Luke 14:31
"Or what king, going on to engage another king in war, does not, sitting down, first take counsel, whether he is able, with ten thousand, to meet him who is coming against him with twenty thousand?
1 Corinthians 9:25-27
And every one who strives in the games exercises self restraint in all things; they, indeed, therefore, to receive a corruptible crown, but we an incorruptible.
Ephesians 6:10-20
Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of His might.
1 Timothy 6:11-12
But do you, O man of God, flee these things: but pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, mildness.
2 Timothy 4:7
I have contended in the noble contest, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith;