17 Bible Verses about games
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Know ye not, that they who run in a race, all run, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain. 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. I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so I fight, not as one that beateth the air:
And if a man also striveth for masteries, yet is he not crowned, except he striveth lawfully.
Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field, and take me some venison;
Know ye not, that they who run in a race, all run, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.
Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them: as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.
And Isaac loved Esau, because he ate of his venison: but Rebekah loved Jacob.
Bring me venison, and make me savory meat, that I may eat, and bless thee before the LORD, before my death.
The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man is precious.
I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:
When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.
And the soldiers also mocked him, coming to him, and offering him vinegar,
And they crucified him, and parted his garments, casting lots: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, They parted my garments among them, and upon my vesture they cast lots.
From Thematic Bible
Games » Figurative » Of the Christian life
Know ye not, that they who run in a race, all run, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.
Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither labored in vain.
I press towards the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
Wherefore, seeing we also are encompassed 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,
Games » Foot races
Know ye not, that they who run in a race, all run, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.
And I went by revelation, and communicated to them that gospel which I preach among the Gentiles, but privately to them who were of reputation, lest by any means I should run, or had run in vain.
Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither labored in vain.
Wherefore, seeing we also are encompassed 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,
I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so I fight, not as one that beateth the air:
Games » Figurative » Fighting wild "beasts", of spiritual conflict
If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantage is it to me, if the dead rise not? let us eat and drink; for to-morrow we die.
I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:
I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so I fight, not as one that beateth the air:
For I think that God hath set forth us the apostles last, as it were appointed to death: for we are made a spectacle to the world, and to angels, and to men.
Games » Gladiatorial
If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantage is it to me, if the dead rise not? let us eat and drink; for to-morrow we die.
I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:
I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so I fight, not as one that beateth the air:
God is faithful, by whom ye were called to the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.
Games » Figurative » Of a successful ministry
And I went by revelation, and communicated to them that gospel which I preach among the Gentiles, but privately to them who were of reputation, lest by any means I should run, or had run in vain.
Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither labored in vain.
Topics on Games
Games, Spiritual
1 Corinthians 9:26I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so I fight, not as one that beateth the air:
