Psalm 19:5
It comes out of its chamber like a bridegroom. Like a champion, it is eager to run its course.
Ecclesiastes 1:5
The sun rises and the sun goes down, and it quickly goes back to the place where it began.
Isaiah 61:10
I will rejoice greatly in Jehovah. I will exult in my God for he has clothed me with garments of salvation. He has wrapped me with a robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself with a garland, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
Isaiah 62:5
Your sons will marry you like a young man marries a woman. Your God will rejoice over the same way a bridegroom rejoices over his bride.
John 3:29
He that has the bride is the bridegroom. The friend of the bridegroom stands and listens to him. He rejoices greatly because he hears the bridegroom's voice. This fills me with joy.
1 Corinthians 9:24-26
Do you not know that they who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? So run that you may obtain the prize.
Philippians 3:13-14
Brothers, I could not yet have obtained it. But one thing I do, I forget the things that are behind, and stretch forward to the things that are ahead.
Hebrews 12:1-2
A great cloud of witnesses surround us. Therefore let us lay aside every weight, and the sin that easily entangles us. Let us run with endurance the race that is set before us.