Psalm 19:5
Who is like a newly married man coming from his bride-tent, and is glad like a strong runner starting on his way.
Ecclesiastes 1:5
The sun comes up and the sun goes down, and goes quickly back to the place where he came up.
Isaiah 61:10
I will be full of joy in the Lord, my soul will be glad in my God; for he has put on me the clothing of salvation, covering me with the robe of righteousness, as the husband puts on a fair head-dress, and the bride makes herself beautiful with jewels.
Isaiah 62:5
For as a young man takes a virgin for his wife, so will your maker be married to you: and as a husband has joy in his bride, so will the Lord your God be glad over you.
John 3:29
He who has the bride is the husband: but the husband's friend, whose place is by his side and whose ears are open to him, is full of joy because of the husband's voice: such is my joy, and it is complete.
1 Corinthians 9:24-26
Do you not see that in a running competition all take part, but only one gets the reward? So let your minds be fixed on the reward.
Philippians 3:13-14
Brothers, it is clear to me that I have not come to that knowledge; but one thing I do, letting go those things which are past, and stretching out to the things which are before,
Hebrews 12:1-2
For this reason, as we are circled by so great a cloud of witnesses, putting off every weight, and the sin into which we come so readily, let us keep on running in the way which is marked out for us,