John 3:29
He that has the bride, is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly on account of the voice of the bridegroom. This, my joy, is therefore complete.
1 Corinthians 9:24-26
Know you not that all the runners in the race-course run the race, but that one receives the prize? So run, that you may obtain the prize.
Philippians 3:13-14
Brethren, I do not conclude that I have already laid hold:
Hebrews 12:1-2
Wherefore, since we also have so great a cloud of witnesses lying round about us, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin that so easily besets us, and let us run with patience the race that lies before us,