5 Bible Verses about Competitions
Most Relevant Verses
Do not rejoice when your enemy falls, and let not your heart be glad when he stumbles, lest the LORD see it and be displeased, and turn away his anger from him.
Again I saw that under the sun the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor bread to the wise, nor riches to the intelligent, nor favor to those with knowledge, but time and chance happen to them all.
Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? So run that you may obtain it. Every athlete exercises self-control in all things. They do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable. So I do not run aimlessly; I do not box as one beating the air.read more.
But I discipline my body and keep it under control, lest after preaching to others I myself should be disqualified.
which comes out like a bridegroom leaving his chamber, and, like a strong man, runs its course with joy.
When a man's ways please the LORD, he makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.