17 Bible Verses about games
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have ye not known that those running in a race -- all indeed run, but one doth receive the prize? so run ye, that ye may obtain; and every one who is striving, is in all things temperate; these, indeed, then, that a corruptible crown they may receive, but we an incorruptible; I, therefore, thus run, not as uncertainly, thus I fight, as not beating air;
and if also any one may strive, he is not crowned, except he may strive lawfully;
and now, take up, I pray thee, thy instruments, thy quiver, and thy bow, and go out to the field, and hunt for me provision,
have ye not known that those running in a race -- all indeed run, but one doth receive the prize? so run ye, that ye may obtain;
Neither become ye idolaters, as certain of them, as it hath been written, 'The people sat down to eat and to drink, and stood up to play;'
and Isaac loveth Esau, for his hunting is in his mouth; and Rebekah is loving Jacob.
Bring for me provision, and make for me tasteful things, and I do eat, and bless thee before Jehovah before my death.
The slothful roasteth not his hunting, And the wealth of a diligent man is precious.
the good strife I have striven, the course I have finished, the faith I have kept,
And after these things, Paul having departed out of Athens, came to Corinth,
Treasures of wickedness profit not, And righteousness delivereth from death.
When I was a babe, as a babe I was speaking, as a babe I was thinking, as a babe I was reasoning, and when I have become a man, I have made useless the things of the babe;
And broad places of the city are full of boys and girls, Playing in its broad places.
for what shall it profit a man, if he may gain the whole world, and forfeit his life?
And mocking him also were the soldiers, coming near and offering vinegar to him,
And having crucified him, they divided his garments, casting a lot, that it might be fulfilled that was spoken by the prophet, 'They divided my garments to themselves, and over my vesture they cast a lot;'
From Thematic Bible
Games » Figurative » Of the Christian life
have ye not known that those running in a race -- all indeed run, but one doth receive the prize? so run ye, that ye may obtain;
the word of life holding forth, for rejoicing to me in regard to a day of Christ, that not in vain did I run, nor in vain did I labour;
to the mark I pursue for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
Therefore, we also having so great a cloud of witnesses set around us, every weight having put off, and the closely besetting sin, through endurance may we run the contest that is set before us,
Games » Foot races
have ye not known that those running in a race -- all indeed run, but one doth receive the prize? so run ye, that ye may obtain;
and I went up by revelation, and did submit to them the good news that I preach among the nations, and privately to those esteemed, lest in vain I might run or did run;
the word of life holding forth, for rejoicing to me in regard to a day of Christ, that not in vain did I run, nor in vain did I labour;
Therefore, we also having so great a cloud of witnesses set around us, every weight having put off, and the closely besetting sin, through endurance may we run the contest that is set before us,
I, therefore, thus run, not as uncertainly, thus I fight, as not beating air;
Games » Figurative » Fighting wild "beasts", of spiritual conflict
if after the manner of a man with wild beasts I fought in Ephesus, what the advantage to me if the dead do not rise? let us eat and drink, for to-morrow we die!
the good strife I have striven, the course I have finished, the faith I have kept,
I, therefore, thus run, not as uncertainly, thus I fight, as not beating air;
for I think that God did set forth us the apostles last -- as appointed to death, because a spectacle we became to the world, and messengers, and men;
Games » Gladiatorial
if after the manner of a man with wild beasts I fought in Ephesus, what the advantage to me if the dead do not rise? let us eat and drink, for to-morrow we die!
the good strife I have striven, the course I have finished, the faith I have kept,
I, therefore, thus run, not as uncertainly, thus I fight, as not beating air;
faithful is God, through whom ye were called to the fellowship of His Son Jesus Christ our Lord.
Games » Figurative » Of a successful ministry
and I went up by revelation, and did submit to them the good news that I preach among the nations, and privately to those esteemed, lest in vain I might run or did run;
the word of life holding forth, for rejoicing to me in regard to a day of Christ, that not in vain did I run, nor in vain did I labour;
Topics on Games
Games, Spiritual
1 Corinthians 9:26I, therefore, thus run, not as uncertainly, thus I fight, as not beating air;
