44 Bible Verses about Race

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.

I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.

So I do not run aimlessly; I do not box as one beating the air.

I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.

Every athlete exercises self-control in all things. They do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable.

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

"If you have raced with men on foot, and they have wearied you, how will you compete with horses? And if in a safe land you are so trusting, what will you do in the thicket of the Jordan?

Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us,

which comes out like a bridegroom leaving his chamber, and, like a strong man, runs its course with joy.

And he made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined allotted periods and the boundaries of their dwelling place,

Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect, but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own.

An athlete is not crowned unless he competes according to the rules.

But I discipline my body and keep it under control, lest after preaching to others I myself should be disqualified.

holding fast to the word of life, so that in the day of Christ I may be proud that I did not run in vain or labor in vain.

You were running well. Who hindered you from obeying the truth?

I went up because of a revelation and set before them (though privately before those who seemed influential) the gospel that I proclaim among the Gentiles, in order to make sure I was not running or had not run in vain.

When the Most High gave to the nations their inheritance, when he divided mankind, he fixed the borders of the peoples according to the number of the sons of God.

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.

But I do not account my life of any value nor as precious to myself, if only I may finish my course and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God.

After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands,

Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called and about which you made the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.

a mixed people shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of Philistia.

but in every nation anyone who fears him and does what is right is acceptable to him.

For I could wish that I myself were accursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers, my kinsmen according to the flesh.

God looks down from heaven on the children of man to see if there are any who understand, who seek after God.

which was not made known to the sons of men in other generations as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit.

Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all sinned--

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

Now a Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria, came to Ephesus. He was an eloquent man, competent in the Scriptures.

"Brothers, sons of the family of Abraham, and those among you who fear God, to us has been sent the message of this salvation.

For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God you may receive what is promised.

Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead,

So then it depends not on human will or exertion, but on God, who has mercy.

who killed both the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and drove us out, and displease God and oppose all mankind

rejoicing in his inhabited world and delighting in the children of man.

And he said to man, 'Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.'"

And on the second visit Joseph made himself known to his brothers, and Joseph's family became known to Pharaoh.

There are those whose teeth are swords, whose fangs are knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, the needy from among mankind.

Watch yourselves, so that you may not lose what we have worked for, but may win a full reward.

To them belong the patriarchs, and from their race, according to the flesh, is the Christ who is God over all, blessed forever. Amen.

And the hand of the LORD was on Elijah, and he gathered up his garment and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.

I have seen the business that God has given to the children of man to be busy with.

You shall not intermarry with them, giving your daughters to their sons or taking their daughters for your sons,