Psalm 19:5
and he comes forth as a bridegroom from his canopy; he rejoices as a strong man to run a race,
Ecclesiastes 1:5
The sun also arises, and the sun goes down, and hurries to its place where it arose.
Isaiah 61:10
I will greatly rejoice in Jehovah, my soul will be joyful in my God; for He has clothed me with the robes of salvation, He covered me with the robe of righteousness like a bridegroom adorns himself with ornaments, and like a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
Isaiah 62:5
For as a young man marries a virgin, so will your sons marry you; and as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride, so will your God rejoice over you.
John 3:29
He 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. Then my joy is fulfilled.
1 Corinthians 9:24-26
Do you not know that those running in a race all run, but one receives the prize? So run, that you may obtain.
Philippians 3:13-14
My brothers, I do not count myself to have taken possession, but one thing I do, forgetting the things behind and reaching forward to the things before,
Hebrews 12:1-2
Therefore since we also are surrounded with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight and the sin which so easily besets us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,