your weapons, take your bow and arrows, go outside, and hunt some game for me.
You know that in a race all the runners run but only one wins the prize, don't you? You must run in such a way that you may be victorious.
Let's stop being idolaters, as some of them were. As it is written, "The people sat down to eat and drink and got up to play."
Isaac loved Esau, because he loved to hunt, while Rebekah loved Jacob.
"Bring me some game and then prepare some food for me so I can eat and bless you in the presence of the LORD before I die.'
The lazy person does not roast what he has hunted, but diligence is one's most important possession.
I have fought the good fight. I have completed the race. I have kept the faith.
When I was a child, I spoke like a child, thought like a child, and reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I gave up my childish ways.
The city parks will be filled with boys and girls. They will play in the city's open parks.'
The soldiers also made fun of Jesus by coming up and offering him sour wine,
After they had crucified him, they determined who would get his clothes by throwing dice for them.
From Thematic Bible
Games » Figurative » Of the Christian life
You know that in a race all the runners run but only one wins the prize, don't you? You must run in such a way that you may be victorious.
You were running the race beautifully. Who cut in on you and stopped you from obeying the truth?
as you hold firmly to the word of life. Then I will be proud when the Messiah returns that I did not run in vain or work hard in vain.
I keep pursuing the goal to win the prize of God's heavenly call in the Messiah Jesus.
Therefore, having so vast a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, and throwing off everything that hinders us and especially the sin that so easily entangles us, let us keep running with endurance the race set before us,
Games » Foot races
You know that in a race all the runners run but only one wins the prize, don't you? You must run in such a way that you may be victorious.
I went in response to a revelation, and in a private meeting with the reputed leaders, I explained to them the gospel that I'm proclaiming to the gentiles. I did this because I was afraid that I was running or had run my life's race for nothing.
as you hold firmly to the word of life. Then I will be proud when the Messiah returns that I did not run in vain or work hard in vain.
Therefore, having so vast a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, and throwing off everything that hinders us and especially the sin that so easily entangles us, let us keep running with endurance the race set before us,
That is the way I run, with a clear goal in mind. That is the way I fight, not like someone shadow boxing.
Games » Figurative » Fighting wild "beasts", of spiritual conflict
If I have fought with wild animals in Ephesus from merely human motives, what do I get out of it? If the dead are not raised, "Let's eat and drink, for tomorrow we die."
I have fought the good fight. I have completed the race. I have kept the faith.
That is the way I run, with a clear goal in mind. That is the way I fight, not like someone shadow boxing.
For it seems to me that God has put us apostles on display in last place, like men condemned to death. We have become a spectacle for the world, for angels, and for people to stare at.
Games » Gladiatorial
If I have fought with wild animals in Ephesus from merely human motives, what do I get out of it? If the dead are not raised, "Let's eat and drink, for tomorrow we die."
I have fought the good fight. I have completed the race. I have kept the faith.
That is the way I run, with a clear goal in mind. That is the way I fight, not like someone shadow boxing.
Faithful is the God by whom you were called into fellowship with his Son Jesus the Messiah, our Lord.
Games » Figurative » Of a successful ministry
I went in response to a revelation, and in a private meeting with the reputed leaders, I explained to them the gospel that I'm proclaiming to the gentiles. I did this because I was afraid that I was running or had run my life's race for nothing.
as you hold firmly to the word of life. Then I will be proud when the Messiah returns that I did not run in vain or work hard in vain.
Topics on Games
Games, Spiritual
1 Corinthians 9:26That is the way I run, with a clear goal in mind. That is the way I fight, not like someone shadow boxing.
