Psalm 19:5
which is like a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, or like a champion who rejoices at the beginning of a race.
Ecclesiastes 1:5
The sun rises, the sun sets, then rushes back to where it arose.
Isaiah 61:10
"I will heartily rejoice in the LORD, my soul will delight in my God; for he has wrapped me in garments of salvation; he has arrayed me in a robe of righteousness, just like a bridegroom, like a priest with a garland, and like a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
Isaiah 62:5
"For just as a young man marries a maiden, so your sons will marry you; and just as a bridegroom rejoices over his bride, so your God will rejoice over you.
John 3:29
It is the bridegroom who gets the bride, yet the bridegroom's friend, who merely stands by and listens for him, is overjoyed to hear the bridegroom's voice. That's why this joy of mine is now complete.
1 Corinthians 9:24-26
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.
Philippians 3:13-14
Brothers, I do not consider myself to have embraced it yet. But this one thing I do: Forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead,
Hebrews 12:1-2
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,