7 Bible Verses about football

But every competitor in an athletic contest practices abstemiousness in all directions. They indeed do this for the sake of securing a perishable wreath, but we for the sake of securing one that will not perish.

That is how I run, not being in any doubt as to my goal. I am a boxer who does not inflict blows on the air,

Do you not know that in the foot-race the runners all run, but that only one gets the prize? You must run like him, in order to win with certainty.

And if any one takes part in an athletic contest, he gets no prize unless he obeys the rules.

But He turned and rebuked them.

"A man once gave a great dinner," replied Jesus, "to which he invited a large number of guests.

Yet God's solid foundation stands unmoved, bearing this inscription, "The Lord knows those who really belong to Him." And this also, "Let every one who names the Name of the Lord renounce all wickedness."