Psalm 19:5
and it [is] like a bridegroom who comes out of his bridal chamber. It is glad like a strong man to run [its] course.
Ecclesiastes 1:5
The sun rises, and the sun goes down; to its place it hurries, and there it rises again.
Isaiah 61:10
I will rejoice greatly in Yahweh; my being shall shout in exultation in my God. For he has clothed me [with] garments of salvation, he has covered me [with the] robe of righteousness, as bridegroom adorns [himself] [with] a head wrap like a priest, and as bride adorns herself [with] her jewelry.
Isaiah 62:5
For [as] a young man marries a virgin, [so] shall your sons marry you, and [as is the] joy of [the] bridegroom over [the] bride, [so] shall your God rejoice over you.
John 3:29
The one who has the bride is the bridegroom. But the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices {greatly} because of the bridegroom's voice. So this joy of mine is complete.
1 Corinthians 9:24-26
Do you not know that those who run in the stadium all run, but one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may win.
Philippians 3:13-14
Brothers, I do not consider myself to have laid hold of [it]. But [I do] one [thing], forgetting the things behind and straining toward the things ahead,
Hebrews 12:1-2
Therefore, [since] we also have such a great cloud of witnesses surrounding us, putting aside every weight and {the sin that so easily ensnares us}, let us run with patient endurance the race that has been set before us,